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Thread: I sold my upper on arfcom, now I have to ship it....

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    I once mailed an upper and it was so banged up that the barrel was sticking out of the package, the mailman delivered and apologized to the recipient for the damage to the packaging, no questions, no fuzz or anything. Oh, and no damage to the upper either. A rifle of mine was once delivered to my FFL by the USPS wrapped in brown paper with half of it sticking out, no problems either.

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    I made the same mistake once. I was shipping an upper in a box that a winchester shotgun came in. Long story short, I knew i could ship the upper but the person at the post office didn't and she made a huge deal about it. Needless to say i ended up looking like an ass if front of the people there. They were all whispering,scared and looking very concerned(not that i really cared but still it was unneeded aggravation). I don't know what exactly they thought was going on. Lesson learned: Put uppers in an inconspicuous box and heed the good advice in this thread. Don't volunteer extra info.

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    When you pack it up, put plenty of padding on the muzzle. I gaaaaar-en-teeeeeeee if you don't, the forces that be will cause a protrusion of the barrel through the box.
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    Quote Originally Posted by uspopo View Post
    Ron, no CONUS restrictions. You can ship it by any carrier you chose. I find the blueprint shipping tubes are great for uppers and golf clubs.

    Stan

    X2 I used to work at a shipping place and those tubes are great for uppers, clubs, bats anything like that

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    Wait a minute, the Post Office will ship a rifle for you anyway so why freak about an upper? And if you are an FFL sending to an FFL, you can send handguns via the USPS. I smell a rat.

    M_P
    Last edited by Business_Casual; 06-29-08 at 22:18. Reason: ...and shotguns, any long gun...

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    The lady is incompetent and is ignorant to the regulations, it happens (a lot) now a days. I think the click-n-ship is the best option. I have used it and it works really well. I would also place a foam cut-out around the end of the muzzle to prevent protrusion during shipping.

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    Arrow i got a complete m4 kit the other day USPS--

    i think you just ran into a mid level person at the USPS.

    i just picked up from the mail carrier a complete m4 carbine kit from j&s sales. all but the lower in a nice little box. heck i think the last batch of lowers i had shipped to the FFL was shipped USPS too.

    i did have to sign for it--thats it.

    there shouldn't be a problem shipping an upper at all.

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