Packaging is an issue across most, if not all vendors.
I'd happily pay a $10 handling fee to ensure my new firearm was packaged correctly, competently and securely.
What i usually get from all vendors is a box taped shut in a few places with no packing inside except tge factory Styrofoam cutout.
These boxes are not true postal system worthy boxes.
The stoeger boxes even say "this is not a shipping container" right on it.
The laziest shipping job I recieved was a rifle box with small brown paper squares taped over the logo and name of the gun maker.