taking milled lower on airplane

[Mtn folk]

A buddy is flying from back east with un milled ar lower.
He is going to mill it at my house. Then fly back home with it.

What would be the best way to get that lower back to his house?

I haven't been on a plane in decades but feel this is something that might trip up a tsa jerk.

[cdtx2001]

Put it in a locked container in his checked baggage. Declare it when he checks in at the airport.

All the TSA cares about is whether or not its loaded. Since its not a fully assembled firearm, it will be clear to them it's not loaded.

[edgerly779]

Treat it as handgun and put in locked hardsided container and put with checked luggage or inside hardsided locked suitcase and declare..

[bohoki]

fill the cavity with black wax that way it will look like a paperweight

[CSACANNONEER]

If he is not a resident of the state where he will be manufacturing the firearm, it would be illegal for him to do so just like it would be illegal for him to purchase or otherwise acquire and take possession of a firearm while not in his state of residency. This is FEDERAL LAW. Remember the idiot Motherjones reporter from CO? He came to CA and illegally manufactured an AK style rifle.

[edgerly779]

^^^ True. He will be completing a firearm and transporting across state lines.
I did not think of that. Best to not discuss on the internet.

[Mtn folk]

If he is not a resident of the state where he will be manufacturing the firearm, it would be illegal for him to do so just like it would be illegal for him to purchase or otherwise acquire and take possession of a firearm while not in his state of residency. This is FEDERAL LAW. Remember the idiot Motherjones reporter from CO? He came to CA and illegally manufactured an AK style rifle.

I wouldn't have thought of that either. Thanks man.
Guess he won't be milling a lower then.

[lorax3]

Guess he won't be milling a lower then.

Indeed. Federal Law below.

18 USC 922 (a) (3)

(a) It shall be unlawful—
(3) for any person, other than a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed collector to transport into or receive in the State where he resides (or if the person is a corporation or other business entity, the State where it maintains a place of business) any firearm purchased or otherwise obtained by such person outside that State

[Mtn folk]

Indeed. Federal Law below.

Thanks. And I really mean that. I make a serious attempt to stay boned up on the gun laws but mostly focus ones that pertain to me and what I do.
There was something stuck in my crop over this and that's why I started this thread. I would have never have thought it through as far as you did. Hat is off to you sir, thank you for taking the time to type that post. A couple old boys learned something the easy way for once.

Good looking out brotha!

[sigstroker]

Maybe he can work on it enough at home to magically transform it into a firearm. Then he can put it on an airplane just as if it were a complete gun and you can put the finishing touches on it in your shop.

[JDay]

How much is airfare? You can get a mill for around $600.

[GabeCA]

Maybe he can work on it enough at home to magically transform it into a firearm.

Drilling a hole would work. Even an 81% lower is considered a firearm. He would then have to declare it when checking it to CA.

[Mtn folk]

How much is airfare? You can get a mill for around $600.

Lol, I new someone would get tripped up. The milling wasn't the purpose of the flight. Coming back home with family to visit family. The milling was just a convenient reason to have a few beers with an old friend.

[ford63man]

so your buddy is going to bring his completed lower out to cali for you to check it out. than he is going to bring it back home. I don't see a problem here. Have him put it in his checked in luggage and declare it on the way home. you know, the same as he did on the way out here.