Hugh, Doesn't the BATF reg give you 24 hours to log the gun after receipt by you? If the potential buyer sees and refuses the gun within that 24 hour period (that's why I pay close attention to tracking numbers), and if you have not yet logged it, do you have "control" (not ownership) of the gun? If it has not yet been logged, can you not ship it directly back to the original owner? If it has been logged, can you not perform some minor inspection/repair (e.g., lube the ejectors) and return it directly to the owner as a repaired/serviced gun? In many cases, the cost of the minor repair will be less than the FFL fee on the seller's end to get his own gun back. I realize that many FFL's do not know one end of a turnscrew from the other, but you are an exception.
