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So I'm selling and then needing to be packaging and shipping some long guns.
Any quick advice on this.. Best shipping Co. Insurance, FFL's also generic packing that works best for folks?

Thanks for any help. I do appreciate it.
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This is the box I use, high quality
https://www.cameronpackaging.com/gun....html#TakeDown
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This is the box I use, high quality
https://www.cameronpackaging.com/gun....html#TakeDown
I spent 2 hours once looking for the sources of these boxes. This is excellent, thank you.
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These are the boxes I use. I also buy micro fiber towels from Costco and use rubber bands not tape to hold the towels in place and protect the individual pieces. Followed my bubble wrap also held on with rubber bands.
Finally I tape the box closed using a water activating packing tape.
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I bought a bundle from U-Line of 36x10x4 boxes (25 to a bundle). They work ok, but the box shown above is superior. Also use peanuts salvaged from incoming shipments and air bags to fill gaps around a very generous amount of bubble-wrap on the individual pieces. The only shortcoming of the boxes I have is that there is a full-length seam to seal and it requires more packing to keep the seam solid so it is not pushed in under handling. Still, every shipment I have sent out arrived unscathed. Can't say the same for some incoming guns.

I like Phil's method of using rubber bands instead of tape around the bubble-wrap.
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