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You are NOT REQUIRED to declare the content of your package. This.
There are 2 rules to success:
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You are NOT REQUIRED to declare the content of your package. None for their business what you are shipping.
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Thanks for posting this. I have been looking for it.
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You are NOT REQUIRED to declare the content of your package. No argument from me. I used the clik n ship app to make the label and dropped the package at the counter. No questions. Because the gun is broken down, the box doesn't look like a typical long gun box. Biggest downside is the cost is significantly higher than UPS would have been. $51 to ship eleven pounds about 500 miles.
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My only fear would be is if they ask and you said no what would happen if an insurance claim had to be made?
Otherwise if they don't ask, don't offer up any information. Is your "no" answer recorded on any of the documents involved? "Is it a firearm" has never been one of the questions I've been asked about anything I've ever shipped. That said, good luck with ANY insurance claim with the USPS....... That
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You’re in a communist schidt hole if you get haggled at the post office trying to ship something legally. They don’t ask me anything except the flammable etc question no matter what I’m shipping. And that’s how it should be.
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It's been quite a while since shipping a long gun so I need a refresher. It's my understanding that I need to tell the PO that the package contains a long gun, but I don't think there is a paperwork requirement, correct? No markings on the packaging. Can I use the USPS app to print the label and drop it off at the counter? USPS almost never asks what's in the box when I ship long guns Priority Mail. On the rare few occasions when it has happened my response has always been "Machined Parts". Never an issue.
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Why do some people make simple things so hard, even go out of their way to make it hard.
Put it in the box, pay the postage, go home.
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3 gun stores told me I would go to prison, if I mailed a shotgun to my son..
I then went to the local post office. I was told no problemo. Gave me a couple easy to follow instructions... I was well within my rights to mail this shotgun, with insurance, and tracking...
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Local PO will only accept guns (long or short) from a FFL holder. Luckily we have a local guy that will do it for $10. It will still run you about $60 to ship a rifle. Shipping fees have really taken the fun out of trading guns. I have only seen that locally once, a bunch of years ago... one phone call with the employee's name corrected the situation. I’ve never had that issue, but if I did, it would be my number 1 mission in life to make that government worker (who works for us) to eat crow.
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Local PO will only accept guns (long or short) from a FFL holder. Luckily we have a local guy that will do it for $10. It will still run you about $60 to ship a rifle. Shipping fees have really taken the fun out of trading guns. I have only seen that locally once, a bunch of years ago... one phone call with the employee's name corrected the situation. I've done that a time or two.
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Geez Looeez……read the regs. Then pack your stuff in a box that does not look like it holds a gun, get on your personal USPS account, pay shipping & print your label, tape it to the box and put it in the pile of pre labeled packages at your post office. Don’t talk to anyone. If you have read the regs you know more than anyone at your local does. To ask their opinion is to invite confusion and possible catastrophe.
Or ignore this post and do it the hard way. Most of all read the regs and educate yourself.
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Whatever you do pack the he'll out of it. They will try to destroy it. Ask me how I know.
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Where’s bricktop when needed the most?
Good question
The one question I have been trying to figure out if I do postage or UPS through ship station or Pirate ship
Is the insurance through a third party that would pretty much automatically decline an insurance claim when it comes out it was a firearm shipped?
I like the discount but think it maybe wise to but postage direct from the carrier
Any thoughts?
Hank
And Yes who ever said it previously the cost is taking the fun out of trading guns
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How about a 1879 Parker shotgun shipping OUT of California in a piece of pvc?
Maybe go ups instead of usps?
Asking for a friend UPS will NOT transport firearms, period. They will transport "sporting goods" ( or so I've been told)
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Where’s bricktop when needed the most?
Good question
The one question I have been trying to figure out if I do postage or UPS through ship station or Pirate ship
Is the insurance through a third party that would pretty much automatically decline an insurance claim when it comes out it was a firearm shipped?
I like the discount but think it maybe wise to but postage direct from the carrier
Any thoughts?
Hank
And Yes who ever said it previously the cost is taking the fun out of trading guns Pirateship doesn't allow mailing guns, even if the USPS does. My wife and I both use Pirateship for mailing hundreds of packages a year, mostly (but not entirely) books from our publishing company. But when mailing a firearm I take the addressed package to the local PO and have them weigh/measure and ship. Don't want to get crosswise with Pirateship if something goes wrong, because they're such a good deal otherwise. Might also mention that USPS is very good at delivering our books, even when most are shipped media-mail.
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It's been quite a while since shipping a long gun so I need a refresher. It's my understanding that I need to tell the PO that the package contains a long gun, but I don't think there is a paperwork requirement, correct? No markings on the packaging. Can I use the USPS app to print the label and drop it off at the counter? It's legal, just tell the truth and be prepared for about 10 min extra wait. It's no problem IME.
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How about a 1879 Parker shotgun shipping OUT of California in a piece of pvc?
Maybe go ups instead of usps?
Asking for a friend UPS will NOT transport firearms, period. They will transport "sporting goods" ( or so I've been told) Thank you very much.
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