Advice on shipping
- Thread starter Timberlord
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(((Echo)))
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Old Man Land, AB
Ship them with Canada Post, Xpress post. You'll get a tracking # and $100 worth of insurance. I think extra insurance is worth $.75 for every $100 you want above that.
Pack it well!!! Sturdy cardboard box and bubble wrap/newspaper/rags. Anything to protect it and keep it from moving around in the package. Some have mentioned on here that Sonoform tubes (for concrete) work well.
Don't worry about trigger locks.
Don't mention to the counter people what's in the package. Even if they ask, it's none of their damn business
. Tell them you're mailing a fence post.
(E)
Pack it well!!! Sturdy cardboard box and bubble wrap/newspaper/rags. Anything to protect it and keep it from moving around in the package. Some have mentioned on here that Sonoform tubes (for concrete) work well.
Don't worry about trigger locks.
Don't mention to the counter people what's in the package. Even if they ask, it's none of their damn business
. Tell them you're mailing a fence post. (E)
Make sure you get signature confirmation, else Canada post will lean it against a door in an apartment building and walk away!!! (not good).
Use as short a box as you can and still fit the gun with some padding at the butt and muzzle. You want no lateral movement or the muzzle will be sticking out of the box when it gets delivered.
Do not write FRAGILE on the box. When postal guys see that, they throw it around MORE.
Bubble warp, bubble warp, and more bubble wrap. Did I say bubble wrap yet?
Use as short a box as you can and still fit the gun with some padding at the butt and muzzle. You want no lateral movement or the muzzle will be sticking out of the box when it gets delivered.
Do not write FRAGILE on the box. When postal guys see that, they throw it around MORE.
Bubble warp, bubble warp, and more bubble wrap. Did I say bubble wrap yet?
(((Echo)))
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Old Man Land, AB
Go to the post office and sign up for their card program- you get 5% off and automatic upgrading of parcel to Expedited parcel, which give you a tracking number.
Shipping a rifle Expedited is about $25 with signature confirmation.
stencollector
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- shilo MB, the armpit of Canada
I am now getting tracking numbers, even for parcel post. I don't get the insurance with it, however.
I always use the sono tubes. I got tired of having the guy on the other end complain about barrels or bolt handles sticking out the sides. generally, the 6" tubing is big enough for most guns, and the 8" will do the rest. I cut 1/2" plywood for the ends, and staple them on. Once one end is stapled on, stand up the tube and slip the padded gun into it. Add a bit more dunnage, and then snug the other end cap into place, until it holds the gun. Staple it, and then cut off the excess cardboard tube. A bit of tape so nobody gets a sliver, then you can tape the heck out of an adress lable. More parcels get lost because of lables that fall off than anything else, so you can also felt marker the adress onto the tube.
The tubing runs about $3 a gun, and there is a bit of time spent cutting the scrap plywood, but I have yet to have one of these get lost in the system, which is more than I can say about boxes.
I always use the sono tubes. I got tired of having the guy on the other end complain about barrels or bolt handles sticking out the sides. generally, the 6" tubing is big enough for most guns, and the 8" will do the rest. I cut 1/2" plywood for the ends, and staple them on. Once one end is stapled on, stand up the tube and slip the padded gun into it. Add a bit more dunnage, and then snug the other end cap into place, until it holds the gun. Staple it, and then cut off the excess cardboard tube. A bit of tape so nobody gets a sliver, then you can tape the heck out of an adress lable. More parcels get lost because of lables that fall off than anything else, so you can also felt marker the adress onto the tube.
The tubing runs about $3 a gun, and there is a bit of time spent cutting the scrap plywood, but I have yet to have one of these get lost in the system, which is more than I can say about boxes.
- Location
- Downtown Vancouver, BC
Do NOT ship Xpresspost. It's usually double the price, and it isn't necessary.
For example, shipping a rifle from Victoria to Toronto usually costs me about $26. I get the signature option because that's legally required, so it comes to about $27.50 usually. Add tax and it's about $30.
If you get it sent by Xpress post it will get there about twice as fast, but it will cost about twice as much. Shipping a rifle from Victoria to Toronto costs about $55-60.
For example, shipping a rifle from Victoria to Toronto usually costs me about $26. I get the signature option because that's legally required, so it comes to about $27.50 usually. Add tax and it's about $30.
If you get it sent by Xpress post it will get there about twice as fast, but it will cost about twice as much. Shipping a rifle from Victoria to Toronto costs about $55-60.
