Shipping Guns

[FishDFly]

Was reading in the July Muzzle Blasts and found this:

shipmygun.com/go/

Ship My Gun- The laws, regulations and policies about shipping firearms is enough to make one run screaming into the wilderness or frustration. Take some of the frustration and expense away by using this service. They navigate the red tape and make it easier and cheaper.

Know nothing about this service, but I thought I would pass it on.

 

[springfield art]

Was reading in the July Muzzle Blasts and found this:

shipmygun.com/go/

Ship My Gun- The laws, regulations and policies about shipping firearms is enough to make one run screaming into the wilderness or frustration. Take some of the frustration and expense away by using this service. They navigate the red tape and make it easier and cheaper.

Know nothing about this service, but I thought I would pass it on.

A service called Shipsticks sends golf clubs; in some hands, as 'dangerous' as a BP firearm!

 

[ML48]

Was reading in the July Muzzle Blasts and found this:

shipmygun.com/go/

Ship My Gun- The laws, regulations and policies about shipping firearms is enough to make one run screaming into the wilderness or frustration. Take some of the frustration and expense away by using this service. They navigate the red tape and make it easier and cheaper.

Know nothing about this service, but I thought I would pass it on.

The worst to ship if you are not an FFL, is CF pistols. I believe they have to go Fedex next day and to a licenced FFL holder. Illinois requires all rifles, pistols, black powder muzzleloaders and even air rifles over a certain fps, ships to a licensed FFL holder.
My bad, you can also ship a handgun by UPS next day express.
Gunbroker has an excellent site for rules on shipping CF guns and muzzleloaders.

 

[TreeMan]

Was reading in the July Muzzle Blasts and found this:

shipmygun.com/go/

Ship My Gun- The laws, regulations and policies about shipping firearms is enough to make one run screaming into the wilderness or frustration. Take some of the frustration and expense away by using this service. They navigate the red tape and make it easier and cheaper.

Know nothing about this service, but I thought I would pass it on.

If I’m shipping any type of firearm I pack it and ship it. They always ask is it hazmat, batteries, explosives and all that junk. I say no and pay them the shipping and insurance. They don’t ask if it’s a gun and I don’t tell. Perfectly legal. It’s none of UPS or USPS business what I’m shipping if it isn’t a hazmat item.

 

[EC121]

Illinois requires all rifles, pistols, black powder muzzleloaders and even air rifles over a certain fps, ships to a licensed FFL holder.
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Not so. In the last year I have bought 5 muzzleloading rifles from Rock Island Auctions of Rock Island Ill., and they shipped them UPS direct to my house. All I paid was my state's sales tax and shipping. No FFL needed. Percussion revolvers might be different.
Chicago might be another story.

 

[ML48]

Thanks for
that info. the reason being, I won a muzzleloader on RIA and they required a transfer fee and my FFL had to send them a copy of his FFL. When I went to pick it up, he was laughing as to why they sent a muzzleloader to him. I explained...he had some real good comments, which I shall not repeat here. If what you say is gold, I've missed some great deals there.
Thanks for the info my friend.

 

[FishDFly]

You are welcome, I was hoping the info. from the site would help someone.

 

[Sam squanch]

Read the USPS regs. NO concealable firearms , modern or antique, can be shipped by ordinary people. You can’t even be in possession of one on the premises. Went to ASK about the legality of this at my local PO. No guns on me or in my car at all. Brainless bimbo called the cops! After the dynamic duo got over the spell of jiggling mammeries and damsel in distress, they realized she was full of crap......I was told it’s a FEDERAL offense, dont do it. Not worth the risk.

 

[ohio ramrod]

For years I shipped guns and parts no problems. But this spring UPS refused to ship a ramrod so I went to another UPS store and shipped a "flyrod". What the regulations are and what an indivual clerk say are often two different things.

 

[Sam squanch]

A ups STORE can refuse to send anything out . It’s a privately owned business, not owned by ups. Like a McDonald’s franchise.

