I am curious what the legalities of shipping long guns is if you are the one receiving them?  Say I ship myself a rifle from MO to NV 2 day or overnight, fly out there and then receive it?  what if it is an NFA item? or a handgun?  The checked bags lines at southwest at MCI keep getting longer and longer in the morning and I am seeing if I can bypass some of it if I didn't have to check firearms.

Yes, you can ship to yourself.



http://www.atf.gov/content/firearms-frequently-asked-questions-unlicensed-persons

actually thought the answer would be no....

thanks

To add to that...

UPS and FedEx both require firearms to be shipped next day air.

USPS will ONLY ship long guns, unless you have an FFL.

UPS requires handguns to be shipped next day air.  Long Rifles are OK ground.  You can not ship it out of a UPS store unless they don't know what it is.  That could cause a problem with insurance claims.  Otherwise you have to take it to the hub or have a pickup done.

I'm in negotiations with UPS right now and just talked to a rep about it.

FedEx has a corporate policy that eludes that they really only ship to FFL holders or manufacturer's.

USPS will but I wouldn't trust them and they will screw you on a insurance claim.

I ship firearms through USPS all the time. I haven't had a problem yet. The Postal Service is, in fact, my preferred shipper.

I also receive firearms at my shop on an almost daily basis. The only times I've had real trouble were UPS shipments, but in both cases I fault the seller, who packed the gun poorly. And that's the key: pack the gun so that it can't move around inside the box and it is protected from outside impacts (particularly from drops on either end). Insure it for full value.