Curios and Relics FFL

From the picture below it should be apparent that I do not have enough guns :) therefore I have started the process of obtaining a Curios and Relics Federal Firearms License. Step 1 is to call the BATF and have a rather strange telephone conversation with someone who barely speaks English. It almost sounded like a computer talking, but the responses, while very delayed, were to appropriate to have been a computer.

Step 1 Complete – Call the BATF forms distribution center at (703) 455-7801 and ask for a Form 03 Curios and Relics Federal Firearms License application.

Evidently you cannot download the form; it must be requested and mailed.

So what will this get me?
1. Discounts at places like Brownells.
2. Wholesale Prices on Firearms, well C&R Fire arms at least.
3. The ability to have a C&R firearm shipped directly to my house (this is the biggie).

What's it going to cost? $30.00

There are tons of C&R rifles out there at bargain prices and pistols too. I really want to start with Beretta pistols will likely start my C&R collection with a Beretta model 1934 in .380. This will be a nice shootable gun. Another gun that I will likely get is an SKS rifle. See Heads Bunker's excellent article on the SKS.

Here is a nice example of a Beretta 1934 .380 that qualifies as C&R.


Current C&R listing for Beretta:
• Beretta, M 1951 pistol Israeli Contract, caliber 9mm parabellum.
• Beretta, model 1915 pistols, cal. 6.35mm, 7.65mm, and 9mm Glisenti.
• Beretta, model 1915/1919 (1922) pistol (concealed hammer), caliber 7.65mm.
• Beretta, model 1919 pistol (without grip safety), caliber 6.35mm.
• Beretta, model 1923 pistol, caliber 9mm Glisenti.
• Beretta, model 1932 pistol, having smooth wooden grips w/"PB" medallion, cal. 9mm.
• Beretta, model 1934 pistol, light weight model marked "Tipo Alleggerita" or "All" having transverse ribbed barrel, cal. 9mm.
• Beretta, model 1934 pistols, cal. 9mm post war variations bearing Italian Air Force eagle markings.
• Beretta, model 1934 pistols, cal. 9mm produced during 1945 or earlier and having S/Ns within the ranges of 500000-999999, F00001-F120000, G0001-G80000, 00001AA-10000AA, 00001BB-10000BB. The classification does not include any post war variations dated subsequent to 1945 or bearing post war Italian proof marks.
• Beretta, model 1935 pistol, Finnish Home Guard Contract, marked "SKY" on the slide, cal. 7.65mm.
• Beretta, model 1935 pistol, Rumanian Contract, marked "P. Beretta - cal. 9 Scurt - Mo. 1934 - Brevet." on the slide, cal. 9mm.
• Beretta, model 1935 pistols, cal. 7.65mm, produced during 1945 and earlier and having S/Ns below 620799.
• Beretta, M1951 pistol, Egyptian Contract, caliber 9mm parabellum.
• Beretta semiautomatic pistol, Model 92F, 9mm Luger caliber, slide engraved in gold "North Carolina Highway Patrol 60th Anniversary 1929-1989," serial numbers NCHPC 0001 through NCHPC 1313 inclusive.