Help! Cz-27 Import & Interfamily Transfer

[nrs]

Gents,

My grandma in Alabama recently handed my dad a marked Cz-27 that grandpa brought home from the war. Dad and I are both in CA so the pistol is still with Grandma at the moment. Dad is offering it to me, but we are both stumped on how to legally bring it into the state and/or transfer ownership. Neither of us are "gun people" so we are both completely new to all this.

My research so far has turned up the following:

1) The pistol is listed on the BATF Curio Or Relics List (1972-2007), Page 22
2) Importing C&Rs seems to generally require an FFL dealer or at least a "Collector" FFL + CA DOJ Certificate of Eligibility
3) Interfamily transfers seem to be exempt from FFL transfer requirements, just need to fill out a form and send it in with $19 to the CA DOJ

We are getting hung up on (2) and (3). Do we need to go to an FFL just to bring it into the state? Or could Grandma or Dad have it FedExed from AL directly to me, and then I just fill out the interfamily transfer form?

Thanks,

nrs

[Quiet]

Since the firearm is out-of-state, Federal laws come into play.

Grandma ships handgun to a CA FFL dealer.
Since, the handgun is C&R it is exempt from the approved list.
Since, you goto the CA FFL dealer and 4473/DROS + 10 day wait for the handgun.

The form is only for intra-familial handgun transfers between grandparent/parent/child/grandchild that are CA residents.

So, unless you and your grandma want to commit Federal felonies, the handgun needs to be transfered through a CA FFL dealer.

[nrs]

Thanks a bunch, just trying to take care of a family heirloom and stay out of trouble

I did a search and it looks like we will go with Paul Johnson's in Escondido or Gusslers in Santee to handle the transfer. Thanks again.