Update on FEDEX and my dented 32" barrel..

[Stan Hillis]

Many years go I saw a $500 gun for sale online at McDonald's Gunshop in Australia. I called and struck a deal on the I. Hollis SLNE. He verified it as pre-1898 and sent it to me USPS. When it arrived in a flimsy cardboard box I opened the box to find that the gun was wrapped in several layers of newspaper, with a little more stuffed in around it. Not a scratch on the beautiful English walnut, or the metal. He hadn't even insured it.

Sometimes you just get lucky.

SRH

[Opening Day]

Originally Posted by Stan Hillis

Many years go I saw a $500 gun for sale online at McDonald's Gunshop in Australia. I called and struck a deal on the I. Hollis SLNE. He verified it as pre-1898 and sent it to me USPS. When it arrived in a flimsy cardboard box I opened the box to find that the gun was wrapped in several layers of newspaper, with a little more stuffed in around it. Not a scratch on the beautiful English walnut, or the metal. He hadn't even insured it.

Sometimes you just get lucky.

SRH

You should have played the Lotto that day !

[Jerry VanHorn]

End of Story...Breck talked to FEDEX again. They pretty much told him to pound sand....so..I guess it's over. The barrels were stripped and reblued after the dent was raised. Breck says they are perfect..Moral.?? Don't use fedex..and OVERPACK your items..

[Harold Pickens]

I like to ship my guns in this old beat-up leg of mutton case and then inside a cardboard box. Luckily no trouble so far have always used USPS. The case will hold up to 30 inch barrels.