Best method to ship rifles?
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The law says use Canada Post ground parcel with signature. Canada Post has its rules (like non-transparent lockable container plus trigger lock). Most rifles are shipped in a carton box, well padded with or without trigger lock but with signature, tracking and insurance if desired.
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Lock the gun. Put it in a box. Ship it via Canada Post, signature required.
If you put it in a soft case then into a box you don't have to worry too much about padding it. Or you could ship it in a hard case wrapped in brown paper.
You can either make your own box, buy a box, or go to a local gun store and see if they have any spare boxes they can hook you up with.
If you put it in a soft case then into a box you don't have to worry too much about padding it. Or you could ship it in a hard case wrapped in brown paper.
You can either make your own box, buy a box, or go to a local gun store and see if they have any spare boxes they can hook you up with.
It is important no ammunition is with the firearms. Break them down and pack them very securely in as small a package as possible. Clearly address the package. Send it parcel post signature required. (Within Canada the post office is not required to know what is being shipped). That comes with $100 of insurance. It is your choice if you want more insurance but generally speaking if you follow the previous instructions, money spent on insurance is wasted. I have never had a parcel lost in over 45 years.
If you decide to ship them whole...……….not broken down, be sure to heavily pad the barrel end so
it won't decide to play peek ah boo.
I usually break the units down as it saves about $10 worth of freight charges if the box is under
a meter long.
I wrap the box in freezer paper and then wrap the paper with packing tape.
The whole box should float if it's completely covered.
it won't decide to play peek ah boo.
I usually break the units down as it saves about $10 worth of freight charges if the box is under
a meter long.
I wrap the box in freezer paper and then wrap the paper with packing tape.
The whole box should float if it's completely covered.
Blastattack
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
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- Winnipeg MB
That’s dumb. Write nothing on the box. The only legible words should be the shipping label, or the return and destination addresses. Sporting goods are almost universally valuable items, and as such, advertising the contents is a sure fire was to have the box disappear to an opportunistic thief.
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Canada Post with Signature... use a trigger lock, no live ammo with it... but as said above, Canada Post does not require contents declaration when shipped within Canada... many guns ship Expedited (ahem)... also, remove the bolt on bolt action rifles, and remove scopes and rings and wrap separately in the box, bubble or foam wrap everything individually and then pad the box well with crumpled paper so that nothing can shift around, I use packing tape on 100% of the box and particularly the ends incase it is dropped. Also, if you use an actual firearms box, make sure that you paper wrap it to cover all firearms related logos... intentional damage has occurred by anti-gun CP employees... why take a chance.... I make my shipping labels in WORD in large bold font and print the label, then tape the label on by wrapping the packing tape completely around the box... you won't have a label scrapped off this way and it will be clearly legible.
Its a crap shoot using CP. I had a rifle damaged that was in a hard transport case inside a cardboard box. Took about 6 months for them to honour the insurance claim but it required calling them many times and listening to excuses
I have had CP give my rifle to the wrong person, who had a totally different name and address, even though it was very clearly addressed to me and required a signature. When the guy got it home and unwrapped it he found out it was a rifle and not the baseball bats he was expecting. Luckily when he looked at the shipping label he knew who I was and returned it to CP. Since that episode I have been more inclined to purchase insurance.
It hasn't happened with a gun yet, but the postman often shows up at my door with packages for the complex across the street - only 1 digit difference in the addresses seems to cause them confusion...
- Location
- Southern Vancouver Island
I always use CP & never had any issues with goodies arriving with damage. I be super anal with packaging goods for shipment. (Which is your best insurance anyhow.)
Double box & pack goods using polyurethane foam & beef up the inside ends of the boxes with extra cardboard to take heavy bumps. There must be no movement of
the items in the box when given a rigorous shake test after a good binding with fiberglass reinforced tape.
Good cardboard & foam is easily obtained from dumpsters at appliance stores, bike shops & computer dealers. I form up me own boxes on my amigo's sheet metal bender to get 'em right & tight.
Double box & pack goods using polyurethane foam & beef up the inside ends of the boxes with extra cardboard to take heavy bumps. There must be no movement of
the items in the box when given a rigorous shake test after a good binding with fiberglass reinforced tape.
Good cardboard & foam is easily obtained from dumpsters at appliance stores, bike shops & computer dealers. I form up me own boxes on my amigo's sheet metal bender to get 'em right & tight.
