Family gifting ar pistol lower

[Bnicz510]

I have a parent who lives out of state can they gift me an ar pistol lower and it still dros as a semi-auto?

[Quiet]

I have a parent who lives out of state can they gift me an ar pistol lower and it still dros as a semi-auto?

Unless an exemption is utilized, all firearm receivers will be ATF 4473 as "other" and CA DROS as "long gun, other, receiver".

If your CA FFL dealer knows how to conduct an out-of-state intra-familial gift transfer of an off-Roster handgun, then the pistol receiver should be ATF 4473 as "other" and CA DROS as "handgun, pistol, receiver".

Technically, a virgin/stripped receiver cannot be processed as semi-auto, because there are no parts on it that makes it semi-auto.
^It could be processed as semi-auto, if the receiver was from a pre-existing functional semi-auto pistol.

It would be easier for the transfer process, if the non-resident parent makes the pistol receiver into a CA legal semi-auto pistol and gifts that.
^This avoids any user errors that would cause the receiver to be CA DROS'd as a "long gun, other, receiver" and not as a "handgun, pistol, receiver".

The first key step in all this is to find a CA FFL dealer knows about and is willing to conduct an out-of-state intra-familial gift transfer of a CA legal off-Roster handgun.
^Note that the CA FFL dealer can legally charge any amount of money to facilitate this type of transfer.

[BrokerB]

yep..above