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Recently used the USPS to ship some guns and everything worked as advertised. They are, however, fairly pricey anymore. Even if you don't massively insure the gun, figure on about $65-70 per shipment (this is about twice what it used to be IMHO). Interesting to note that when I observed how much more it now cost, I was told by a postal employee that the reason was because they used Fedex for delivery of packages like mine(!).
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Recently used the USPS to ship some guns and everything worked as advertised. They are, however, fairly pricey anymore. Even if you don't massively insure the gun, figure on about $65-70 per shipment (this is about twice what it used to be IMHO). Interesting to note that when I observed how much more it now cost, I was told by a postal employee that the reason was because they used Fedex for delivery of packages like mine(!). I ship guns via USPS fairly regularly. I don't recall ever paying more than $40, including insurance.
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. Funny - "time" is never a problem whenever I'm the sender, only when I'm the receiver......  .
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. Funny - "time" is never a problem whenever I'm the sender, only when I'm the receiver...... . Really? . . . the sooner I can get a gun safely in the buyer's hands, the better. The way I figure it is that I'm selling a gun in a particular condition, as advertised, so I don't rest easy until it's delivered in the same state I shipped it.
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I have shipped too many guns over the years that I have sold but more often to have a repair or restoration performed. I have used priority mail in nearly all cases with the exception of shipping some very high value ones. I have NEVER had an issue with USPS. If the guns are valued at a lot more than $5,000 I use USPS Registered mail. You can ship via Registered Mail for less than Priority Mail and although it takes longer by a few days; it is as secure a means of shipping as exists. It will take longer but it is guaranteed to get there. My neighbor retired as a postmaster and related how he used to receive BAGS of gold bullion via Registered Mail! However, it is slower because it must go into a locked locker or bin and be signed for throughout its trip. The packaging requirements are not bad once you learn what they are. I wish I had discovered Registered Mail earlier in my gun ownership life. I would have saved a bundle!
I have also found that using USPS is by far the most economical when shipping a handgun. As long as you first go through an FFL and ship to an FFL it meets all postal regulation requirements. I then have used a medium size Priority Mail Flat Rate Shipping box for about $15. Even adding in the outgoing FFL dealer's fees it is far less than UPS. UPS requires Overnight Express for handguns which is REAL PRICEY!
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If shipping is time sensitive be wary of registered mail. I shipped a gun I was returning that way once and it took over two weeks to arrive. I think the owner suspected bad faith on my part.
As someone noted above a registered package must be signed for and put in a locker at each stage of the delivery. My gun showed up somewhere just as the responsible employee went off on a two week vacation.
I instituted a mail search which was fruitless. The gun went into a locker and nobody had any idea where it was until the employee returned to work...Geo
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