Thread: Gunsmith - triggering event or not?

Originally Posted by Ross Nolan

That seems odd, as the firearm was held at the gunsmith on behalf of the owner - the ownership never transferred to them.

Edit. Reading the legislation, if the arm is with the gunsmith for longer than 30 days it will need to be registered with them, and transferred back to you on return - which is an activating event.

Less than 30 days, no issue.

Just receiving your rifle from a gunsmith (or anyone else) is an activating event, according the FSA, whether or not the gunsmith had it for 30 days or a lesser time. However, in practice it is an event they cannot trace.

(When they say the rifle has to be transferred to the Gunsmith's dealer license after 30 days (or anybody you may have lent your rifle to) they are talking in the context of both parties being registered already.)