I shipped a lower back (which is actually considered to be THE firearm since it contains the serial #) to RRA using UPS. I had a similar issue. I wanted to insure it for shipping so I had to declare what the item was. The look of shock/fear/terror that swept over the UPS employees’ face when I declared what was contained within the box was priceless. The primary problem seemed to be the employees understanding of company policy. After a few phone calls it was determined that:
1. UPS would ship it but………..the firearm would have to be shipped from one of the UPS "hubs". It could not be shipped from one of the small UPS stores (apparently company policy).
2. I, as a private citizen, could ship the firearm directly to the manufacturer (for warranty work) via UPS. In turn, the manufacturer could ship it directly back to me (as the owner) without going through the FFL to FFL deal. This was straight from the RRA rep.
Once I got to the UPS "hub", they seemed to know exactly how to handle the deal. The only issue I had there was that they, at first, thought it was a HANDGUN (which UPS feels is even more EVIL
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