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I agree, any time I ship a rifle out it goes in a hard case. Never had one damaged.

But I can’t control how auction houses pack their shipments.

And I have had a rifle in a hard case damaged coming to me.. maybe two. Basic Plano, tougher than any factory rifle box I’ve ever seen. Slammed/dropped so hard that the bottom of the hard case was broken into pieces. Tang cracks resulted.

I had two 1895’s shipped to me in cardboard boxes with form fitted foam inserts and bubble wrap. Again, boxes thrown or dropped hard enough for both rifles to force their way thru the foam, thru the bubble wrap, thru the cardboard and end up with the muzzles poking out. Again tang cracks and one had chunk of wood missing.

It shouldn’t require packing reminiscent of delivering nuclear materials to get a package safely thru a common carrier.