Large Cap Gun before 2000?

[Watters Edge Design]

Moved out to CA in 1992 from mid west and brought a couple guns with me. Asked at the time and they were mainly long guns and 1 pistol. Now I am at the point of doing a ccw or selling the pistol. It is a high cap mag gun, but I didn't register it when I came to CA. Is this an issue since there was no registration to ca before 2000, but I did own it probably in or around 1998 out of state bought at a gunshop long ago. Don't think I have any paperwork on it anymore from back home.

[Librarian]

Lemme reformat that a bit...

Moved out to CA in 1992 from mid west and brought a couple guns with me.

Asked at the time and they were mainly long guns and 1 pistol.

Now I am at the point of doing a ccw or selling the pistol. It is a high cap mag gun, but I didn't register it when I came to CA.

Is this an issue since there was no registration to ca before 2000, but I did own it probably in or around 1998 out of state bought at a gunshop long ago. Don't think I have any paperwork on it anymore from back home.

In 1992 there was no requirement to register anything you moved here.

I don't get why you say you moved here from the midwest in 1992, but you owned some gun out of state in 1998.

Let's ignore that 1998 reference -- there is no need for a gun to be registered with CA before you can sell it. Lots of guns in CA that DOJ does not know about. There is also no statutory authority to require a gun listed on your CCW to be either registered or on the Handgun Roster.

[Watters Edge Design]

Opp meant to say I think I bought in 1989 not 1998

Thanks for the info.

Do you think the will let me register it to my ccw and will there be any hi cap issues with the mags or will I have to use the 10 aftermarkets?

[Librarian]

Yes, using on CCW should be OK, and no, should be no issues with large-capacity mags.

HOWEVER, if there are issues, go up to the CCW Information Forum, pick your county, and post the problem.

[Watters Edge Design]

THX!!

[sierratangofoxtrotunion]

For a while I thought we were talking about this

[Turbinator]

Ugly cap gun. Growing up, I had black plastic and shiny metal ones. Now they're all made out of ugly colored plastic.

Turby

[GrizzlyGuy]

Now I am at the point of doing a ccw or selling the pistol.

If you decide to sell the pistol, note that you generally can't sell the large capacity magazine with it unless you disassemble it and sell it as a parts kit. See here:

Can I sell, trade or give large-capacity magazines to anyone in California?

Selling it to a LEO might be doable but may not be worth the hassle.