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Posted: 2/8/2016 12:37:42 PM EDT
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We've all seen the guns wrapped up in a dozen layers of bubble wrap, or the million bits of syrofoam that want to stay with the gun when you're unboxing it. Or the box inside a box inside a box
I had a first for me the other day I opened up an incoming box and the gun had been shipped in straw. In 23 years I've never had a gun show up in straw. Anyone else have any weird gun -packaging- for- shipment stories? |
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Guns wrapped in:
Vinyl float tube 4' in diameter cloth diapers old dress socks old athletic socks Crown Royal bags (my personal favorite) shower curtain (twice) Packing filler: rolls of toilet paper mashed flat Bits of broken Styrofoam Trash (yes trash, had cigarette butts in with the styro peanuts) WalMart bags.....around a hundred I would guess |
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I guess the flip side is NO packaging material.
Yesterday I received an ammo shipment from a distributor that included a few of those metal bulk cans of 22, shipped in a box with inadequate packaging. Those cans must have rolled around inside that box all the way from the warehouse to my doorway, based on how badly dented the cans are No way can I put them on the shelf and sell them in the condition they're in..... |
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I like the shredded paper. That's always a lot of fun. Part of me would like to simply light it afire and wait until it all burns before I pull the gun out. I am guilty of the shredded paper but not for guns. When I ship a gun though I do bubble wrap the shit out of if and use as much foam as necessary to ensure its safe arrival. |
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My personal favorite was bean bag chair filler on a cosmoline-coated Mosin Nagant. Quoted:
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I like the shredded paper. My personal favorite was bean bag chair filler on a cosmoline-coated Mosin Nagant. They didn't even have the decency to wrap the rifle so it wasn't in contact with the bean bag filler? |
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They didn't even have the decency to wrap the rifle so it wasn't in contact with the bean bag filler? Quoted:
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I like the shredded paper. My personal favorite was bean bag chair filler on a cosmoline-coated Mosin Nagant. They didn't even have the decency to wrap the rifle so it wasn't in contact with the bean bag filler? That would make sense, so probably not. |
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They didn't even have the decency to wrap the rifle so it wasn't in contact with the bean bag filler? Quoted:
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I like the shredded paper. My personal favorite was bean bag chair filler on a cosmoline-coated Mosin Nagant. They didn't even have the decency to wrap the rifle so it wasn't in contact with the bean bag filler? Nope. That damned rifle came out looking like it was covered in popcorn. |
| Had a customer bring in a gun the other day that he wanted to ship. I shook his package and told him I did not think it was properly packaged. I offered to repack it for him. I opened the package to find a shotgun and separate barrel wrapped up in wadded up Christmas wrapping paper. Looked like he saved all the torn up wrapping paper for later use. |
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Quoted: Oh, and it seems like anytime I get a machinegun from a well known dealer in Florida, the gun smells like smoke/bbq/beef jerky. I've had to clean a few macs and an M16 for customers after they arrive smelling like a wood smoker. An M16 that smelled like brisket?  WINNING |
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