I prefer to ship rifles in the original factory shipping box when available. The box is designed to protect it.
When you ship a rifle registered, the postal employee, always hands me a roll of brown tape and a wet sponge to seal all edges, and cover all writing on the box.
It's really simple, USPS Priority, Registered, Insured for $700, cost me $26 to ship about 900 miles.
Seems fair to me, and fairly worry free.
