Shipping A Parker

[Dean Romig]

I recently shipped a butt stock and forend to Canada in one of the boxes I make (Allan Swanson's design) and foolishly secured both top and bottom sheets of luan subflooring with the smallest size square-head screws.

Canadian customs needed to verify the contents of the box and apparently didn't have the correct square bit... so they DESTROYED the box! Fortunately the contents were undamaged.


But I always ship via USPS for the very reasons BFT lists.


Further, I always insure my guns and gun parts for the simple reason that 'they' will know I'm serious and they will know that each person who handles the package will be under closer scrutiny.
I may be wrong, but that's how I hope it works.






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[Bill Anderson]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

I recently shipped a butt stock and forend to Canada in one of the boxes I make (Allan Swanson's design) and foolishly secured both top and bottom sheets of luan subflooring with the smallest size square-head screws.

Canadian customs needed to verify the contents of the box and apparently didn't have the correct square bit... so they DESTROYED the box! Fortunately the contents were undamaged.


But I always ship via USPS for the very reasons BFT lists.


Further, I always insure my guns and gun parts for the simple reason that 'they' will know I'm serious and they will know that each person who handles the package will be under closer scrutiny.
I may be wrong, but that's how I hope it works.






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USPS shows that packages are insured on the package, but no one knows you're insuring your packages, except the person who receives the package, with UPS or FedEx. UPS and FedEx do not state this on the package, so in turn "no special treatment". Anyway, I really don't think a carrier employee would think twice about throwing it across the truck or staging room, insured or not. So shipper beware, pack it well !

Bill.