I've got a few guns I wanted to list on gunbroker. After I sell them can I ship directly from me to their FFL through UPS? My UPS store told me no. Years ago I thought I used them but guess I was wrong. Do I need a special box for this?

Thanks in advance for your answers. It's been a while for me.

I believe you can ship it FedEx Overnight, but that would be expensive vs sending it from your FFL to another via USPS at a much lower rate.

Does the buyers ffl accept from an individual? If so, you'll have to ship overnight (expensive) via FEDEX or UPS. You have to use a 'hub' not a 'store'.

If you use an ffl at your end and an ffl at the buyers end, your ffl can ship much less expensively through USPS.

https://support.shippingeasy.c...S-UPS-FedEx-Overview

Quite often a higher volume FFL will get a better rate and have the experience to know the best methods. Also some FFL's don't want to receive from non-FFL's.

You can use UPS to send to the buyer's FFL (as mentioned above, make sure their FFL will accept from a civilian), but the UPS Stores will not accept the package. You have to take it to an actual UPS location, like a customer center or hub.
You might want to check out Ship My Gun...

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Yes, you can send handguns through UPS without a FFL. However, you can't ship guns through a UPS Store specifically. The UPS Store is not actually UPS, they're just a contracted/franchised third party. (Same with FedEx and FedEx Office.)

Guns have to be shipped through a UPS terminal/hub, usually called a "UPS Customer Center". And with handguns being shipped through a UPS hub, it has to go Overnight. Next Day Air Saver is usually the cheapest option with UPS, but depending on how far it's going, expect it to be $60-$100.

It is significantly cheaper to have a FFL ship it for you. FFLs can send them through other means, including USPS Priority Mail. Depending on the size of the handgun and its box, that can be as little as ~$20 with insurance. So even if they charge an additional $20ish transfer fee, you're still saving money compared to UPSing it yourself.


If you don't have a local FFL to work with, then https://www.shipmygun.com/ is a good alternative. Potentially slightly more than a local FFL, but cheaper than doing it yourself through UPS Overnight.

Would I be better off paying my FFL to ship it for me? They seem to be pretty fair to deal with. Typical transfers cost me $20.

Thank you to everyone for such a quick response!

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Originally posted by joshs74nova:
Would I be better off paying my FFL to ship it for me? They seem to be pretty fair to deal with. Typical transfers cost me $20.

Thank you to everyone for such a quick response!

This is what I do to avoid any complications. It costs me a little bit more but I like knowing things are done correctly. Paying for piece of mind I guess...

I believe UPS says you have to send handguns overnight. At least that is how is was not too long ago. That was to protect them from being stolen by their employee's. Which is definitely a problem. I would read their fine print very carefully. You do not want to find yourself with a stolen handgun on your hand's. When it happens ups will be of absolutely no help. Ymmv, but I would tread very carefully. Do your homework.

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Originally posted by joshs74nova:
Would I be better off paying my FFL to ship it for me? They seem to be pretty fair to deal with. Typical transfers cost me $20.

Thank you to everyone for such a quick response!

If you have a long standing relationship with an ffl, generally yes. My ffl would only charge me for same day usps shipping, so it was usually $20-30. Sadly he retired and I haven't found another like him.

Most shops around me want $45-$65+ to transfer and ship. Some refuse to ship, it's to 'inconvenient'.

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Originally posted by joshs74nova:
Would I be better off paying my FFL to ship it for me?

Generally, yes. (Though I'm sure there may be some FFLs out there that want to charge you an arm and a leg for that.)

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Originally posted by az4783054:

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Originally posted by joshs74nova:
Would I be better off paying my FFL to ship it for me? They seem to be pretty fair to deal with. Typical transfers cost me $20.

Thank you to everyone for such a quick response!

If you have a long standing relationship with an ffl, generally yes. My ffl would only charge me for same day usps shipping, so it was usually $20-30. Sadly he retired and I haven't found another like him.

Most shops around me want $45-$65+ to transfer and ship. Some refuse to ship, it's to 'inconvenient'.

So basically he was doing it for free, nice of him to do that. I charge $40 plus actual shipping and insurance charges. I need to make packaging up and dropping them off worth my time.

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UPS store

Financially you'd be better off having a FFL ship it. They have other means not available to those not holding a FFL.

Try shipmygun.com

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Originally posted by walker77:
Try shipmygun.com

That's what I was going to post. I used www.shipmygun.com to ship a pistol after I sold it and the process was smooth and much cheaper than I could have sent it myself. IIRC it costed me about $40 - $50 for UPS shipping.

I had used shipmygun 3 years ago without a problem.Last week I entered all the info for a new label and they took my credit card info. Never received the label, the company would not respond to emails and I was on hold for an hour by phone trying to talk with someone, So I don't know if they are over loaded or out of business. After a week waiting on shipmygun I ended up taking it to an FFL to ship.

take a look at this thread about shipping Link

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Originally posted by joshs74nova:
I've got a few guns I wanted to list on gunbroker. After I sell them can I ship directly from me to their FFL through UPS? My UPS store told me no. Years ago I thought I used them but guess I was wrong. Do I need a special box for this?

Thanks in advance for your answers. It's been a while for me.

The UPS store tend to be weenies. You want to go to the UPS Customer Center (aka depot). If the FFL will accept guns from an individual, then have enough of his FFL # to use the FFL EZ check website to verify the FFL is valid, go to the UPS CC and give then that information so they can verify the FFL and you’re good to go. If you want bonus points, you can take the URL for the FFL EZ Check website in case the counter person isn’t sure how to verify an FFL.

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Originally posted by joshs74nova:
Would I be better off paying my FFL to ship it for me? They seem to be pretty fair to deal with. Typical transfers cost me $20.

Thank you to everyone for such a quick response!

Yes, can get your FFL to ship it, but find out the fees they charge, shipping is less but you also have to pay the FFL a fee. When I did it, it was cheaper to go to the fedex or UPS hub and ship it overnight, as the FFL fees added more to it.

We have an internet sales department. We routinely ship at cost, as we have plenty of packing materials from incoming shipments. It's well worth in from a customer relations standpoint; we have customers who routinely buy such guns as Cesar Guerini and STI.