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I figured someone here would know the proper way to ship a firearm to an out of state gunsmith (Idaho to Oregon). Do I need an FFL, should I use Fed Ex, UPS, USPS, other. Any advise is appreciated. Thanks. | ||
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I just took mine to UPS and shipped it. You may need to ship the bolt seperately. It is better to ship in a gun case. The factory box turns out to be too flimsy (at least for my Win.) | |||
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Put the rifle and bolt in an unmarked shipping box and take it to UPS or any other common carrier. Be sure to insure the package and get an adult signature. _______________________________________________________________________________ This is my rifle, there are many like it but this one is mine. My rifle is my best friend, it is my life. | |||
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UPS will ship firearms. But a franchise called the UPS Store will not. | |||
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You do need to obtain a copy of his FFL, the receiver. Because if he keeps it overnite he has to have one. Jim Kobe 10841 Oxborough Ave So Bloomington MN 55437 952.884.6031 Professional member American Custom Gunmakers Guild | |||
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No he doesn't... If the "gunsmith" doesn't have an FFL, the feds will make short order of him. I get guns shipped to me daily and thus far in about 30 years, have only had to send maybe 2, possibly 3 copies of my FFL to the sender. And not because it was required, but because the counter idiot didn't know better. _______________________________________________________________________________ This is my rifle, there are many like it but this one is mine. My rifle is my best friend, it is my life. | |||
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I have found shipping thru the US Postal service the easiest. Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.  What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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Malm, CORRECTO MUNDO! I understand that, the message I was getting at is to make sure the smith has an FFL. I also get a lot of shipments from private indidviduals but there are a bunch of shady types who don't have the FFL. Jim Kobe 10841 Oxborough Ave So Bloomington MN 55437 952.884.6031 Professional member American Custom Gunmakers Guild | |||
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I hear you about shady types operating outside the law, but there is an easier way to verify if an FFL holder is legit, the customer can simply go on line to: https://www.atfonline.gov/fflezcheck/ and fill in the blanks with the info the gunsmith provided via email, phone or PM. This should aleviate any concern regarding the status of the gunsmith. _______________________________________________________________________________ This is my rifle, there are many like it but this one is mine. My rifle is my best friend, it is my life. | |||
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