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• Jermanator Senior Member Posts: 16,131 Senior Member

  June 2017 #2

  What you described isn't much more than what some of us do going to a SE Shoot, and we do it every year. I guess my only concern would be which states you are crossing and which state you are moving to-- some specific states have goofy laws and you may want to cover your butt traveling through them. Traveling interstate, the only real precaution I would take is to make sure that the firearms are not accessible to the vehicle occupants and they are unloaded. If you do that, you should be just fine.

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• early Senior Member Posts: 4,950 Senior Member

  June 2017 #3

  They'll need to be protected from damage, and theft.
  
  I'd pack them in such away that the whole truck would need to be unloaded just access sight of them. If forced to answer questions from LEO'S. "I'm moving, I have a collection burried deep in the load that's not accessible."

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• shotgunshooter3 Senior Member Posts: 5,794 Senior Member

  June 2017 #4

  When I last moved I put my guns in cases of some sort (which was old socks for some of the handguns) and then tucked them away at the bottom of the load.
  
  
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• NCFUBAR Senior Member Posts: 4,324 Senior Member

  June 2017 #5

  Depends on what states you're dealing with. Now technically you are protect under the federal Firearms Owners Protection Act of 1986 for transporting firearms to and from places you are heading BUT certain draconian states (NY, NJ, MD and a few other NE states along with DC ... CA as expected ... etc) can make it miserable so kinda need to know what states to really say more.

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• jbp-ohio Senior Member Posts: 10,192 Senior Member

  June 2017 #6

  Depends on which states.
  
  http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bulk-LOT-50-GUN-Trigger-Locks-Gun-Store-Pawn-Shop-SAFETY-SALE-PSP-TG1000/172729270972?_trksid=p2047675.c100011.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D41451%26meid%3D667d0426cbf44c03b13ceb6b6a9f9d38%26pid%3D100011%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D3%26sd%3D172134193303
  
  Buy some el cheapo trigger locks for them all, make sure they are all unloaded, no loaded magazines, and have both guns and ammo where they can't be reached from the passenger compartment of the vehicle will get you through every state........ except maybe Jersey or DC.

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• zorba Senior Member Posts: 23,846 Senior Member

  June 2017 #7

  I just moved a slightly smaller amount across country myself, no problems other than the car being overloaded from all the ammo!

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