The 4473 you complete to purchase a firearm asks if you use drugs or are in the country illegally. They don’t drug test you at the gun store. I’m told by a sometimes reliable source that it’s just another way for the ATF to say “Gotcha!”
Yeah, I imagine it’s much like the 4473. Just something you have to affirm and sign, but not something they’ll actually test.
Anyhow, this thread reminds me that I need to finally get around to getting a C&R license. It would be so handy to just be able to order surplus rifles on the internet and have them delivered to my door.
Man I can’t wait for this. I’m just going to order like, 2 Monsins and 2 SKSs and lovingly clean them. A piece of history! How do those surplus-arms sites handle the transaction anyway? Do they require you to mail them a photocopy of your C and R license?
You can get SKS with a C&R license? I didn’t think they were old enough to be a Relic and certainly not Curios. Are they old enough? Is there a certain serial No. range that is acceptable?
They want you to mail it to them ahead of time; some may allow you to email a scan or fax a copy, while others need the physical photocopy. Many sites will also give discounts with a C&R to all their products.
I think all of the milsurp ones have been declared C&R by the AFT, but commercial ones (eg Norinco) aren’t. When you get your C&R the ATF sends you a packet that includes a book listing all the C&R eligible firearms; there is a list under Section II here but it is only up through 1998.
To answer the OP, there is no requirement for a drug test. It is like the 4473 where you are asked if you use illegal drugs, and I assume the ATF would charge you with perjury if they later find differently.
Once the ATF sends you the license, it is best to make a bunch of copies of it. Do not sign the original; each copy that is sent out is required to have an original signature. You can either mail or fax your license to the dealer.