Posted on 09/15/2014 2:10:37 PM PDT by John Robinson
Helping my girlfriend clean out her grandparent's home, we found a couple long guns (a Winchester Model 840 IIRC, and some hunting rifle, I assume, because it has a scope—I didn't catch the branding) and there should be a few handguns as well (haven't found them yet.) I don't know the first thing about guns, except to assume they're loaded.
Is there any generic instruction to be given for these types of guns to ensure they're properly unloaded and safe for transport and [temporary] storage? I'll try to compile more detail later this evening. The plan is to sell them to put toward grandma's medical care.
Thanks!
bttt
May I suggest that you auction them right here on FR?
If you are in California, to comply with the states transport laws, the guns should all be ;
1) Unloaded (no rounds in chamber or magazine)
2) In a container (soft or hard sided doesn’t matter)
3) Handguns must be in a locked container
The trunk of your car is considered a locked container, as long as it’s not accessible from the passenger compartment of the car.
Call me. Give me your address.
I will personally come take them off your hands and be safe and secure about it.
This incident has already been duly noted by agents of the NSA and the Dept. of Homeland Security.
Black Suburbans should be arriving at your location in 5, 4, 3...
First - don’t tell anyone...
Ask the mod to delete this entire thread, contact a gun freeper and be quiet
That sounds like a winner, John.
Have a dealer manage it as a consignment sale. If the buyer is not in California, it will require and FFL at each end anyway.
Ping me privately and let me know what you got.
I don’t live far from you en and can take them off your hands easily
Unloading is primary, but how you plan to transport them is key as regards legality.
You shipping them or driving them?
Walmart sells plastic hardcases for rifles and handguns. Several handguns will fit in one rifle case if need be.
Get some cheap padlocks while there and use them on the cases.
Before moving the guns, make sure they are pointed in a safe direction, and open the action on each one to make sure they are unloaded.On guns with “clips” (removable magazines) remove the magazines first. Be careful on guns with internal magazines that there are no rounds in the gun that will cycle into the action when closed.
I just heard from John. Unfortunately, they were lost in a boating accident. Thankfully, no one was hurt in the incident.
Call a friend for help who knows how to handle guns, safely.
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