I'm not a lawyer, so all of this is strictly opinion.
First of all, they will (or should) ship it directly to you.
Second, If you do register it, you can fill it out as tho you are selling it to yourself.
Third, regarding the need to register it....
S 28.422 License To purchase, carry, or transport pistol.
Sec 2 (7)"This section does not apply to the purchase of pistols from wholesalers by dealers regularly engaged in the business of selling pistols at retail, or to the sale or barter, or exchange of pistols kept solely as relics, curios, or antiques not made for modern ammunition or permanantly deactivated..."
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Here is how I see it....
The law says you don't need a permit to purchase for the 'sale or barter, or exchange of pistols kept SOLELY as relics, curios or antiques..
That means if you buy, barter, or exchange a pistol that is to be kept as only a curio or relic you don't need a green card. Once you shoot it, it is clear that it was not purchased to be a curio or relic but rather a firearm that would require safety inspection.
This backs up what the MSP told me when I inquired about it. Basically they see it as if you purchase one of these 'curios' its a curio, not a firearm that is intended for use. Once you shoot it, you no longer have a curio but rather a firearm.
Its somewhat confusing, but what you have to remember is that there is a difference between what MI law refers to as a curio:
Noun
* S: (n) curio, curiosity, oddity, oddment, peculiarity, rarity (something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting)
and a list of guns the ATF maintains are curios and relics. Michigan doesn't care what the ATF says per se. They see it as a decision of whether you are purchasing a curio or you are purchasing a pistol (regardless of how old it is) eventhough the same item shows up on your doorstep.