Shipping 1861 rifle

[puffc]

I'm going to list my Miroku 1861 rifle for sale. What is the best way to ship it?

 

[64Springer]

Wrap that sucker tightly with a lot of bubble wrap and tape the snot out of it.

Stick in a sturdy rifle box that U-Line sells. They come in bundles. Damn fine boxes for shipping ammo too.

Then stuff packing material all around the rifle.

I've never had a problem shipping rifles this way.

Insure it for full value because carriers don't care about doing their job correctly.

 

[mloader40]

Last year I shipped a rifle that was wrapped in one inch heavy foam taped like crazy three layers of heavy cardboard in a heavy box and the post office ran a forklift Fork through the box and scraped the whole side of the rifle lots of luck with shipping and all the shippers do the same stuff. A wooden box would be the only halfway safe way of shipping a rifle

 

[Dbackfed29]

I'm going to list my Miroku 1861 rifle for sale. What is the best way to ship it?

Do you have pictures?

 

[springfield art]

Yeah, I'd go wood for sure. "Crated"

 

[manbat]

The best-packed rifle I received (that was not in a specialty wood crate) was for a very heavy unmentionable Sharps wrapped in bubble wrap, put in your average padded zippered rifle case, tightly wrapped, and placed in a good box.

 

[rusticbob]

Wood box, I would not trust any long distance shippers anymore.

 

[Uncle Miltie]

Remove the barrel from the stock and pack it in foam and a sturdy cardboard box: it will save shipping cost (length) and a more normal sized box is less prone to destruction.

 

[Flint n Steel]

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[trackpin]

Pack it so you can throw it out the vehicles window at 50MPH and after your friend following you runs it over it is unharmed. Really? Sad to say it can be dropped at considerable height from a conveyer or truck, ran over and crushed or poked by a forklift, stepped on, or used as a step and generally treated like a rectangular soccer ball. Yes, a plywood box will weigh more than the item, but it is the only way to guarantee safe arrival. Second best is rigid foam insulation in layers and have your item form fitted in between the layers or sheets of it with plenty of margin on all sides in a box with a 1x4x length of package. This will absorb most impacts but will do nothing much for any bending stresses, that is where the 1x4x length comes in to play. Expensive? Yep, but then again so is a fine firearm and if it is not packed in professional manner collecting on damages will be ??

 

[fireman1]

Best way to ship it? Behind the seat of your truck as you drive to meet the buyer ftf.

 

[Joemolf]

The way Kimbler ships his kits in crate is best though I would still insure it for full value. I think most of us who ship stuff saw the video of the Fedex crew throwing the boxes out of the truck! That was the FedEx near me.

 

[Eras Gone]

I just shipped a Tenn Rifle from Alabama to New York in a heavy foam lined cardboard box. It arrived with no issues. Always insure them for the full value.

 

[Joemolf]

I like the way TOTW ships stocks and rifles also. They use a spray in foam similar to Great Stuff you can get at Home Depot. Probably need two cans. Rifle wrapped in plastic sleeve . And then plastic between the box and rifle. So plastic 1 or 2mm no seems . Spray in foam. Cover foam with another sheet of plastic. Let it expand just a bit. Place protected rifle over the plastic covering the foam. Another piece of plastic more foam another sheet of plastic. Close box tightly with shipping tape. Sounds like a lot but you end of with a rifle packed in foam that won’t move. Next rifle I ship I’m going to try it. I attached an example

 

[Joemolf]

Make sure to close box tightly with shipping tape quickly to prevent the foam from overflowing!

 

[longtoothpard]

I bought a Miroku Charleville that was shipped in a wooden crate made from thin plywood. It was also wrapped in Styrofoam and plastic. When the driver delivered it he dropped it on the floor of his truck from a height of one foot. Musket was well-protected and idiot-proof. The seller also insured it for full value.

I also bought a Miroku 1861 that was shipped in a regular box with styro. The box was banged up but the musket was OK. Thought I lost it in the USPS when it dropped off the tracking radar for over a week, but thankfully it arrived.

 

[Joemolf]

I bought a Miroku Charleville that was shipped in a wooden crate made from thin plywood. It was also wrapped in Styrofoam and plastic. When the driver delivered it he dropped it on the floor of his truck from a height of one foot. Musket was well-protected and idiot-proof. The seller also insured it for full value.

I also bought a Miroku 1861 that was shipped in a regular box with styro. The box was banged up but the musket was OK. Thought I lost it in the USPS when it dropped off the tracking radar for over a week, but thankfully it arrived.

Miraculously I think most things get where they’re going in one piece; I hope to never have to deal with an insurance claim.

 

[rmefbowhunter]

I'm going to list my Miroku 1861 rifle for sale. What is the best way to ship it?

I recently received a m/l that was very cleverly packaged in a U-Line 8X4X52” cardboard box. The shipper wrapped the firearm very securely in thick bubble wrap and taped it to a 1X8X52” pine board which he then slid into the cardboard box, and filled all remaining space with more bubble wrap. Worked like a charm. (at least this time it did! )