A firearm can remain valuable and legally transferable after its barrel or cylinder has been replaced. The change may have been made for safety, accuracy,…
A firearm assembled from salvaged, mismatched, or improvised components can be difficult to identify, value, transport, and dispose of. It may resemble a…
A firing pin block is an internal safety device designed to prevent the firing pin from moving forward unless the trigger is deliberately pulled. If that block…
When a relative takes their own life, finding firearms among their belongings can add an urgent practical problem to an already painful situation. The priority…
A cracked receiver or other structural weakness changes the nature of a firearm sale. It is no longer simply a used gun needing a fair price; it may be unsafe…
A shotgun with two triggers, a sliding safety, a tang-mounted switch or an unfamiliar lever can be difficult to identify and handle safely. Older side-by-side…
Finding a gun safe without its key can be unsettling, particularly when nobody knows exactly what is inside. The safest response is to treat the container as…
A firearm that has been dropped and visibly damaged should be treated as potentially unsafe, even if it appears unloaded or the damage looks cosmetic. A bent…
A semiautomatic rifle that fails to cycle, short-strokes, jams, or vents gas abnormally should be treated as a safety concern before it is treated as a sale…
When a relative who served as a police officer dies or moves into care, the family may discover service weapons, privately owned firearms, ammunition,…