Good ol UPS

[Pa SxS]

Hell, I don't know who Joseph Plummer is but he might be a 10th cousin to Obama just like Palin and Limbaugh!

I'm currently Googling to find the schedule for the PVC 80 pipe. I guess you can only buy it during certain times of the day, therefore they need a schedule.

[Old and Reliable]

Chuck- I'll check my shop inventory for you- I may have an extra capped PVC tube- just need to know your barrel length- as John Dunkle has now added the "Give-Away" section as well as the Parkers for sale for members of the PGCA- we can now swap, barter or give to brother members misc. items- If I read John's post correctly, we are allowed to recover exact shipping cost. Advise

[Marc Retallack]

Hi Chuck,

If you should happen to find the local Home Depot or Lowes doesn't have Schedule 80, try R.F. Fager's. I assume the one on Derry St. (564-1166) would be the closest for you. If you're closer to Camp Hill, their main location is on State Rd (761-0660).

Cheers
Marcus

[Pa SxS]

All kidding aside guys, thanks for the interesting information. I don't currently need to ship barrels but sometime in the future I want to ship Briley a set of O/U barrels for choke tube installation.

[Old and Reliable]

Just received back a 12 ejector LC Smith I loaned to a new friend I made at the June "Yooper Shoot" in MI UP- Arnold is familiar as both a shooter, collector and gunsmith with many European sidelock action shotguns, but had not yet examined an LC Smith. I also loaned him a spare copy of the Brophy book published by Brownell's in 1981 on the specs. and parts schematics for various "Elsies"- both were shipped UPS insured ground rate from Iron Mt. Wed. 10/13/2010 and arrived safely at my home address today 10-15- safe and sound- so UPS does get it 'right" sometimes. The Smith was in a Dokosil padded case and then wrapped in heavy cardboard by the shipper, the book wrapped also in heavy cardboard- BUT- Murphy's Law does prevail at times, to wit: "A three thousand dollar PCB will blow in line to prevent a .30 fuse from blowing, due to a power surge" or-- "the odds of a heavy jellied piece of toast landing jelly side down is in direct proportion to the value of the carpeting upon which it lands"--

Sooooo!- You ship a 12 ga. 870 back to Remington for warranty repair work, and it goes through smooth as silk- but your Purdey best 12 you sent to Kirk Merrington-- well, maybe yes, and maybe no-- One of my good friends has some fine doubles and over-unders, and he will flat outright NOT ship, he will drive to whatever gun specialist with whom he is dealing at that point in time- Not all of us can do that however--

[Robert Delk]

R.J. Anton was a well known stockmaker from this area,Waterloo,Iowa, and he shipped and received dozens, if not hundreds, of guns through the Hudson,Iowa post office where my father was postmaster. Dad told me he shipped them without a hitch for the time dad was postmaster and he was insuring some of the guns for up to $10grand.This was in the late 60's and early 70's.I think USPS is a better way to go but often it is the "luck of the draw" that prevails.

[Parkerman]

Francis
Appreciate your note re PVC. You mention gluing the end caps on and then, further in your note, you mention paying to get them back--I assume for reuse.
I am probably thick-headed but doesn't gluing the caps necessitate sawing them off upon receipt at the shop?

Linn

[Old and Reliable]

You are right Sir- BUT-- the older method of taping the end caps in place did not allow for some sharp thief in a UPS or other facility warehouse removing an end cap, removing the duct or strapping tape first, then taking out the H&H Royal 20 bore set of barrels or whatever- maybe a Gillum Salmon Rod- something of great value indeed- putting back something to add weight to simulate the real insured item, re-taping the one end cap, and back into the system we go- SO-- I cut the tubes way overlength- ie: a 30" set of barrels- I might have a 38" tube (measured sans end caps- I lay out the 30" and fit the end caps w/o PVC glue or pipe dope- and make a "hash" mark for the cut line adjacent to one of the end caps- and denote that fact in my correspondence to the recipient of the tube- that end gets a block of soft pine as a added "buffer- then the wadded newspaper on both breech and muzzle ends of the set of barrels-which are wrapped in bubble wrap, after receiving a light spray of WD-40 or Rem oil aerosol- this way, when the recipient cuts on the mark- his saw hits soft pine-and with a no-slip fit with both ends padded tightly, no rattle or noise when the PVC sch 80 pipe is moved-

I wish we didn't have to take such measures- you are right- end cut off end cannot be refitted, maybe notched for a ash tray at the deer camp, but that's about it- so I loose that cap and the inch or two of the pipe, so if a party ships the used PVC pipe back to me for a refund, it gets "re-sized for a set of 28" or 26" barrels-

Sorry to be so "wordy" but I have beau coup horror stories from friends with either stolen or damaged split cane rods or Parker, Fox, Smith barrel sets, and I am of Irish heritage and realize the words of wisdom in Murphy's Law: If something can go wrong, it will- so I go "overboard" I suppose in trying to prove Bro Murphy wrong (and maybe stand him to a pint o'Guinness--if I do)

[Bruce Day]

For the unwary, the subject of shipping guns and barrels arises on this forum every year or so, with the same issues, same result and same recommendations, that is, ship USPS insured for the full amount, in heavy duty PVC tubing for barrels, sturdy cardboard and inexpensive plastic gun case or built up wood case for guns. Identify it as a gun to the Post Office and insure for full amount. I've shipped guns insured for $10,000 many times with no damage and no issues. The USPS insured procedure takes a few days longer because they are kept in locked bins overnight and must be bar code read and processed at each transit point.

[Marc Retallack]

Francis

I would think one end of the tube with a female threaded coupling and a clean-out plug would solve the need to cut the tube each time it's shipped. Place the tube in a box and ship.

Cheers
Marc