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Can I ship a bolt action rifle in regular mail or UPS ?
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07/17/15 08:48 PM
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I thought I could if is in Texas !
Is a private sale ! Any input are welcome
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Re: Can I ship a bolt action rifle in regular mail or UPS ?
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07/17/15 08:55 PM
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May a nonlicensee ship a firearm through the U.S. Postal Service?
A nonlicensee may not transfer a firearm to a non-licensed resident of another State. A nonlicensee may mail a shotgun or rifle to a resident of his or her own State or to a licensee in any State. The Postal Service recommends that long guns be sent by registered mail and that no marking of any kind which would indicate the nature of the contents be placed on the outside of any parcel containing firearms. Handguns are not mailable. A common or contract carrier must be used to ship a handgun.
[18 U.S.C. 1715, 922(a)(3), 922(a)(5) and 922 (a)(2)(A)]
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Re: Can I ship a bolt action rifle in regular mail or UPS ?
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07/17/15 09:00 PM
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Thanks ! Just left UPS the guy refuse to send it !!
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Re: Can I ship a bolt action rifle in regular mail or UPS ?
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07/17/15 09:10 PM
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The local UPS drop-off places usually won't accept them. You have to go to a regional place.
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Re: Can I ship a bolt action rifle in regular mail or UPS ?
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07/17/15 09:12 PM
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I never tell the shipping service that I have a firearm, I have had them refuse me as well when I told them. Even though I was within the law and their regulations.
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Re: Can I ship a bolt action rifle in regular mail or UPS ?
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07/17/15 11:36 PM
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USPS can do it, must be in an umarked box, download and PRINT the USPS regs as shwon in the Gun Broker tutorial and take them with you. My post office has refused, refused to confused by reading a copy of their own Regs...so I go into the next nearest town and never gat a raised eyebrow either for In State or Out of State shipping...this is on Long guns Only ....with slightly different Regs on handguns. UPS can ship but can only accept from a "regional Hub location" and theres usually one in every county...ours is in Sherman and only open to customer dropoffs M-F 4:30 to 6pm. Once again no muss no fuss and the good guy at the UPS counter collects mil surp rifles and spends more time talking guns than anything else Ron
It is TIME for Term Limits, cause Politicians are like childrens diapers and for the same reasons...Robin Williams "These are the times that try men's soul's"...Thomas Paine
"Those who fail to learn from History are doomed to repeat it" ....Santayana
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Re: Can I ship a bolt action rifle in regular mail or UPS ?
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07/18/15 01:19 AM
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USPS can do it, must be in an umarked box, download and PRINT the USPS regs as shwon in the Gun Broker tutorial and take them with you. My post office has refused, refused to confused by reading a copy of their own Regs...so I go into the next nearest town and never gat a raised eyebrow either for In State or Out of State shipping...this is on Long guns Only ....with slightly different Regs on handguns. UPS can ship but can only accept from a "regional Hub location" and theres usually one in every county...ours is in Sherman and only open to customer dropoffs M-F 4:30 to 6pm. Once again no muss no fuss and the good guy at the UPS counter collects mil surp rifles and spends more time talking guns than anything else Ron USPS does not ship handguns at all.
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Re: Can I ship a bolt action rifle in regular mail or UPS ?
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07/18/15 02:34 AM
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I use FedEx, they don't ask..I don't tell. never had a problem
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Re: Can I ship a bolt action rifle in regular mail or UPS ?
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07/18/15 02:43 AM
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USPS does not ship handguns at all.
....unless you hold an FFL and you use overnight OR you don't hold and FFL and the manufacturer sends a pre-paid USPS overnight box to send the fARM to them for repair, etc.....plus a couple more caveats to the most difficult yet needed shipping entity.
Pass the gravy.
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Re: Can I ship a bolt action rifle in regular mail or UPS ?
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07/18/15 02:57 AM
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I didn't know USPS shipped handguns for FFLs.
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Re: Can I ship a bolt action rifle in regular mail or UPS ?
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07/18/15 03:28 AM
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UPS is tough. They are not for it. US Postal Service can and will without question, in small town like Lampasas. I've been 20 questioned in Waco and Woodway. FedEx is the better choice.
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Re: Can I ship a bolt action rifle in regular mail or UPS ?
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07/18/15 04:06 AM
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My previous local USPS POstMaster cited the Handgun rules to me for the better part of a half hour, waving them around like he was swatting a bumblebee, at the top of his lungs, declaring he would not go to prison for me...when I asked him about shipping a Ruger 10-22 rifle out of state...the numbnutz tole me I had to go find his BinL who was an ex Leo and the only FFL he knew in town, that I had to pay him to ship my rifle for me, before he called the cops on me ...when there had been a FFL standing in front of him for the first 10-15 minutes trying to get a word in edgewise...next week I went to Denison when I had the gun packed and ready to ship and it took longer to get the surprised smile off my face than it did to do the transaction...without a word said about the contents. I'm never surprised easily anymore at anything USPS folks do or say. Ron
It is TIME for Term Limits, cause Politicians are like childrens diapers and for the same reasons...Robin Williams "These are the times that try men's soul's"...Thomas Paine
"Those who fail to learn from History are doomed to repeat it" ....Santayana
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Re: Can I ship a bolt action rifle in regular mail or UPS ?
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07/18/15 05:10 AM
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It's not that confusing, but you do need to be able to read.
A long gun can be sent in the US mail from a non FFL to a non FFL within the the same state. Send it registered mail, in a box that does not say "firearm all over it", a plain box.
If you want to use UPS, don't go to a UPS Store, go to a UPS Customer Center.
Handguns have different rules, but the OP asked about a rifle.
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Re: Can I ship a bolt action rifle in regular mail or UPS ?
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07/18/15 04:22 PM
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Thanks for the input ! I'm going to a different location Monday I will report back
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Re: Can I ship a bolt action rifle in regular mail or UPS ?
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07/18/15 06:05 PM
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Yes. Go to the ATF website and look at their faq.
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Re: Can I ship a bolt action rifle in regular mail or UPS ?
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07/18/15 06:21 PM
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It's not that confusing, but you do need to be able to read.
A long gun can be sent in the US mail from a non FFL to a non FFL within the the same state. Send it registered mail, in a box that does not say "firearm all over it", a plain box.
If you want to use UPS, don't go to a UPS Store, go to a UPS Customer Center.
Handguns have different rules, but the OP asked about a rifle.
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Re: Can I ship a bolt action rifle in regular mail or UPS ?
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07/18/15 06:44 PM
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I've shipped a few rifles with USPS. Like most have said, its legal but most will refuse for some ignorant reason or another.
So, pack it in a discreet box, walk into your post office, say you want to ship the package with insurance and tracking, say "no" when they ask "Does This Contain Anything Fragile, Liquid, Perishable, or Potentially Hazardous?", pay, and walk out.
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Re: Can I ship a bolt action rifle in regular mail or UPS ?
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07/20/15 12:17 AM
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If you are illegally refused service by any postal employee, report them to the postal inspectors. Refusing service is a big no-no within the postal service.
Kind regards, charlesb
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Re: Can I ship a bolt action rifle in regular mail or UPS ?
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07/21/15 03:10 PM
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I when to USPS and the rifle is on its way !
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Re: Can I ship a bolt action rifle in regular mail or UPS ?
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Re: Can I ship a bolt action rifle in regular mail or UPS ?
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07/21/15 04:25 PM
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I have shipped some "machine parts" from Lubbock to Mesquite, while I was working in out there. I didn't want to try and get it on the plane. just saying...
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