bulkie, I agree on rifles that are worth multi-thousands of dollars. Don't blame a guy at all for spending what amounts to a small percentage of the purchase price on "expensive" shipping. Heck, I'd probably drive 10-12 hours to pick up a really top of the line irreplaceable gun rather than ship it at all.

But my guns aren't in that range. That'd often be a 15%+ fee on each gun purchase I make.

At some point a buyer has to presume that a seller called "Rush2Arms" knows how to safely ship guns from their auction. And I didn't see the box, so I don't know if it was poorly packed in a box, or if it was extremely poor handling by the shippers that caused it to be destroyed. But bubblewrap has saved a good number of guns that have been shipped to me.

From what I'm hearing, other rifles shipped from this auction are showing up in good shape. So sounds like it just might be my shippers.

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