I have shipped 100s of guns over the last couple decades, up to $25,000 in value, without any insurance, with zero losses or claims. Spend your money on packing materials and over size heavy cardboard boxes or very hard gun cases, not insurance. I have never had or heard of a box disappearing completely from either UPS or FedEx (which I use the most). I have had USPS packages that gave me long periods of unexplained, no tracking sometimes. Days overdue, they finally show up. If you have heard about damage claims, I'll bet it is always from thin boxes and/or little or no packing, and not being run over by a FedEx truck or a train. Also remember that there are limits as to what any carrier will pay you on a claim.
The "not so intelligent" have shipped guns to me in boxes large enough to ship a small boy with no packing whatsoever. I have received guns with the barrel poked out through the boxes like spears.
If you are going to ship only one gun in your lifetime, you can throw your money in any direction you want, but I have saved $1000s, by not buying insurance, still waiting for my first claim!
Bill
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