private purchase

[HighCountryHunter88]

i have a buddy that was given a 44 mag in a trade and i would like to buy it from him. it is not registered to him so can i buy it and have it registered to me? if i don't regester it is it an illegal firearm if i ever get caught possesing it? i know that rifles and shot guns are grandfathered all the time but i was curious because its a handgun.. any advise and input would be greatly appreciated!!!

[Bulldozer]

There are no registration requirements on private sales of firearms, handgun or longgun.

[Bigshooter]

There are no registration requirements on private sales of firearms, handgun or longgun.

 

[Austrian Hunter]

There are no registration requirements on private sales of firearms, handgun or longgun.

 

  x2 as long as you both are Washington State residence.   

[duckaholic]

There are no registration requirements on private sales of firearms, handgun or longgun.

 

  x2 as long as you both are Washington State residence.   

x3

[Wazukie]

Just make sure you get all his information, and have him sign something that he was the person you got it from.  I'd hate to see it come up as a stolen weapon or used in a crime when its in your possesion.  It does happen.  I was going to purchase a 9mm one time, had the numbers ran and it had been stolen a few years before.  The one I was going to buy it from had no clue that it had been stolen, he had done a trade for it.

just my    from the Mountian