Devildog1987 Posted November 22, 2022 Report Share Posted November 22, 2022 I am not looking to start a tirade on shipping companies, I am seriously looking for a legal solution. I have a C&R. Fed Ex will “not open new accounts for firearms dealers” (so I was told today) UPS will not ship Machineguns USPS? Ship through a FFL dealers account Are there any other options? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taylorwso Posted November 22, 2022 Report Share Posted November 22, 2022 14 minutes ago, Devildog1987 said: I am not looking to start a tirade on shipping companies, I am seriously looking for a legal solution. I have a C&R. Fed Ex will “not open new accounts for firearms dealers” (so I was told today) UPS will not ship Machineguns USPS? Ship through a FFL dealers account Are there any other options? Im a dealer and will only use usps now. if its a MG, USPS registered mail. Fed ex will not allow small time dealers, and UPS like to steal stuff and not pay insurance.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
United Surplus Arms Posted November 22, 2022 Report Share Posted November 22, 2022 USPS registered is the most secure, but slow. USPS Priority Express (next day) is guaranteed and fast. I generally use one of these 2 options. I have an insurance policy that covers all shipments. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devildog1987 Posted November 22, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2022 Thank you both Do you us USPS insurance or some other insurance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
United Surplus Arms Posted November 22, 2022 Report Share Posted November 22, 2022 (edited) I have firearms insurance with Collectibles Insurance - they offer plans that cover loss during shipping. USPS insurance is fine but can get pricey. If you are only doing a few items it may be worth it to see if a FFL will ship it for you, covered by their insurance - it may be cheaper. Edited November 22, 2022 by shiklg 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pa123guns Posted November 23, 2022 Report Share Posted November 23, 2022 USPS register mail for any transferable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grasshopper Posted November 27, 2022 Report Share Posted November 27, 2022 (edited) Hi, FWIW, watch the "not concealable" clause in USPS. USPS has their own definitions of firearms they will or will not ship w/o the folks at ends having a real FFL (C&R doesn't count to USPS). I've spent much time reading all USPS rules. If you can do it, USPS Registered & Insured. Enjoy, Grasshopper ps. Off subject a bit, but if you need to ship in Uzi SMG and ship it with a 16" barrel, it would no longer be concealable in the rules of USPS? Easy for Uzi, hard for Thompson Edited November 27, 2022 by Grasshopper ps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOELCRAMER Posted December 16, 2022 Report Share Posted December 16, 2022 USPS Registered is the best way to ship high end guns. Their insurance is less expensive using registered mail as opposed to regular mail. I used to ship M16s in a large flat rate box registered and insured for 30K for about $100.00. For regular stuff a large flat rate box insured for 4K in regular mail will cost about $90.00 if you register it the price drops to only $23.00. Also the price changes when you use your own packaging. Some times when they will not fit in the flat rate box I ship the receiver registered mail and the rest of the gun regular mail. Check out the USPS web site their tool for calculating prices is easy to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Autogun Posted January 6, 2023 Report Share Posted January 6, 2023 Has anyone thought about starting a private shipping service for high end guns and machine guns? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Side Arm Sams Posted January 6, 2023 Report Share Posted January 6, 2023 1 hour ago, Autogun said: Has anyone thought about starting a private shipping service for high end guns and machine guns? They’re out there. As soon as FedEx &UPS put out their policies. We were solicited by a few companies doing this. Ill look to find them and post them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Autogun Posted January 6, 2023 Report Share Posted January 6, 2023 Yes please do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBD Posted January 22, 2023 Report Share Posted January 22, 2023 i think usps is only available to dealers brown is a turd and wont insure stuff fedex is what i use i haven’t heard of this no gun policy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Bartlett Posted January 22, 2023 Report Share Posted January 22, 2023 On 11/26/2022 at 11:42 PM, Grasshopper said: Hi, FWIW, watch the "not concealable" clause in USPS. USPS has their own definitions of firearms they will or will not ship w/o the folks at ends having a real FFL (C&R doesn't count to USPS). I've spent much time reading all USPS rules. If you can do it, USPS Registered & Insured. Enjoy, Grasshopper ps. Off subject a bit, but if you need to ship in Uzi SMG and ship it with a 16" barrel, it would no longer be concealable in the rules of USPS? Easy for Uzi, hard for Thompson I have a C&R FFL but that has not stopped me from receiving guns via USPS. I have no idea whether the shippers declared the shipments as guns or not. USPS, Fedex and UPS have all left guns on my doorstep without my signature despite them being sent with a signature required. Kevin in NC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m.miller0412 Posted January 22, 2023 Report Share Posted January 22, 2023 USPS will accept from non FFLs as long as it's a long gun. It's in the regs, although had one post office tell me no. Went to another and after about twenty minutes they accepted it. Post master called after I left asking me to come back and repackage it more discreetly (it was in a rectangle box). Went overnight to the other side of the country at half the price of what the UPS and FedEx quotes were. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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