Absolutely correct. There is one major component of every gun that is actually the gun for legal purposes. It's typically the part of the gun that has the serial number on it and is called the receiver.
You can take all the parts off the receiver and transfer them any way you choose, but the receiver is a firearm for legal purposes and it must be transferred via the methods prescribed by federal law even if it has no parts assembled to it.
There is no legal way to skirt the requirement for involving an FFL in an interstate firearms transfer between two living persons.
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