Good ol UPS

[Harry Collins]

WOW! Calvin, I would have had a heart attack. I have put 1X4's in cardboard boxes to ship barrels and ship mostly with USPS. My stocker is in the country and likes guns shipped UPS to save him a trip to town to the PO Box.

Now, how about some pictures of the barrels Graig did. I like the looks of his work.

Harry

[CFWs]

Originally Posted by Harry Collins

WOW! Calvin, I would have had a heart attack.

I just about did!.... I raised he** on everyone I could at UPS. Doesn't do any good... I keep threatening to cancel my account and go with Fed-Ex, and they don't seem to care.

Calvin, I have a set of 10ga. barrels in the shop that are just like your's. I am looking forward to getting them finished up...

[Parker Bachelder (Brad's Profile)]

I agree with Francis, the culprit here is schedule 40 PVC, it is not impact resistant. The condition of the barrels is a testament to the internal packaging. I suggest using schedule 80, much, much stronger. Tubes are a great way to ship barrels.
I am not trying to make apologies for UPS or anyother carrier, we use them all. Two factors are critical to safe shipping, proper packaging and ample insurance. You must assume the package will be kicked around or dropped, because, it will. We ship and recieve 30 to 40 packages a month, Guns and Barrels, knock on wood, over the years we have seen only a handfull of shipping damage cases. In each case insurance covered the gun or needed repairs.
Anybody that has ever shipped anything has at least one horror story, its kind of like a piece of clay target hitting your new buttstock.

Brad