Hi everyone, new here. Plan on sticking around as I have a 1959 Revolver and a brand new Marlin rifle.
I live in Southern NH, and am looking for an outdoor place to shoot legally without membership fees.
On to the real reason I am posting - my uncle.
My grandfather bought him a Marlin .22LR Glenfield Model 60 way back in the day, nearly 40 years ago. He was 15 years old.
He had an FID, as did my grandfather. It was my uncle's gun - but we do not know if it was HIS LEGALLY, or my grandfathers.
Does the FID tie to a weapon, or just allow you to have one? Would my uncle have LEGALLY been able to even own the gun himself?
If he was able to find his FID # by paying the $20 fee for a record search, would it be eligible for a renewal even though it's been 25 years or more?
Basically, it's been in storage in a cabinet in his childhood home for 25+ years.
He recently took it out, due to me getting my guns and wants to go target shooting in NH with me.
I stripped it, cleaned it, lubed it, oil soap'd the stock... looks great, and I test fired a few times. Runs smooth!
Problem is we want to be as legal as possible (from here on out, heh heh)
He's not sure who it was registered TO. If it COULD be registered to a 15 year old, it could be both.
If it's registered to my grandfather - he's been dead 18 years... my grandmother still owns the house.
Where to go from here? I called his local PD and they said they could/would not look it up by serial for whom it's registered to.
If someone could verify that back them you had to be 18 or greater to OWN it, then I can guanantee it is my grandfather who owned it.
If that is the case - how would I go about transferring ownership to my uncle? Would it be easier to transfer ownership to ME, in NH?
I don't want him to blow $20 on a record search to realize a) it's not his weapon, b) his FID is not able to be renewed and c) he's going
to need a gun safety course to get a NEW FID as well as $100 to pay for it. In NH I can own it, free of and license cost...
Sorry if this is a lot to take in, but with how complex the sitaution is, and having to pay $120 or more to be able to target shoot a few times
a year with me... the laws are so twisted and so much to take in, being from NH I am VERY HAPPY to say I am from NH! lol.
Any input would be highly appreciated!
I live in Southern NH, and am looking for an outdoor place to shoot legally without membership fees.
On to the real reason I am posting - my uncle.
My grandfather bought him a Marlin .22LR Glenfield Model 60 way back in the day, nearly 40 years ago. He was 15 years old.
He had an FID, as did my grandfather. It was my uncle's gun - but we do not know if it was HIS LEGALLY, or my grandfathers.
Does the FID tie to a weapon, or just allow you to have one? Would my uncle have LEGALLY been able to even own the gun himself?
If he was able to find his FID # by paying the $20 fee for a record search, would it be eligible for a renewal even though it's been 25 years or more?
Basically, it's been in storage in a cabinet in his childhood home for 25+ years.
He recently took it out, due to me getting my guns and wants to go target shooting in NH with me.
I stripped it, cleaned it, lubed it, oil soap'd the stock... looks great, and I test fired a few times. Runs smooth!
Problem is we want to be as legal as possible (from here on out, heh heh)
He's not sure who it was registered TO. If it COULD be registered to a 15 year old, it could be both.
If it's registered to my grandfather - he's been dead 18 years... my grandmother still owns the house.
Where to go from here? I called his local PD and they said they could/would not look it up by serial for whom it's registered to.
If someone could verify that back them you had to be 18 or greater to OWN it, then I can guanantee it is my grandfather who owned it.
If that is the case - how would I go about transferring ownership to my uncle? Would it be easier to transfer ownership to ME, in NH?
I don't want him to blow $20 on a record search to realize a) it's not his weapon, b) his FID is not able to be renewed and c) he's going
to need a gun safety course to get a NEW FID as well as $100 to pay for it. In NH I can own it, free of and license cost...
Sorry if this is a lot to take in, but with how complex the sitaution is, and having to pay $120 or more to be able to target shoot a few times
a year with me... the laws are so twisted and so much to take in, being from NH I am VERY HAPPY to say I am from NH! lol.
Any input would be highly appreciated!