Salty1 wrote:This seems to become a more common question as people buy and sell firearms to people they do not know. We have seen an increase of sellers utilizing our FFL services for what could be done as a face to face transfer. Basically they arrive with the purchaser, we enter the firearm into our records and the buyer completes the 4473. One seller paid our fee and explained that he wanted piece of mind that the purchaser could pass the background check. Unfortunatly too many people just want the cash and do not care who they are selling to with no questions asked. At a minimum I would get a drivers license and write down all the information on a bill of sale and keep it, the same goes when purchasing face to face, I would want to know who I purchased it from, if either party was not willing to do this I would walk away.
I sold a handgun to a person I know last month and still had him fill out a Bill of Sale and we each kept a copy for future reference. You are some previous threads on this site that will lead you to some sites from which you can print a form. I believe I printed a copy of mine from gunbrokers.com.I also traded a gun in last month and the make and serial number was recorded as part of the sales receipt on the new gun so nothing further needed to be done; just keep the receipt as part of your recards.