I was wondering if anyone has any knowledge about this. I would like to purchase a brandnew rifle from Cabelas in Utah and bring it back to Hawaii with me. But before I return to Hawaii I will be flying to California for a few days. Does anyone know if I will have any problems going from Utah to Cali then back to Hawaii? I will purchase a hard case and have it locked according to TSA and airline rules. Thanks

Well first question is what type of rifle is it? If it can be considered an assault weapon by CA's definition, it would be illegal to bring into the state under your circumstances. If not, you should be just fine. If you purchase any standard capacity rifle magazines I suggest you ship them to Hawaii, even magazine parts kits are pretty much verboten now in CA. CA's registration system is done at point-of-sale for new purchases/transfers (no B.S. trips to the PD like here), and new CA residents importing firearms into the state have 60 days to register, by mail. I could only dream of such a system here in Hawaii.

Here is a handy AW flowchart for reference:

http://www.calguns.net/caawid/flowchart.pdf

Thanks for the info. The rifle I want to purchase is a Sig 716. I didn't see it in any of the Ban lists.

CA has a list of banned AW's by name, and a feature test. You might want to double check the features on the SIG 716 using that flowchart, I am pretty sure it would be considered an assault weapon in CA unless it had a bullet button installed prior to entrance into CA.

You are right. I checked the flow chart again and it has features that make it a AW.
The pistol grip, flash suppressor and telescopic stock. I'll have to figure something out. Thanks for your help.

Will Utah sell to out of state resident without an FFL to ship to?

Why not have it shipped to a local FFL here? Instead of going through all the hassles of airports and California laws, seems easier to ship it. JMO

Can you not mail it to yourself, if it is legal to purchase out of state there?

Thanks for the input guys. I'm just gonna buy them when I go in six months. I'm coming straight back to Hawaii. The prices there are a lot better than here. It's worth the wait.