Thinking about getting an FFL 07

[1911ly]

Do you belong to weaponsguild.com? There are a ton of 07's on that forum. You can probably get a some good advice over there.

 

[ghitch75]

yep i was heartbroke too!!!!........wish i could have made it go.......still might one day.....who are your in laws?

 

[Ruffnek]

yep i was heartbroke too!!!!........wish i could have made it go.......still might one day.....who are your in laws?

Wilkes family.

 

[engineerpower]

How would this have an effect on a ship that doesn't export things?I highly doubt a gunsmith from Solsberry is going international or even interstate.This is going to be local.

Exactly. That's why it's a bribe, and you should tell them to go shove it if they start pushing it.

 

[Ruffnek]

Seeing that I'd be doing builds for people instead of building them for sale,it seems like an 01 would be okay for me.

 

[Squirt239]

In some counties you do not have to be zoned business. To save yourself the headaches, ask your county about a home occupation permit. That's what I did here in Boone County. As long as your current with the county, the BATF considers that "zoned" business. If you have any other questions about this, feel free to contact me. I have had my share of headaches and done a lot of research. I'd be willing to save anyone from the trouble I went through.

 

[IndyGunworks]

I had an 07 FFL out of my house in a subdivision in Marion county. It was some headaches to get the county to approve a home occupation of gunsmithing, and they were VERY ignorant but in the end I succeeded. I didn't manufacture firearms, but my agent told me that I had to be an 07 to refinish firearms.... not the case and I ended up knowing more about the laws of FFL's than he did but either way he said I had to have an 07 so that's what I got. Only difference in my case since I wasn't manufacturing was filling out an form that lists how many firearms of which type I manufactured and how many I exported. A bunch of 0's on that paper is all that was needed. I also had to fill out and sign some sort of EPA environmental form about a waste disposal plan, but that wasn't bad either and I figured I wasn't a big enough fish for them to really look into it.

All and all an 07 is not much more of a headache unless you are actually manufacturing. Not sure why my agent said that reblueing firearms required an 07. Never did get my 50 dollars reimbursed because I had already paid the 200 for the 01

 

[engineerpower]

Not sure why my agent said that reblueing firearms required an 07.

I think you can probably take a wild guess...

Glad to hear you got a home occupation permit, I will probably be doing the same myself. What did you have to do to get it?

 

[IndyGunworks]

Had to submit a hand drawing of my house and highlight the area that would be dedicated to my business to ensure it would be less than 20 percent of the square footage.... and put on a piece of paper signed by me, that I would have no more than 5 rounds of ammunition of any type on location that was for business purposes.... "all the ammo I had on site was for personal use" a few other things to, it was a royal PITA.

 

[Ruffnek]

If actually be working from a shed outside my house.What would be the total start up cost for getting an 01?

 

[IndyGunworks]

200 dollars

 

[Ruffnek]

And an 01 would allow me to deal,do transfers,and gunsmith for customers?What about insurance and things like that?

 

[ghitch75]

like i said 2700 a year do you what your wanting to do.......1.you want insurance just in case you get robbed and someones 1000 gun is missing then it's not out of your pocket...... 2. just in case something gose wrong with your work....god for bid......

 

[Ruffnek]

What type of insurance?

 

[96ramair]

Check with the nra for insurance..

 

[Manatee]

You don't need insurance unless you have wealth to protect. Most small-town smiths aren't wealthy. Fuggedaboutit.

Buy a good safe. Bolt it down.

The interesting thing about firearms and product liability is that people are forever messing with and stripping down their firearms. Forensics in the cases I'm aware of (gunsmith or operator negligence) always have gone against the nut behind the wheel.

 

[ghitch75]

liability and inventory on the business.....you will have to get a merchant license and collect sales tax.....you need to show your a legit business or you won't get the FFL....

 

[ghitch75]

You don't need insurance unless you have wealth to protect. Most small-town smiths aren't wealthy. Fuggedaboutit.

Buy a good safe. Bolt it down.

you must have great luck or very wealthy in case something happens......more balls than i......

 

[Ruffnek]

Kinda my thoughts too,Solsberry is pretty quiet and my work shop/shed is surrounded on all sides by family members with guns.I might reinforce the walls with metal or something.

 

[ghitch75]

Check with the nra for insurance..

that's where my quote came from......