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Mailing firearm to the manufacturer?

woods9c5

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In Mass am I aloud to mail a bolt action rifle back to the manufacturer without an ffl? Sending one to ruger and they asked me rather than telling me. Thanks.
 
In Mass am I aloud to mail a bolt action rifle back to the manufacturer without an ffl? Sending one to ruger and they asked me rather than telling me. Thanks.
No issue at all. Slap a shipping label on the box and drop it off at Fedex or UPS. I shipped my mini 14 back to them for an underlying issue and for some reason they sent me a brand new one with the 5 rd mag back to me.
 
Sure you can. I sent a Walther pistol and a Ruger rifle back to the manufactures for warranty service.

In both cases they sent a prepaid return label. They didn't go USPS, it was either Fedex or UPS. When the
work was done they shipped them back to my home address.
 
In Mass am I aloud to mail a bolt action rifle back to the manufacturer without an ffl? Sending one to ruger and they asked me rather than telling me. Thanks.
If you want to follow UPS/FedEx policies you have to use a dealer to ship a firearm now. Unless you’re provided a prepaid shipping label from the manufacturer.
 
 
18 USC § 922(a)(2):

"It shall be unlawful for any . . . importer, manufacturer, dealer, or collector licensed under the provisions of this chapter to ship or transport in interstate or foreign commerce any firearm to any person other than a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed collector, except that—
(A) this paragraph and subsection (b)(3) shall not be held to preclude a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed collector from returning a firearm or replacement firearm of the same kind and type to a person from whom it was received; and this paragraph shall not be held to preclude an individual from mailing a firearm owned in compliance with Federal, State, and local law to a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed collector . . . ."
 
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