49 year old gun & C&R ???????

benellishooter · June 18, 2013, 07:06 PM

Hi everybody

I have a C&R FFL I found a gun the is 49 years old & NIB.. Do I really have to wait until January to buy this gun? My first post..

Thanks in advance..

2ndsojourn · June 18, 2013, 07:59 PM

You can still buy it, you just don't get any C&R benefits, ie: is it out of state? Also, confirm whether it's on the ATF's list despite not being 50 years old. What is it?

benellishooter · June 18, 2013, 08:22 PM

Yes out of state.. Shotgun.. Check the list twice can't find it..

benellishooter · June 18, 2013, 08:25 PM

My big problem is I would have to sell all of my C&R guns to get this 1 gun.. If I can't put in my book then I haven't better my collection..

**James K** · June 18, 2013, 09:20 PM

Why can't you buy it now? If you can't buy it as a C&R, you will have to have it sent through a dealer and pay a bit more, but if you want it as badly as you seem to, that should not be a very big concern. Why is your book important? I know many collectors who have C&R FFL's and quite a few who do not. A collection is a collection, whether any given item is a C&R or not.

Jim

kilimanjaro · Yesterday, 12:14 AM

Unless you can put it on Layaway until Jan. 1st, just buy it now. Sell your car and get a $500 beater to drive to work for a year. It's a gun! Priorities must be observed.

**James K** · Yesterday, 01:25 PM

I have never known anyone to put a gun on layaway awaiting it becoming a C&R, but I have known a number of 20+ folks who used layaway until they became old enough to buy. Many (most?) dealers seem to be willing to do that as long as the layaway period is under six months and some will go up to a year.

Jim

benellishooter · Yesterday, 08:46 PM

Great idea Jim.. My FFL dealer might hold it for me also..

benellishooter · Yesterday, 09:05 PM

almost forgot.. The book important because I would have to sell all the guns in it to buy a non C&R gun.. Your not supposed to do that.. Got a couple of ARs to sell that should do the job..

June 18, 2013, 07:06 PM	#1
benellishooter Junior Member Join Date: June 17, 2013 Posts: 5	49 year old gun & C&R ??????? Hi everybody I have a C&R FFL I found a gun the is 49 years old & NIB.. Do I really have to wait until January to buy this gun? My first post.. Thanks in advance..

June 18, 2013, 09:20 PM	#5
James K Staff Join Date: March 17, 1999 Posts: 16,617	Why can't you buy it now? If you can't buy it as a C&R, you will have to have it sent through a dealer and pay a bit more, but if you want it as badly as you seem to, that should not be a very big concern. Why is your book important? I know many collectors who have C&R FFL's and quite a few who do not. A collection is a collection, whether any given item is a C&R or not. Jim __________________ Jim K

Yesterday, 01:25 PM	#7
James K Staff Join Date: March 17, 1999 Posts: 16,617	I have never known anyone to put a gun on layaway awaiting it becoming a C&R, but I have known a number of 20+ folks who used layaway until they became old enough to buy. Many (most?) dealers seem to be willing to do that as long as the layaway period is under six months and some will go up to a year. Jim __________________ Jim K

June 18, 2013, 07:59 PM	#2
2ndsojourn Senior Member Join Date: January 15, 2013 Location: South Jersey Posts: 391	You can still buy it, you just don't get any C&R benefits, ie: is it out of state? Also, confirm whether it's on the ATF's list despite not being 50 years old. What is it?

June 18, 2013, 08:22 PM	#3
benellishooter Junior Member Join Date: June 17, 2013 Posts: 5	Yes out of state.. Shotgun.. Check the list twice can't find it..

June 18, 2013, 08:25 PM	#4
benellishooter Junior Member Join Date: June 17, 2013 Posts: 5	My big problem is I would have to sell all of my C&R guns to get this 1 gun.. If I can't put in my book then I haven't better my collection..

Yesterday, 12:14 AM	#6
kilimanjaro Senior Member Join Date: November 23, 2009 Posts: 982	Unless you can put it on Layaway until Jan. 1st, just buy it now. Sell your car and get a $500 beater to drive to work for a year. It's a gun! Priorities must be observed.

Yesterday, 08:46 PM	#8
benellishooter Junior Member Join Date: June 17, 2013 Posts: 5	Great idea Jim.. My FFL dealer might hold it for me also..

Yesterday, 09:05 PM	#9
benellishooter Junior Member Join Date: June 17, 2013 Posts: 5	almost forgot.. The book important because I would have to sell all the guns in it to buy a non C&R gun.. Your not supposed to do that.. Got a couple of ARs to sell that should do the job..