Foreword: The Federal Government and the ATF does not issues firearms permits nor any license or permit to carry a firearm. Please refer to your local licensing authority for a firearms permit. A C&R is NOT a Federal Firearms license to deal arms, it is a collectors license. The information below is a guide. For any legal reference please read the laws in full at the AFT website - C&R section.

What is a Curio & Relic?
Firearms automatically attain C&R status when they are 50 years old or more. Any firearm that is at least 50 years old, and in its original configuration, meaning for example, if it was not previously a fully automatic arm & converted to a semi-automatic, it would likely qualify as a C&R firearm.

What is a Curio & Relic License?
It is a Collector's License, therefore a collector can acquire curios or relics in interstate commerce. Although a licensed collector may acquire and dispose of curios or relics at any location, dispositions to nonlicensees must generally be made to residents of the same State in which the collector is licensed. Further, A LICENSED COLLECTOR IS NOT AUTHORIZED TO ENGAGE IN BUSINESS AS A DEALER IN ANY FIREARMS, INCLUDING CURIOS OR RELICS. A FEDERAL FIREARMS DEALER'S LICENSE IS REQUIRED FOR THIS ACTIVITY.

Please click here to view my license (personal information blacked out)

Who can I sell my WWII Rifle to?
The short answer is, anyone with a valid firearm permit or a C&R license.

Bound Book
You are REQUIRED to keep a bound book of all your C&R purchases and sales. The BATF can at their sole discretion, come to your residence anytime and request to see your bound book. It is necessary that you keep this record(s) and accurately document all of your transactions.

See my example of a proper bound book page.

If you need a sufficient record page you can use/print this one I made in a WORD DOCUMENT or a PDF FILE.

What are the minimum qualification to obtain a C&R License

• 21 years or more of age
• You are not a convicted felon
  
• You have not willfully violated the Gun Control Act (GCA) or its regulations
  
• You have to be a US citizen or permanent resident or have special dispensation
  
• You cannot be prohibited from shipping, transporting, receiving or possessing firearms or ammunition
  
• You have not willfully failed to disclose material information or willfully made false statements concerning material facts in connection with your application

What if I cannot qualify for a C&R?
Under the provisions of the Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA), convicted felons and certain other persons are prohibited from possessing or receiving firearms. The GCA provides the Attorney General with the authority to grant relief from this disability where the Attorney General determines that the person is not likely to act in a manner dangerous to the public safety and granting relief would not be contrary to the public interest. The Attorney General delegated this authority to ATF.

Since October 1992, however, ATF's annual appropriation has prohibited the expending of any funds to investigate or act upon applications for relief from Federal firearms disabilities submitted by individuals. As long as this provision is included in current ATF appropriations, the Bureau cannot act upon applications for relief from Federal firearms disabilities submitted by individuals. [18 U.S.C. 922(g), 922(n) and 925(c)]

Are there any alternatives for relief from firearms disabilities?
A person is not considered convicted for Gun Control Act purposes if he has been pardoned, had his civil rights restored, or the conviction was expunged or set aside, unless the pardon, expungement, or restoration expressly provides the person may not ship, transport, possess, or receive firearms.

Persons convicted of a Federal offense may apply for a Presidential pardon. 28 CFR 1.1-1.10 specify the rules governing petitions for obtaining Presidential pardons. You may contact the Pardon Attorney's Office at the U.S. Department of Justice, 500 First Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20530, to inquire about the procedures for obtaining a Presidential pardon. Persons convicted of a State offense may contact the State Attorney General's Office within the State in which they reside and the State of their conviction for information concerning any alternatives that may be available, such as pardons and civil rights restoration. [18 U.S.C. 921(a)(20) and (a)(33)]

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