Custom work question...

[cep55]

Hi, FFLs -

I have a Wilson Classic Rimfire (basically, a Wilson 1911 in a .22) and I am considering getting a quote from Wilson to have them fit a .38 super slide/barrel/etc to my frame. So basically, I'd send them my frame and they would send it back built up as a .38 super. I know when it is sent back it must be received by an FFL and go through DROS again, but my question is: will this customized gun - on the original frame with the original serial number which is already registered to me, but now with a 38 super slide/barrel - be permissible for me to legally receive? (Obviously it won't have any inherently illegal modifications, e.g. threaded barrel).

Thank you so much for any information you are willing to provide!

Christina

[TheExpertish]

It's your gun. Who told you it has to come back through an FFL?

[cep55]

I had heard that a handgun can never be shipped directly to a non-FFL in California (even in cases of warranty work)... Is that not the case?

[TheExpertish]

That's not the case if it's already your gun. If you were purchasing it then that would be a different story, but it's already registered to you.