Shipping through USPS

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Depends on weight and destination. USPS does not charge a special fee for shipment of rifles. They will just put it on the scale, put in the zip code and tell you how much. Make sure the FFL you are sending it to will accept from a non-FFL. Some do not.
 
Ship it UPS. Package it before you send it. Insure the heck out of it. Notify the recieving party as well. No way I would ship a firearm through the USPS these days, too many questions and other BS we deal with in my part of the country dealing with guns and ammo with them.
 
shipping firearms via USPS

if you are not an FFL or one of the following:

. Officers of the Army, Coast Guard, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, or Organized Reserve Corps.

b. Officers of the National Guard or militia of a state, territory, or district.

c. Officers of the United States or of a state, territory, or district, whose official duty is to serve warrants of arrest or commitment.

d. USPS employees authorized by the Chief Postal Inspector.

e. Officers and employees of enforcement agencies of the United States.

f. Watchmen engaged in guarding the property of the United States, a state, territory, or district.

g. Purchasing agent or other designated member of agencies employing officers and employees included in 11.1.3c. through 11.1.3e.

you are not able to ship a firearm using the USPS.

here is the link from the USPS.

http://www.cgwgun.com/shipping/usps.aspx


You can ship the firearm using another FFL and pay them to do it for you.

that way you can ship from FFL to FFL.


are you shipping the firearm because you need to do repairs or modifications to it?

if so, use a common carrier like UPS or FedEx...
 
B.S. ! - The ONLY questions USPS ask of EVERY person mailing a parcel are the 5 dangerousness questions: Are the contents either (1) flammable, (2) explosive, (3) fragile, (4)liquid, or (5) perishable.

NO person mailing a parcel is legally required to provide any further information - in fact doing so will often open a can of worms among un-informed postal employees.

Even a fish doesn't get into trouble, IF it would only keep it's big mouth SHUT.

If a mailer is asked directly if they are mailing a firearm - such question usually driven by the size/shape of the parcel (but sometimes by someone's braggadaccio) - DO NOT LIE.
Just demonstrate that you are in compliance with Postal & Federal Law by mailing it to an FFL, and show the copy of the receiving FFL that you've kept in your pocket for just this happenchance.

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if you are not an FFL or one of the following:

. Officers of the Army, Coast Guard, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, or Organized Reserve Corps.

b. Officers of the National Guard or militia of a state, territory, or district.

c. Officers of the United States or of a state, territory, or district, whose official duty is to serve warrants of arrest or commitment.

d. USPS employees authorized by the Chief Postal Inspector.

e. Officers and employees of enforcement agencies of the United States.

f. Watchmen engaged in guarding the property of the United States, a state, territory, or district.

g. Purchasing agent or other designated member of agencies employing officers and employees included in 11.1.3c. through 11.1.3e.

you are not able to ship a firearm using the USPS.

here is the link from the USPS.

http://www.cgwgun.com/shipping/usps.aspx
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MORE B.S. ! !

Right in your own link:

"11.3 Rifles and Shotguns

Although unloaded rifles and shotguns not precluded by 11.1.1e and 11.1.2 are mailable, mailers must comply with the Gun Control Act of 1968, Public Law 90-618, 18 USC 921, et seq., and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, 27 CFR 178, as well as state and local laws. The mailer may be required by the USPS to establish, by opening the parcel or by written certification, that the gun is unloaded and not precluded by 11.1.1e."

BTW - If there is a question of "loaded/unloaded" by USPS employees, the parcel need not be opened.
There is a codicil in the Postal regs that anternately an affidavit (a handwritten/signed note) to the effect that the wrapped firearm is unloaded, will suffice.

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B.S. ! - The ONLY questions USPS ask of EVERY person mailing a parcel are the 5 dangerousness questions: Are the contents either (1) flammable, (2) explosive, (3) fragile, (4)liquid, or (5) perishable.

NO person mailing a parcel is legally required to provide any further information - in fact doing so will often open a can of worms among un-informed postal employees.

Even a fish doesn't get into trouble, IF it would only keep it's big mouth SHUT.

If a mailer is asked directly if they are mailing a firearm - such question usually driven by the size/shape of the parcel (but sometimes by someone's braggadaccio) - DO NOT LIE.
Just demonstrate that you are in compliance with Postal & Federal Law by mailing it to an FFL, and show the copy of the receiving FFL that you've kept in your pocket for just this happenchance.
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Your USPS must be a lot different than mine. I tired that on two seperate occassions where I live at different local PO branches and was turned away. We also have another local contractor office that handles UPS, FedEx and USPS parcel shipping that ende up handling the transactions for me. They reiterated what the PO told me and sent the packages UPS.
 
FWIW, My PO used to be like yours - until I demanded to speak to the Postmaster, demanded to see their Postal regs - and showed them in their own regulations where they were in error.

I look at it this way: If they're gonna make rules; then I'm damn sure gonna hold them to their own rules, too.

"Every person needs to know their limitations, and then do their homework before setting out on an errand - or they are almost sure to fail". (from my Grandmother, ca.1945)

She was right.

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I understand what you are saying and whether or not the regulations allow it or not, why use a shipping agent in an adversarial manner. When they told me no, I asked a similar question about the regulations, got an answer I didn't like and paid the extra few dollars to know that my gun would reach the intended destination in good order and in a timely manner. Why push an issue where to the only loser is going to be you should something happen?
 
I mail long guns back to their makers & have for several years.
I've had to educate one counter clerk, otherwise no problem.
You certainly can, as pointed out above, MAIL long guns to an FFL holder.
I've never even been asked for proof the receiver had one.

This involves three different POs.
It's usually far less than half of what it costs by UPS or Fedex, and you can mail it with signature required & receipt confirmation along with insurance.
I've never had 'em lose a gun yet, and I've been doing it for quite a while.
Denis
 
The occasion doesn't have to be confronential/adversarial - mine wasn't - it was/can be a "training opportunity" ;) . :p

Besides, what else is insurance for ? :rolleyes:

But - enough OT

Jesus Queen:

In my experiance, mailing a long gun Priority Mail (best way) coast-to-coast will cost about $45 for the average 7lb gun after it's packaged properly.

Halfway across the US, about $30; nearby states usually closer to $25.

The extra costs are for insurance (+), delivery confirmation (+/-), and signature req'd for delivery (+/-) - so, YMMV, +/-, but I would recommend always insuring your parcel.

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we had a postal worker that would insist that I open the package and show that the rifle was unloaded by clearing the rifle. So while I cut the package open and started messing with a firearm in a public building I was bumped to the back of the line and had to wait my turn again. borders on some kind of discrimination to me.
 
Some postal workers are nuts and consumed by the ability to be overbearing bureaucrats. Sometimes there is no changing what they say is right or wrong. That is why so many of us are using alternative services.
However, recently I received a muzzle loading long gun from the builder. It was in a long package that hinted in every way a gun was inside. It was not marked as to contents. No problem.
Later, I had to ship it back for fix. I sent back in a black plastic gun case. Not marked on the outside in any way as to contents.
This was picked up at my house by the rural carrier.
Later it came back to me and was delivered to my porch by the same rural carrier.
Never, in the three trips, was it opened for inspection or were any inquiries as to contents made to me by the USPS.
Most of the incidents I read about on this, and other, forums go back to the actions of one uninformed, bad attitude, postal employee.
 
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