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Shipping guns via USPS
Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 8:25 am
by Venus Pax
Someone mentioned on another thread that you usually have to declare a gun when you ship it.
Daddy recently needed to ship a gun back to the manufacturer. He said UPS wanted too much. He called USPS, and they said that he could ship the gun unloaded. It was significantly less.
Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 8:47 am
by kw5kw
I shipped my little Kel-Tec P-32 back to Kel-Tec in June.
I shipped normal ground UPS with no special declartion.
They received the P-32 and repaired it and shipped it back to me overnight air.
I was happy with their service, but not with the gun. I sold it.
Russ
Re: Shipping guns via USPS
Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 9:15 am
by dpatterson
Venus Pax wrote:Someone mentioned on another thread that you usually have to declare a gun when you ship it.
Daddy recently needed to ship a gun back to the manufacturer. He said UPS wanted too much. He called USPS, and they said that he could ship the gun unloaded. It was significantly less.
What kind of gun?
DP
Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 9:27 am
by Crossfire
kw5kw wrote:I was happy with their service, but not with the gun. I sold it.
Russ
Same experience here with the Keltec P32. I never could get that thing to go "bang" reliably. Traded it for some really nice electronic ear muffs. Best trade I ever made!
Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 4:03 pm
by Venus Pax
I don't remember what he sent off.
Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 9:52 pm
by GrandmasterB
My understanding is that us average folk can send long guns (rifle or shotgun) via USPS but if it is a handgun, we have to send it via a carrier like FedEx or UPS.
If you have an FFL, you can ship via USPS. I do business with an FFL close by and have had him ship handguns for me, since it comes out way cheaper than the steep overnight fees from FedEx.
Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 12:10 am
by KBCraig
GrandmasterB wrote:My understanding is that us average folk can send long guns (rifle or shotgun) via USPS but if it is a handgun, we have to send it via a carrier like FedEx or UPS.
If you have an FFL, you can ship via USPS.
Not all FFLs: only dealers and manufacturers.
C&R FFLs cannot mail handguns.
Kevin