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What's the best way to ship a bunch of guns at the same time to one destination? Whom to go with?
October 19, 2019, 10:34 AM
12131What's the best way to ship a bunch of guns at the same time to one destination? Whom to go with?
18 guns. Recommendations please. Thanks.
Edited: Whom to go with for the actual shipping.
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October 19, 2019, 10:36 AM
slabsides45When I get some of my larger medical devices they come in a wooden crate (think the "major award" lamp scene in Christmas Story). You could individually bubble wrap them and put them in a wooden crate for security.
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October 19, 2019, 10:37 AM
12131quote:
Originally posted by slabsides45:
When I get some of my larger medical devices they come in a wooden crate (think the "major award" lamp scene in Christmas Story). You could individually bubble wrap them and put them in a wooden crate for security.
Sorry, I should have been clearer. Whom to go with for the actual shipping.
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October 19, 2019, 10:44 AM
ZSMICHAELI am not sure, but your title may catch some attention from some SJW if you post it on Facebook. Not that you would. LOL
Is this out of state? Wonder if Ship my gun has special deals on 18 guns. Someone here wiil know for sure.
October 19, 2019, 01:52 PM
MikeinNCMy buddy the FFL sold a M2 several years ago. From NC to Washington State. He and I boxed it up, in a crate and he drop shipped it. We just had to take it to a shipping facility, IIRC it was Barnes trucking. They put it on a flatbed and drove it.
He told the shipper it was a machine gun, but the driver had no ideas, even had gps tracking to keep up with it. It wasn’t really expensive either.
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bendableam wondering if the recipient of all those guns would just come and get them or find a way for them to be transported ?
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October 19, 2019, 02:10 PM
12131quote:
Originally posted by bendable:
am wondering if the recipient of all those guns would just come and get them or find a way for them to be transported ?
How would the FFL transfer process work, if they come and get them? Can they do the transfer here, then take them guns home to another state? I wouldn't want them to just come and get the guns and transport themselves back home. Got to go through the FFL, first, right?
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October 19, 2019, 02:38 PM
MikeinNCThey have to be thru a FFL if it goes across state lines, unless it’s shipped to yourself.
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“A single round of buckshot to the torso almost always results in an immediate change of behavior.” Chris Baker October 19, 2019, 02:47 PM
ridgeratLook into
https://www.uship.com/ depending on how big/heavy your load is, where it's going, etc. The shippers should be able to help with necessary requirements.
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mrvmaxAre you shipping for yourself, selling them or giving to someone? I can’t tell from your post. This may help:
https://www.atf.gov/resource-c...p-10-qaspdf/downloadOctober 19, 2019, 03:22 PM
Mustang-PaPaquote:
Originally posted by 12131:
quote:
Originally posted by bendable:
am wondering if the recipient of all those guns would just come and get them or find a way for them to be transported ?
How would the FFL transfer process work, if they come and get them? Can they do the transfer here, then take them guns home to another state? I wouldn't want them to just come and get the guns and transport themselves back home. Got to go through the FFL, first, right?
From this info it seems as though you are selling to someone out of state.
The buyer must pick the guns up from a receiving ffl in his state not yours.
October 19, 2019, 03:40 PM
12131quote:
Originally posted by ridgerat:
Look into
https://www.uship.com/ depending on how big/heavy your load is, where it's going, etc. The shippers should be able to help with necessary requirements.
Thanks. Just checked with them. Unfortunately, they do not ship firearms.quote:
Originally posted by Mustang-PaPa:
quote:
Originally posted by 12131:
quote:
Originally posted by bendable:
am wondering if the recipient of all those guns would just come and get them or find a way for them to be transported ?
How would the FFL transfer process work, if they come and get them? Can they do the transfer here, then take them guns home to another state? I wouldn't want them to just come and get the guns and transport themselves back home. Got to go through the FFL, first, right?
From this info it seems as though you are selling to someone out of state.
The buyer must pick the guns up from a receiving ffl in his state not yours.
Yeah, that's what I thought. Yes, selling.
I'm just planning ahead for a potential sale of a group of firearms. Thinking out loud.
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October 19, 2019, 04:21 PM
dsietsquote:
Originally posted by 12131:
I'm just planning ahead for a potential sale of a group of firearms. Thinking out loud.[/b]
Aw man. Bummer. I was envisioning the ultimate
Qarma.
October 19, 2019, 04:29 PM
jimmy123xAre they pistols or rifles? Are all of the guns going to one buyer?
October 19, 2019, 04:37 PM
12131All pistols. One buyer.
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October 19, 2019, 04:44 PM
dry-fly12131... I’m an FFL/SOT up here in DFW. Feel free to pm me or call. I’m brainstorming of some ideas.
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October 19, 2019, 04:44 PM
erj_pilotWhat about you and your FFL figure out the best way to ship (I know that's the burning question and thread topic) and then your FFL ships to the buyer's FFL and you pay the cost? Unless I were selling straight to a family member, that's about the only way I would personally want the transaction to go down...create a paper trail that gives you indemnity should something go awry. Looks like Mustang-PaPa touched on that...
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trapper189Yes, a friendly FFL will have access to less expensive shipping methods than you will.
October 19, 2019, 07:56 PM
mark60Handguns usually ship USPS in a flat rate box. Last I checked both Fedex and UPS required either 1 or 2 day shipping, I forget which, and it gets pretty expensive. Any handgun I've taken in or sent out has been USPS and they do typically have to travel from FFL to FFL.
October 19, 2019, 08:33 PM
hrcjonI would imagine its hard to beat the cost of an FFL to FFL via USPS flat rate box(s). depending on the gun(s) they probably go multiple per box,but I did not check the regulations on that.
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