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I sold a few rifles and now I have to ship them to the ffl of the new owners. I don't have the factory boxes. What do all of you use?

I put it in a box in a box, or at least a padded case in a box. If you think you tapped it and added enough packing material, think some more and add some more.

I order shipping boxes from U-Line.

Go buy a cheapo hard case and ship it in that. Wrap the case in shipping paper.

Unless you are half a retard, you can make boxes to fit other boxes with a little cutting and a bunch of tape.

Make sure you buy EXTRA insurance.

UPS stores sell Rifle boxes.That and plenty of bubble wrap works good.

Order cheap plastic gun cases, $19.95 or less, online and they come in a box. You can also order gun shipping boxes. IIRC UPS requires firearms be shipped in a “new” box, but I’ve never seen it enforced.

Ive bought cheap plastic hard cases from amazon before and they came in a plain brown box perfect for reshipping. Your local gun shop is also a good place to get boxes. Usually they are overrun by them.
Make sure you charge the buyer enough for shipping as it will probably cost more than you think. I just mailed a Remington 870 from Michigan to Washington and it cost $52. Rates have gone up.

I do more than expected to ship a rifle. Buy a $10 hard case at Walmart, pack that where the rifle doesn’t move around inside the case. Then put in a cardboard box. I want there to be ZERO issues when buyer opens box. It isn’t cheap if you do it right. It’s worth it though...

Amen.

If you just throw it in a plastic rifle case, I guarantee that [bleep] will get [bleep] up. That [bleep] shouldn't move a millimeter.

Plastic hard case ,then cardboard box.

Stop at your local gun shop, they usually have a pile of cardboard gun boxes out back and are more than willing to get rid of them. I am talking a real gun shop, not one of the chain stores.If not many of the previous suggestions work as well.

[align:center][/align]Uline or other gun box, or quality corporate box, wrap gun in Wal-Mart mattress topper. Zero issues over the years. Of course, the cheap hardside from Amazon works best. I've cut down television boxes even, they are very stout.

Shippers require the outside to be bland with no indication there is a gun inside.

Walmart has a wonderful hard case for $10 that is squared off and easy to fold heavy cardboard around for extra protection. Put packing material around the gun inside the hard case so it doesn't move around when you jerk on the closed case. I learned the hard way that a gun will go right through the end of those cases when some gorilla throws it into a truck.

You also might want to break the gun down when shipping, it’s easier to find a box that will fit it. Just wrap all the parts well.

I use the $20 plastic hard cases from Walmart or other places. I then wrap a lot of the case with duct tape so it’s not going to open at all unless someone cuts the tape off. Then just ship it that way through post office. No other box is needed.

I also buy boxes from Uline. I save pieces of 3/8"-1/2" OSB and 1/4" plywood and whatever else is available and construct wooden boxes that fit perfectly inside the Uline boxes. I also save foam packing material and bubble-wrap. I either wrap in the saved materials or place gun in a saved soft gun case and put inside the wooden box and then inside the cardboard. I have never had a single issue with a shipment and have been told my shipping boxes could be dragged behind the UPS truck without damaging the contents. Some extra effort, but well worth avoiding any issues. When I have enough materials, I make up a bunch of boxes ahead of time.

Shipping in a gun case alone without outer box is a big no no , along with labeling the shops name if it has “gun” in the name . I use abbreviations or owners name instead as long as you have the right address it’s fine. Attracting attention to a gun even though it legal to ship is a big red flag.
Also insurance is very hard if not impossible to make a claim against. Shipping companies make it very hard to do so.

To my knowledge, it is not legal for an individual to ship a rifle through the USPS. It has to go through a FFL, with paperwork to another FFL, to be legal through the mail.
Some good ideas here but I would never ship a firearm in a hard case WITHOUT BEING IN AN OUTER BOX.
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