Mad Irish Jack
40 Cal.
If you package the muzzleloaders firmly in a box with peanuts or bubble wrap tape to retard sliding. You can ship USPS. Take it into the post office. Put address and return addy around the box using magic marker. They'll also have you fill out an address label they'll apply where they want it. Pay the fee ti insure it for $25,000.oo or more. If it's lost or damaged it's payable to the sender.When they ask what is in the package, you tell them it is an irreplaceable "Antique Replica". Since it is not considered a firearm by ATF you don't need to claim it as such. I've shipped more than a dozen this way. The high insurance coverage seems to require better handling and service. Also if traveling by air and checking firearms as luggage it is inexpensive to insure. My friend flies PA to Minnesota every year for rendezvous with family and friends. He insures a rifle, a smoothie, a pistol and longbow in a custom travel box. Insures for $100K. He and his wife told us that every time,the baggage handlers have only it on a cart. Two guys hand it up to the guys in the planes hold they place it. The same in reverse when they land. He picks it up at the claims office where he signs for it after inspecting it. He's never had a nick or out of place incident. Money talks.
