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My wife and I use UPS to ship gun parts and have been pleased so far. A seller I used had a bad experience with them and used USPS and was pleased with USPS. You will probably find a wide variety of opinion, but I think the best advice is to use any of the reputable shippers and make sure you are properly insured and get tracking and delivery confirmation.
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Please remember that it is illegal to ship munitions via USPS. Otherwise I ship firearms via USPS Priority. I always ship on a Monday so that the package is delivered no later than Thursday. This avoids a gun sitting in a Post Office over a weekend.
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That is a good idea about shipping on Monday
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07-12-2012, 09:22 AM
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Everyone has opinions...mine is that USPS is the worst way to ship because its "tracking" number system is a joke. Unlike UPS and Fed Ex, the USPS tracking # tells you nothing about where the shipment is at any particular time or where it was last scanned. There is a very expensive ($100 or so) USPS registered mail option that does give you a real time tracking #, but that's at more than double the cost of UPS or Fed Ex. I learned this lesson the hard way when I shipped an insured gun to a buyer and it didn't arrive on time. I was shocked to learn that my USPS tracking # could not tell me where the gun was last handled. It finally showed up about 2 weeks late with the carton in tatters, but fortunately I had packed it well and the gun was undamaged. In the meantime I had to repeatedly placate and reassure the first time GB buyer that I had in fact shipped his gun, as he was beginning to think he may have been scammed. USPS told me that they just wait until a package is overdue more than 30 days before considering it lost, and hope it shows up in the meantime. What a joke; USPS shipping--never again for me.
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My wife and I are trying to ship one of my guns to be restored right now and we have had a bad experience with both USPS and UPS. We had developed a good working relationship with our local UPS office and they informed us yesterday that the rules have changed (as in the last week or even days) and, long story short, it is now more expensive and more complicated to ship through them. We then called USPS and got the runaround as well. . . . We were first told to package it and take it to our local office and now we are told we need an FFL. Very frustrated right now. Gubment work if there ever was such a thing.
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Mills, you could try printing off the shipping regs from the BATF website, which clearly shows that it is legal for you to ship to an FFL gunsmith. But the problem I've encountered is that even within the same state, every local UPS, Fed Ex, etc depot can make its own policy with respect to shipping guns and ammo. In other words, just by proving that you can ship legally to a licensed gunsmith doesn't mean that they are likely to change their position. For years I had a great local UPS depot owner who let me ship without hastle after I showed him the regs and proved to his satisfaction that it was legal. Then he sold his business to a new guy who is clearly gun-phobic, and now I find myself starting from scratch with the education process. So all I can say is good luck.
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We are now thinking of getting a local FFL to ship the gun to our gunsmith. We have talked to several people at UPS and USPS and have several different stories. My concern is that it gets stopped by some bureaucrat on the way and we never see it again. Thanks for your advice.
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I just dropped off a Parker to UPS for shipment. no hassels, no probles. They printed up the shipping label retaped some of the box and I was in and out in less than 10 min.
I just received a Parker via Fed Ex. I used their on line tracking and the gun appeared at 9am on the day specified. once again no problems. The one thing with Fed Ex if an adult signature is required you have to be there to sign which can be a pain if you work. i have had them send a gun back to the company when no one was home to receive it. |
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