question about drop shipping firearms..

[stitchnicklas]

just curious if i can drop ship firearms from my wholesale account to buyers out of state,would go to their ffl for pickup.

-background-
i do have 01FFL,coe,on centralized list(exempt),business license,boe resale certificate,insurance.i am currently doing small business as gunsmith and special order accessories sales.

-general questions-
1)is this possible if the gun never enters California?
2)i am on centralized list as exempt would have to change that over to standard listing (no longer exempt)???
3)would i have to collect cal state tax or is that on the state gun goes to??

please limit advice to those that are 01 ffl's,or former 01 ffl holders please...

[ugimports]

Yes it is possible but you are too small for a distributor to do that with you. I am only aware of sportsmans guide and buds. Good luck margins are much slimmer with that model.

[stitchnicklas]

Yes it is possible but you are too small for a distributor to do that with you. I am only aware of sportsmans guide and buds. Good luck margins are much slimmer with that model.

already have account with RSR and my rep already setup a 2nd account for drop shipping for me there.should i ask him if they will drop ship firearms also??

[ASD1]

RSR will not DS Firearms (most or the smaller outfits don't/won't)

Some of the larger outfits will but getting an Account with them may be hard depending how big your "STORE" is.

The larger outfits require that you have a

Retail location (not in a house)

Store front of XXXX SQFT or larger and are open 5+ days a week full time

Have a fully stock showroom with $xxx,xxx.00 inventory

Internet sales are not your main sales focus

DS firearms is A LOT more work for them! So expect to pay more for that service. They have to get the receiving FFL's info if the do not have it on hand already.

[Burbur]

Also, be careful listing firearms not physically allocated to you; they may be available tonight, but when the order clears tomorrow morning -poof- out of stock.

I am dealing with this on a special order from 2 Sundays ago:
Me "no problem, I'll order it now, there are 5 in stock and we'll have it in a few days. Gimme your money."
Wholesaler (16 hours later): "sorry, OOS"
Buyer: "WTF, I could have got that from XYZ competitor, but they're OOS now too"