PCSing with firearms

**Wake27** · 07-30-19, 15:52

I know we don’t have a ton of AD military, but figured this may be help for some. Apparently the old policy was that if you had a safe, you could inventory anything inside with the moving crew and then lock the safe so that they are inaccessible until delivered at your new residence. However after a lot of back and forth and mixed answers from people that should all be on the same page, that’s no longer the case. I don’t know when it changed, but nothing can be shipped inside locked containers now because any time it changes custody, an inventory needs to be done. A small part of me understands that, but mostly I’m of the mind that they can go **** themselves if they want to inventory my shit without me present. Just throwing it out there because while we had planned for driving everything as a possibility, now that the movers are here, it’s become a reality.

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**Doc Safari** · 07-30-19, 15:55

I don't trust movers. Whenever I've moved over the years I've let them move the safe itself, but the firearms I've moved separately in gun cases.

**Coal Dragger** · 07-30-19, 17:13

DO NOT TRUST MOVERS

Firearms or other valuables should never be left for them to handle.

**ramairthree** · 07-30-19, 17:30

Mine were always moved personally by me.
They were never in the hands of the movers.

The movers, the pay they receive and the nature of their work,
Are not selected from a very reliable and straight and narrow selection of society.
If you could get another job, would you be lifting and moving heavy stuff for Peanuts?

**SteyrAUG** · 07-30-19, 18:49

Originally Posted by Coal Dragger

DO NOT TRUST MOVERS

Firearms or other valuables should never be left for them to handle.

Yep. Even though the ones that service the military are a LOT more reliable than yellow pages fare, I still wouldn't give them anything that isn't replaceable by insurance.

**sinister** · 07-30-19, 21:06

I NEVER relegated my guns or ammo to movers. That's almost a guarantee to never see them again.

**Wake27** · 07-30-19, 21:19

Yeah so a little more background because I'm not sure if everyone is offering advice or just agreeing with me: the safe I bought a few months ago is a solid 1k pound Liberty Safe. The plan was to ship all but my carry gun in that safe with a whole bunch of bubble wrap so that none of the movers could swipe anything unless they were able to open it (unlikely). Since that's no longer allowed, I'm now driving all of them which isn't ideal, but even with insurance, I wasn't about to let them go unsecured like that. The point of my post was to inform others of the current policy, because I had long been told that my original plan would work, even by some of the QC guys at my current transportation office. Now that I know it is definitely a no-go, I figured I'd make sure everyone here knew as well.

**Coal Dragger** · 07-30-19, 22:58

Gotcha.

I am also concerned with moving company employees knowing that I have guns or what they are. Even if they don’t swipe them in a move, it doesn’t mean they won’t come back to visit or tell some of their criminal friends. Either way best they don’t know.

**Wake27** · 07-30-19, 23:22

Originally Posted by Coal Dragger

Gotcha.

I am also concerned with moving company employees knowing that I have guns or what they are. Even if they don’t swipe them in a move, it doesn’t mean they won’t come back to visit or tell some of their criminal friends. Either way best they don’t know.

That is true. The safe plays both sides of that sword. It’s probably pretty obvious what it’s for and even if not, I have so many ammo cans and long gun bags that hidding it all would be near impossible unless I wanted to tow a trailer. But it’s one hell of a safe so if they can crack it, they earned those things.

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