How to get rifle home? TX to OR

[Who The F R U]

I have a friend who plans on buying and/or be gifted a rifle or two while visiting his father in TX.
What's the best legal way to get them back to Oregon? He is flying down and back for the visit.

-Matthew

Checked luggage in a locked case. 100% legal

 

[wired]

Checked luggage in a locked case. 100% legal

Putting them in the case on the airplane is 100% legal. Taking possession of them in the first place not even a little bit unless he ran it through an FFL holder.

 

[Who The F R U]

Putting them in the case on the airplane is 100% legal. Taking possession of them in the first place not even a little bit unless he ran it through an FFL holder.

Not illegal to transfer FTF in Texas.
Who bought it at a ffl is inconsequential unless it is stolen.

 

[wired]

Not illegal to transfer FTF in Texas.
Who bought it at a ffl is inconsequential unless it is stolen.

It is legal for two residents of Texas...

OR

to transfer a gun between themselves FTF . It IS most definitely 100% illegal under federal law to transfer FTF in Texas if the recipient is a resident of another state thanks to the Gun Control Act of 1968. If they are long guns the recipient and the seller/gifter/grantor/whatever can go to a dealer and transfer through the dealer to make the transaction legal. If they are handguns they would need to be transferred through a dealer in the recipients home state.

Know the law and don't just assume and no, just being in Texas doesnt make you a resident of Texas.