Like I said, I wouldn't risk it these days. The guy I was dealing with was a FFL and it was his advice I was following, but I think he was counting on the postal clerk not realizing that the serial number is the gun. I had removed the trigger and mainspring housing because they were being replaced as part of the rework and not being refinished. A week or so after I received it back I turned it over to my gunsmith to finish the rework, and it occurred to me at that point that I could have had my FFL ship it to him and take the return and save myself the aggravation as well as the risk.Jumping Frog wrote:That isn't legal either. Legally, the serialized frame is the handgun. When you shipped it, you shipped a handgun via USPS. Only FFL's can do that legally.jimlongley wrote:When I sent my .45 to be cerrocoated a few years ago, per the instructions of the coater, I sent two packages and told the PO that the individual packages were "gun parts." The lady at the counter then said it was OK as long as it was not a whole gun, and away it went. Came back a couple of weeks later fully assembled via UPS. I think they lost my barrel link because the one I got back never fit as well as the one I sent. BTW, I, also at the instruction of the guy that did the coating, retained a couple of parts, so that I never sent a "complete gun." I am not sure I would risk that these days.
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When I sent my .45 to be cerrocoated a few years ago, per the instructions of the coater, I sent two packages and told the PO that the individual packages were "gun parts." The lady at the counter then said it was OK as long as it was not a whole gun, and away it went. Came back a couple of weeks later fully assembled via UPS. I think they lost my barrel link because the one I got back never fit as well as the one I sent. BTW, I, also at the instruction of the guy that did the coating, retained a couple of parts, so that I never sent a "complete gun." I am not sure I would risk that these days.