Shipping a rifle through the mail?

[Jimbo Slice]

So, how exactly does one go about shipping a fully functional rifle through the mail?


The idea of doing it just freaks me out man.

[seaninmich]

Put it in a box. tape the box. put the address on it. Take it to the post office.

Send it "adult signature required". Insure if you want a little extra security.

[buckshot85]

Put it in a box. tape the box. put the address on it. Take it to the post office.

Send it "adult signature required". Insure if you want a little extra security.

done it 6 or 8 times. all went well. the key is to package it GOOD! some say you have to declare it. I never have. Just answer the standard questions they ask and send it on it's way.

[Jimbo Slice]

Is there a standard sized box that a guy could buy from the USPS?



EDIT: Or should I just wrap it in a whole bunch of PBR boxes with lots of tape and bubble wrap?

[Orlando]

I will not ship a rifle unless it is in a padded CMP shipping box or a plastic padded case inside a box.
If you don't package it well and it gets ruined you will not be able to collect insurance money

[buckshot85]

Need help emptying the PBR boxes???$clapper$

[LEAD POISON]

I sometimes write Honda on box.Boldly on corner.
I never indicate any type of gun info on the box.
Even to Shuff I address it to Tim. not his gun related service.
I had a clerk suggest i had a shotgun in it.I said .With Honda on the box?

[timshufflin]

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12.2 Rifles and Shotguns

Except under 12.1.1d (http://pe.usps.com/text/dmm300/601.htm#1201800) and 12.1.2 (http://pe.usps.com/text/dmm300/601.htm#1065417), unloaded rifles and shotguns are mailable. Mailers must comply with the rules and regulations under 27 CFR, Part 478, as well as state and local laws. The mailer may be required by the USPS to establish, by opening the parcel or by written certification, that the rifle or shotgun is unloaded and not ineligible for mailing under 12.1.1d (http://pe.usps.com/text/dmm300/601.htm#1201800). The following conditions also apply:
a. Subject to state, territory, or district regulations, rifles and shotguns may be mailed without restriction when sent within the same state of mailing. These items must bear a “Return Service Requested” endorsement, and must be sent by Express Mail (“signature required” must be used at delivery), Registered Mail, or must include either insured mail service (for more than $200) requiring a signature at delivery.
b. A shotgun or rifle owned by a non-FFL may be mailed outside the owner's state of residence by the owner to himself or herself, in care of another person in the state, where he or she intends to hunt or engage in any other lawful activity. These mailpieces must:
1. Be addressed to the owner.
2. Include the “in the care of” endorsement immediately preceding the name of the applicable temporary custodian.
3. Be opened by the rifle or shotgun owner only.
4. Be mailed using services described in 12.2a. (http://pe.usps.com/text/dmm300/601.htm#1202456).
c. Rifles and shotguns may be mailed by a non-FFL owner domestically to a FFL dealer, manufacturer, or importer in any state. USPS recommends these items be mailed using those services described in 12.2a. (http://pe.usps.com/text/dmm300/601.htm#1202456).
d. Except as described in 12.1.2a (http://pe.usps.com/text/dmm300/601.htm#1201912), licensed curio and relic collectors may mail firearms meeting the definition of curios or relics under 27 CFR 478.11 domestically to FFL licensed curio and relic collectors in any state. USPS recommends these items be mailed using those services described in 12.2a. (http://pe.usps.com/text/dmm300/601.htm#1202456).
e. Firearms which are certified by the curator of a municipal, state, or federal museum which exhibits firearms to be curios or relics of museum interest may be accepted for mailing without restriction.
f. Air guns that do not fall within the definition of firearm under 12.1.1a (http://pe.usps.com/text/dmm300/601.htm#1201797) are mailable. A shipment containing an air gun with a muzzle velocity of 400 or more feet per second (fps) must include an Adult Signature service under 503.8.0 (http://pe.usps.com/text/dmm300/503.htm#1221838). Mailers must additionally comply with all applicable state and local regulations.
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[andykev]

When I sent my carbine barrel and receiver plus bolt so Tim could park and then install the barrel...I went to the local Post Office. It was busy, and my postal clerk started playing 20 questions about what was in the box. God forbid to even say the word "GUN". I feared black suited men with sunglasses leaping over the counter, a geeky postal inspector knifing open my expertly wrapped box, and the handcuffs tightening on my wrists. No, I cowardly said "It's metal parts". And she replied "Oh...metal part? Car Part. You have part? You want buy insurance?" Tim said I should have loudly and proudly exclaimed "I AM SHIPPING A RIFLE".

Kalifornia has come to this. I am outnumbered. By a lot.

[LEAD POISON]

What Tim says is correct.But you will be harrassed.To the point of openning the box
And showing the manager all is correct .Not to say everytime you come in more questions
I would not say GUN.

[timshufflin]

See now, I would say GUN and loud. Ramming it in the face of anyone I can that I like guns makes me smile inside.

[seaninmich]

See now, I would say GUN and loud. Ramming it in the face of anyone I can that I like guns makes me smile inside.

If more people would do that instead of hiding it, we would have the respect we deserve.