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I am planning on shipping a set of barrels, there from a 21, 2 barrel set. This set is unfired,how does one go about insuring them? Cost of gun?

Some of the best insurance starts with secure packaging, and the best thing for shipping a set of barrels is 4" diameter Schedule 40 PVC pipe. After wrapping the barrels well in some heavy paper, go buy a 36" piece of the pvc. Buy a screw-plug adaptor and plug for one end and a cap for the other end. Glue both in place with pvc glue. Place the barrels inside WITH your instructions and your return address and phone no. Don't forget to place some newspaper in each end for padding. Screw the plug in place securely. Find a cardboard box that it will fit into for the actual shipping carton. Bulletproof protection. Purchase actual insurance from the shipper; at least $3000 for a set of 21 barrels.
JR
JR

I suspect most insurance companies would agree that losing 1 set of barrels from a 2 barrel set on an expensive double would certainly devalue the gun. However; I doubt that would consider it a total writeoff since you still have one set.
You're going to have to figure the additive value of the second set of barrels and insure them accordingly.
As an aside: Forest Gump was right about S**T Happening. I sent a package by USPS Registered Mail over a month ago and it's still missing. This is considered by most to be one of the most reliable and secure ways to ship items.
Jim

If you can get a retail valuation quote out of a reputable dealer or mfg. (Galazan) that's a good start for valuation. If there is a loss, you are going to need more than a best guess at value. Insurance Companies make money taking in premiums, not paying losses. If you insure the value for the receiver and barrel sets you are asking for a fight from the carrier in the event of a loss.

Save the insurance, which is near impossible to collect anyway, and ship it Fedex P-1. Priority Overnight. It gets scanned first, every stop, is handled by the fewest people, and the company sends someone out to make an early morning delivery.

It's expensive, but it's the most reliable method available. The only way it won't get there is if the airplane crashes, and then it just wasn't your day anyway.

Jones good idea, the chances of me getting another set of new barrels in this life isn't looking good.

Good idea? Maybe the part about careful packing and internal addresses is. Otherwise,why not cancel your homeowners insurance, and the UM/collision coverage on your car because if your house burns, or an uninsured crashes into your car it wasn't your day anyway. It was only the luck of the draw that an expensive shortwave radio sent Fedex to me was delivered to someone at Lands End in MN, 1500 miles from me, after FedEx damaged the shipping label. The shipper used a Lands End box. A Lands End employee had the decency to call the radio manufacturer with serial number who traced the seller's address and phone number. I got the goods 30 days after being sent via "the works" by Fedex . Risk of loss of shipment is on you and tariffs limit the liability of the carrier to not much-$100. If that plane crashes and you have insurance with documentation of value, you will eventually get your money. Use UPS or FedEx and have them pack it and label it. They can't then contest packing failure which is a favorite liability dodge of common carriers.

Best insurance for shipping is to keep them at home. If I had an unfired set of barrels for a Winchester Model 21, I wouldn't let them out of my gunsafe......Most carriers are glad to sell you insurance; but will bite, and claw, and, scratch, to keep from paying, should damage occur during shipping.
Don't ship........ Grant.

Here's a little trivia for you. Notice above that I sent my package that's missing by USPS Registered Mail . The diamond referred to below is of course the World famous Hope diamond.
Jim

Henry �Harry� Winston, a leading American jeweler and gem dealer, bought the diamond from Mrs. McLean�s estate in 1949. In November 1958 Winston donated the diamond to the Smithsonian Institution, intending it to be the foundation for a National Jewel Collection. With his years of experience in shipping jewelry all over the world, Winston chose to have the diamond delivered by registered mail. He told a reporter for the Washington Post that � . . . [registered mail is] the safest way to ship gems. . . . I�ve sent gems all over the world that way.�

GLS never said I wasn't going to insure the barrels. Just going early am overnite insurance is a gimmie. The barrels are going to get choked for pigeons, maybe cones done and backbored.