Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles FFL Charging $120 to Ship Rifle?

Does the NY destination have anything to do with it?

The price quoted is outrageous.

$40 for the transfer and $19 for shipping and insurance as of Tuesday for me. My guy will receive from non FFL, but the buyers FFL wouldn't. No biggie, guy is a good dude and don't mind him making a few bucks.

$120 is stupid.

That did cross my mind and could be the answer.

If they plan to ship UPS or FedEx and tell them its a firearm; they will require next day and it can be $100; not so USPS.

Sounds like the dude doesn't want sell. Time to move on, if you haven't sent payment.

At this point, the stupid thing would be buying the rifle. I'd say no to the deal.

That's not true. Next day is only required for handguns.

It's a crap shoot when you have two FFL's involved. In my parts they will not receive from a non FFL. It is however legal to do so. Rock and a hard spot. I have shipped to an FFL from myself no issues. Other times pay the fees OR.. About to do a deal myself, from my FFL to another FFL who will not receive from an individual. Keeping my fingers crossed, maybe turn out to be bitchin contest............

The one twenty sounds like into: New York, California,..... or Mass "gun transfer special". What most people fail to realize is USA is fifty small countries with two official languages Spanish and American English.

FedEx and UPS say they want Next Day, but that is just their "suggestion" and has nothing to do with law. Send it anyway you like and do not call it a firearm.

Nothing to do with LAW, true, but Company Rules, Policy, regulation. Not worth the risk of that being the one lost package and not getting insurance paid because you tried to save a few dollars. The previous owner shipped a Ruger O/U, ground, no insurance, it got lost, the gun sold for $1200on gunbroker, UPS finally paid the owner $100.
I had to overnight a pistol for a guy, GA to Mo, with Insurance, MY COST was $116. I've shipped TONS of guns, and this was the firs ttime the asked if it was a handgun and I said yes, so I had to ship air.

Where's Bricktop? We could get 30 pages out of this...................

Have him go to Carolina GunRunners. I have shipped several rifles out through them and it is always about $30.

I am guessing he wanted them to box it up. I can tell you that when people wanted me to box up a gun, they paid more than shipping cost, maybe not $120 but I was not doing it for the actual cost of shipping. I put a lot of effort into making sure the gun gets to its destination in one piece.

I have a rule of thumb that has worked well for me. When people begin to complicate simple things, I punt.

Exactly. Imagine said person if something that required actual thought were to become of relevance...........

Yep, the minute he started making things difficult I'd have told him to keep it and refund the money. I don't have time for that.

Steely nails it, again.

TFF Steely.

Just shipped a rifle from me to an FFL it cost $36 that was priority mail with $600 insurance on top. Piece of cake.

I think part of the reason for the high quote is that you live in the People's Republic of New York.

Packing and shipping is not an afterthought to do it right and if you want something to arrive safely. A lot of sellers seem to be clueless.

I tell folks I pack as if King Kong himself were handling the packages, and many package handlers would be an insult to that fine Gorilla.

I send detailed instructions to a seller as to how to ship and pack, and I always include a couple of dollars extra for insurance.

I'd separate the action from the stock in separate boxes, then both boxes in the same package to allow for a shorter box length for internal strength... 2 boxes in separate boxes inside a larger box with lots of bubble wrap and peanuts.

Am I obsessive...???

Absolutely, but I've had sellers not use any wrapping or not even seal the box with tape!

One of my buddies sued UPS for interference with a business violation because they kept losing or breaking his shipments...he won the case, but he is an SOB and his wife is an attorney.