A C & R License allows you to receive C & R firearms interstate directly to your home, without the service of an FFL in your state. The guns do not have to come FROM an FFL, whether you have a C & R license or not. The idea that a gun must be shipped BY or FROM an FFL is pure CRAP, concocted by some FFL holders who haven't a clue what the rules are. An FFL or a C & R is
required on the (interstate)RECEIVING END ONLY. A C & R holder does not have to play the Brady games, or fill out a 4473(for C & R guns). C & R guns are mainly guns made more than 50 years ago. Many others are also on the C & R list because of uniqueness or other collectibility status. It does not allow you to be "in the gun dealer business". You can not receive interstate shipments for other people. If you are receiving non-C & R guns interstate, you still need to have an FFL receiver, just like everyone else. As is often stated, you can go to the ATF site and get the correct answers for yourself, instead of some of the incorrect stuff that pops up in every thread like this.
