Question about selling guns on here

[Skyguy1217]

I live in Texas and I would like to post a gun for sale on here. For example if someone from another state purchases the rifle. Do I send it to them directly or do I send it to an FFL dealer of their choice?

 

[Steve300xcw]

FFL

 

[PopNFresh]

from an individual it has to go through an ffl on the buyer's side. he's got to pick it up from an ffl with all the required paperwork

 

[Marbles]

Crossing state lines, it must go through an FFL. In state, just follow state law (in TX I'm pretty sure you can just sell it directly).

 

[Coopsdaddy]

From your ffl to there ffl.

 

[Antares]

From your ffl to there ffl.

As the seller you don't need to use an FFL. Just ship it to the buyer's FFL and they'll do the transfer.

 

[Macintosh]

For a while now Ive been running into ffls that wont accept a shipment from a non-ffl. They are requiring the gun to be shipped ffl to Ffl, which (sometimes?) requires a transfer on the sellers end. The reason is if the transfer is denied on the buyers end, their ffl has nowhere to “cya-legally” ship the gun back to, so they’re stuck with this gun that isnt theirs which will potentially cost them time and money to get rid of. This is NOT the law, but it’s the policy of many fffls Ive run into. As a seller just specify cost “direct from me to your ffl”, and you should have a copy of the ffl you are shipping to so if there’s an issue you’ll know before shipping. It’ll just cost more to ship thru an ffl.

All of this info is available online, I would encourage you to research it yourself direct from the source and not rely on what you read from random dudes on the internet.

 

[RockAndSage]

I live in Texas and I would like to post a gun for sale on here. For example if someone from another state purchases the rifle. Do I send it to them directly or do I send it to an FFL dealer of their choice?

Another reason to go FFL to FFL, is you don't want to unintentionally sell your gun to a felon, and become one yourself.

 

[Coopsdaddy]

I can tell you its worth it to spend the extra 25 my ffl charges if I box it up.I have shipped out 3 guns and with his fee and ups cost they have all been 60-80 dollars total.
Well worth it.

 

[Coopsdaddy]

Also if lost a business that files a claim that has an account will have a lot better results getting paid vs you as an individual.
They will jerk you around forever and may never even pay.

 

[brancher147]

Last one I sold USPS refused to ship to FFL. I had my local FFL ship to the buyer’s FFL and everything was fine.

 

[Nine Banger]

Any FFLs know if it's actually required to put a copy of your DL in with a shipped firearm or is that just the receiver's mandate or perceived requirement because they heard about it from someone else?

 

[gbflyer]

Last one I sold USPS refused to ship to FFL. I had my local FFL ship to the buyer’s FFL and everything was fine.

Handgun?


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[Macintosh]

Any FFLs know if it's actually required to put a copy of your DL in with a shipped firearm or is that just the receiver's mandate or perceived requirement because they heard about it from someone else?

Its not clear to me that its a legal requirement to use a drivers license for this purpose, but its standard practice at a minimum. It IS a legal requirement for the receiving FFL to record where they received the gun from, and thats why they do this. Its a small due-diligence step to verify that its actually coming from the person you say it is.

This article may help with specifics. Probably helpful for the OP too:

FFL Transfer - How to Transfer a Firearm [2025]

Have you ever tried to send or receive a firearm but weren’t sure how to do it? Maybe you just bought a firearm online, or you need to ship a gun, and you’re wondering how to transfer it. You might have looked into transferring the gun and you learned that transfers the gun through an […]

rocketffl.com

 

[Nine Banger]

Its not clear to me that its a legal requirement to use a drivers license for this purpose, but its standard practice at a minimum. It IS a legal requirement for the receiving FFL to record where they received the gun from, and thats why they do this. Its a small due-diligence step to verify that its actually coming from the person you say it is.

This article may help with specifics. Probably helpful for the OP too:

FFL Transfer - How to Transfer a Firearm [2025]

Have you ever tried to send or receive a firearm but weren’t sure how to do it? Maybe you just bought a firearm online, or you need to ship a gun, and you’re wondering how to transfer it. You might have looked into transferring the gun and you learned that transfers the gun through an […]

rocketffl.com

Cool.

I get spurred up when some dudes FFL starts barking and laying down mandates.

Every once in a while...not the buyers fault but makes the sale a burden.

 

[Macintosh]

Totally. You can find the legal language online if you google “478.125 record of reciept and disposition” in case you want to fight with someone over it. I dont think it specifically mandates a license as documentation, but for sure thats the basis for the ask.
Yeah, there may be some element of just creating pain for buyers on the ffls part because its not worth their time. understand that being frustrating and I dont like it either. At the same time there is a legit cost in time, not much financial up-side for them, and some amount of risk and hassle if they end up in the middle of a fraudulent transaction or if a seller ghosts on them after a transaction goes south. I can understand them taking some steps to minimize that risk.

 

[HairyScandinavian]

OP I don't mean this rude just trying to help, but if you're asking this question I think it's best for a smooth transaction to just have your FFL ship to the recipients FFL, unless it's a long gun inside TX then it's worth it to save quite a bit shipping direct.