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2/18/2026 5:34:34 PM EDT
I got some stripped lowers years ago.  I was currently going to give a couple to relatives.

I read on the internet that I do not need to go to a FFL to transfer them, but just to check again...

I do not need to transfer a stripped lower at a FFL from me to another Pennsylvania resident? It is treated as a private party rifle or shotgun, face to face no transfer at FFL?
What we've got here is a failure to communicate.
2/18/2026 10:05:34 PM EDT
[#1]
Depends on the relatives.  You can only give to immediate family members.  Grand parents to grand kids, you to brother / sister, you to neice nephew.  Cousins are out.  

See how your lowers were written up as, most of my lowers were written up as "other" so I don't know where that falls under the transfer laws.  I'd just play it safe and go through a dealer
2/19/2026 10:44:41 PM EDT
[#2]
Yes, you can transfer them as they were long guns....no FFL needed. The family stuff goes for handgun transfers within family, not for long guns or things not meeting the definition of "firearm" per PA law.

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