 

[ML48]

As I said before: Go to gunbroker. Those folks constantly ship modern, antique, curio, relic, guns. They are not about to get their business sued over shipping regulations.
I've found that most if not all USPS, UPS, etc. clerks are uninformed. As soon as they here the word gun, they freak out and say "YOU CAN;T SHIP THAT". I actually had one UPS clerk try to tell me I couldn't ship a wooden rifle stock because it was part of a gun.
If you are not a licensed FFL holder, you must send a "modern firearm" to a licensed FFL holder for your buyer.
A black powder muzzleloader is not considered a "firearm" according to federal law(BATFE). Therefore you as an individual do not have to ship it to an FFL holder.
Also check How to Ship Firearms or Ammunition @ UPS.
Also Check USPS & FEDEX REGS. REMEBER: ALL MODRN FIREARMS HAVE TO BE SENT TO AN FFL HOLDER>

 

[mooman76]

Was it an actual UPS clerk or was it a UPS store? The UPS store are not UPS people and they don't know diddly but think they know it all.

 

[ormond tony]

There's a lot of discussions at this link going back to september 2020.

mailing bp revolvers

 

[ML48]

Was it an actual UPS clerk or was it a UPS store? The UPS store are not UPS people and they don't know diddly but think they know it all.

No, it was at the UPS depot.....go figure huh

 

[Billy Boy]

If I’m shipping any type of firearm I pack it and ship it. They always ask is it hazmat, batteries, explosives and all that junk. I say no and pay them the shipping and insurance. They don’t ask if it’s a gun and I don’t tell. Perfectly legal. It’s none of UPS or USPS business what I’m shipping if it isn’t a hazmat item.

Insurance? Has anyone ever heard of USPS paying an insurance claim?

 

[user 48679]

Read the USPS regs.

NO concealable firearms , modern or antique, can be shipped by ordinary people.

Went to ASK about the legality of this at my local PO.

I was told it’s a FEDERAL offense, dont do it. Not worth the risk.

With all due respect, this is a muzzleloading forum, and muzzleloading guns (including handguns) are exempt/mailable.

Refer to the pertinent USPS Reg 431.2, here: https://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/pub52c4_008.htm#ep344365

IME, most USPS clerks and Law Enforcement folks are NOT versed in US Federal Law - but some state/municipal laws have their own restrictions, so it's a good idea to check the laws in your own state/municipality for details.

 

[Loyalist Dave]

Insurance? Has anyone ever heard of USPS paying an insurance claim?

The USPS is semi-privatized..., so unlike an actual Federal Department, you can sue them...,
(They just spent lots of cash to redesign a whole new generation of postal delivery vehicles to reduce the claims against the USPS from running over people. Oshkosh got the contract.)

So NO they won't admit to paying an insurance claim.


However, if somebody was injured by what you shipped, or if what you shipped was destroyed or lost, and it wasn't actually illegal to ship it (as illegality would void the insurance contract) then the injured party's attorney would have a choice... file suit against you....file suit against the USPS to pay the insurance claim.

WHICH of the two has more cash? "Deep pockets makes for a fat target" say many civil attorneys that I know....

The sealed out of court settlement I predict would be paid by the USPS.

LD

 

[Sam squanch]

Regulations make NO separation between antique handguns , replica handguns, or modern handguns. Under the new post office rules, they are all the same. Ask your postmaster, it’s the concealable weapons that are banned, regardless of age . I hope you don’t find out the hard way.

 

[ML48]

Regulations make NO separation between antique handguns , replica handguns, or modern handguns. Under the new post office rules, they are all the same. Ask your postmaster, it’s the concealable weapons that are banned, regardless of age . I hope you don’t find out the hard way.

Wrong again....read the regs entirely.

 

[springfield art]

As I said before: Go to gunbroker. Those folks constantly ship modern, antique, curio, relic, guns. They are not about to get their business sued over shipping regulations.
I've found that most if not all USPS, UPS, etc. clerks are uninformed. As soon as they here the word gun, they freak out and say "YOU CAN;T SHIP THAT". I actually had one UPS clerk try to tell me I couldn't ship a wooden rifle stock because it was part of a gun.
If you are not a licensed FFL holder, you must send a "modern firearm" to a licensed FFL holder for your buyer.
A black powder muzzleloader is not considered a "firearm" according to federal law(BATFE). Therefore you as an individual do not have to ship it to an FFL holder.
Also check How to Ship Firearms or Ammunition @ UPS.
Also Check USPS & FEDEX REGS. REMEBER: ALL MODRN FIREARMS HAVE TO BE SENT TO AN FFL HOLDER>

Those little package store independent clerks are the funniest; a wooden shotgun stock, just the stock, you'd think it was a box of vipers. Cut-off short steel barrel sections, just tubing, I claimed were antique wrenches.