Unfortunately, yes it is still a gun. Lugers basically come apart in
2 pieces, the bottom half handpiece with the trigger and clip housing I
think could be shipped as that is not a gun (I THINK I DONT KNOW FOR
SURE) but the top half with the barrel and receiver IS A GUN since it
can hold a round and be fired and can't be shipped via normal
inexpensive methods.
The best way is to find someone with a FFL (Federal Firearms License)
in both towns and pay them to do the shipping, most FFL's will do it
inexpensively and it might end up costing a $100 to ship it with FFL
fees at both ends but its worth it to do it right. Just ask your local
gun shop for advice they will happily help you out on this. With the
rules in place, I think they will have to go through waiting period and
registration at the other end, but not shipped a gun since before 9/11.
Note that a Luger can be quite expensive (worthless also but most are
not) so its worth doing it right and risk avoiding the Feds taking it
and confiscating it. And please make sure there is no round in the
chamber before disassembling it, I took mine apart one day by pushing
the barrel against my chest and 30 years later I still get shivers when
I think about the live round in the chamber as I did it, I was young and
very stupid and while I knew to be careful around guns, it taught me
that I was not following the rules I knew and been much more careful since.
mike
On 04/15/2011 10:10 AM, an5.sprite at gmail.com wrote:
> I knew you were not running guns!!!
>
> This should be simple to send, but it is likely like shipping booze. Lot's of
> regulations that make it difficult for the average person.
>
> If you take a gun apart and ship it in pieces is that a "gun"
>
> Steve
> ------Original Message------
> From: Mike Rowe
> Sender: spridgets-bounces at autox.team.net
> To: Jay
> To: spridgets
> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Guns
> Sent: Apr 15, 2011 12:38 PM
>
>
>> That's right folks, you read it right here.
>>
> There is a German Luger in my father's trunk from WWII that my brother wants
> to pass on to his son. This gun made the local news at the time: "Everett
> physician captures 13 Germans single-handed without a gun." I believe it is
> one that he took from the prisoners. The newspaper clipping goes with the
> gun.
>
> I also found his surgical kit from North Africa, Sicily, and Italy, and the
> "Doctor Bag" that he carried on house calls when I was in grade school.
> These will go to our older daughter, who starts her surgical residency in
> Boston in June.
>
> Never assume,
> Michael Rowe
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