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Big Louie

Big Louie

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Bought some 2-pack Red Ryder BB guns for my grandkids for Christmas. Went to The UPS Store to ship them; two sets to Texas and one to Minnesota. The UPS Store refused. They told me they won't even ship paintball guns! Not can't.... WON'T! There's no law that says they cannot ship an airgun. Especially one which has a muzzle velocity under 400 FPS. I Then went to a USPS facility and got the same story. Well, The Domestic Mail Manual is researchable online and I learned airguns are not considered firearms and are mailable by law without special license. As are antiques and muzzleloaders. It seems as if restrictions are based on the political views of certain postmasters of certain post offices as to whether things are mailable or not. What a bunch of BS. I suggest bringing your packages to the post office and not declaring what is in them. Tell them it's a spice gift pack or something. I'm just trying to ship my grandkids some freaking Daisy BB guns for Christmas for God's sake! What a frustrating day.
 
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If you want them to get there do NOT ship them through USPS..
Your chances of them getting to your final destination is slim to none.. In a nutshell USPS SUX...

I ship upwards of 1000 packages a year and i will Only ship USPS if i am forced to do so, and i will NEVER ship a package worth man than 100.00 through the morons.

Save yourself the grief of them getting broken by FedEx and lost by USPS..

My case in point , i just bought an 1100.00 used airgun from a member that is lost in the never ending world of USPS, " the infamous words in transit arriving late.... Trust me i am losing my mind at this point since i told the seller to ship it UPS...

To further back this story up i have a 1200.00 shipment i sent to a customer who insisted on USPS guess what 18 months later it's still "in transit arriving late"...
That was the last straw for me...
 
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Interesting, I’ve bought one rifle from a seller here. It went through USPS without issue from quite a distance. Then again I broke a knife blade tip and sent it to Buck 2nd day USPS at the end of June last year. They got it in September. I don’t ship things they say they won’t accept but I refuse to tell any shipper what it is. Not their business.

Rick H.
 
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I have the same issue with our local UPS Store. They won't even ship a scope or anything they feel is remotely associated with guns of any type! I have started just flagging down our UPS Delivery Driver, he could care less what's in the package, and has no issue picking it up from my house. I also use Pirateship for labels and have not had a problem. Also, if asked, I just say sporting goods...
 
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Pirate ship and drop it off USPS.

UPS can open and inspect your package and WILL destroy it if it's firearm/gun related.

The last time I went to ship an air rifle they asked what was in the box. I said sporting goods. She asked what kind, I said golf clubs. She asked what kind of golf clubs. I grabbed my package and walked out, went to usps and had zero issue. I also know my 2 main postal workers at the counter by name so I'm in and out.

I've never used FedEx unless it was a return labeled item that uses them.
 
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Big Louie said:
Bought some 2-pack Red Ryder BB guns for my grandkids for Christmas. Went to The UPS Store to ship them; two sets to Texas and one to Minnesota. The UPS Store refused. They told me they won't even ship paintball guns! Not can't.... WON'T! There's no law that says they cannot ship an airgun. Especially one which has a muzzle velocity under 400 FPS. I Then went to a USPS facility and got the same story. Well, The Domestic Mail Manual is researchable online and I learned airguns are not considered firearms and are mailable by law without special license. As are antiques and muzzleloaders. It seems as if restrictions are based on the political views of certain postmasters of certain post offices as to whether things are mailable or not. What a bunch of BS. I suggest bringing your packages to the post office and not declaring what is in them. Tell them it's a spice gift pack or something. I'm just trying to ship my grandkids some freaking Daisy BB guns for Christmas for God's sake! What a frustrating day.
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This is strange as I just went to the UPS Customer Service Center in Jacksonville, FL yesterday evening and picked up my Red Wolf that AOA shipped to me.

Keith
 
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Recently had an air rifle to return to an airgun vendor in western USA. I was issued a return label from the vendor that had nothing suggestive in the address on the ship label. I’m going to say, and maybe I’m profiling here, that because the UPS nazi saw the length of the box, was thinking it was a gun and says “Can I ask what’s in the box?”. Since the gun had a 480cc cylinder on it I said “Carbon Fiber Tubing”. Was that a lie ? Gray area I’m thinking. The funny thing is, the vendor has a contract with UPS for their entire product line, but a private individual has no right to ship as a private person/customer. Fortunately UPS does not have X-ray machines or my package would probably have been destroyed. I kept an eye on its progress across country and it made it safely. I received a UPS notification last night that it is on its way back to me. I have shipped many firearms through UPS and they always ask what long packages are. I always say “machining samples”. Never a problem. They ask what their told to, I give a non-threatening answer that assures the world is safe while they handle my package. Once in their hands, the survivability of the package depends on how I packaged it and the ability of a UPS gorilla to destroy it.
I have had 100% luck with USPS on any kind of package. I have shipped medium flat rate boxes completely totally full of 9mm range brass, at least 20 to all over the USA with not one ever breaking open from poor handling. I do tape them up really well to help prevent “accidents”. USPS never asks what’s in boxes, regardless of shape or size. They do ask if there’s batteries or chemicals, which I never ship.
I guess with USPS I’ve been lucky. Reading some posts here I’ve read some real horror stories.
 
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