Posted: 12/27/2005 2:00:48 PM EDT
Ive got a pistol I sold on Gunbroker that I need to ship. I was planning on shipping UPS, but Fedex seems to be alot cheaper, not to mention less likely to lose the package. I tried looking on the Fedex website but couldnt find anything usefull, even tried the phonebook. Does anyone here know of a Fedex ship center that allows handgun shipments and isnt to far from the Mesquite area?? Thanks in advance. 
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Fedex policy is to only accept firearms at fedex staffed locations...(not kinko's) search here: www.fedex.com/Dropoff/start?locale=en_US Results for a Dallas search: FedExStaffed 2963 N Airfield Dr Dallas, TX 75261 3.84 miles M-Th 12:00 PM-10:00 PM Fri 12:00 PM-10:00 PM Sat 2:30 PM-7:30 PM M-Th 10:00 PM Fri 10:00 PM Sat 7:30 PM M-Th 5:00 PM Fri 5:00 PM No Sat Pickup, Express , Ground , Packaging Supplies Available , FedEx Returns |
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FEDEX tried to charge the shipper about $60 to send me my pistol... what a rip! Luckily, they delivered a restricted item (per FEDEX) ate and to the WRONG ADDRESS w/o signature as REQUIRED BY FEDEX, and I knew how to handle it and got the guy a full refund and told him to keep the portion I paid for... I recently had to ship a pistol to another state. The company said to use UPS or FEDEX, and that there's no laws preventing me from sending it cheaply... So I broke it down and boxed it up in a small square box, put a label on it, and went to the local UPS "store front." Guy asked what it was, I was vague-- said it was parts, which it was, and I insured them.... $8 insured, standard ground. PS: you can always take it to a locla FFL and see if they will ship it for you. It can be cheaper that way, even savings in gas... |
Hmmm I might go this route then, I live less than 5 minutes from UPS. |
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I recently got screwed over shippping a rifle FEDEX and wish I would have gone with UPS...you will have to ship it priority overnight (as is true for ALL firearms now) so get ready to hand it over and bend over at the same time... ETA: I believe that an FFL can ship it through USPS so that would be even cheaper if he doesn't charge you anything more than to ship it. Of course, if he charges you a fee then....parts is parts!!! |
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you have to go to the main place to ship firearms or ammo, no hubs. i would rec. going with ups, make sure you insure it and all that good stuff just in case. with any carrier company you have average people working there so it is prone for error. i have used ups multiple times and have never had a single problem, also pistols need to go overnight and that is usually a better service since there is less time for the guys working there to throw it around 
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I think you can ship long guns through USPS, but no handguns. |
If you sold a handgun on Gunbroker federal law states you must take the handgun to a FFL for him to ship to another dealer. You are not allowed to ship handguns when change of ownership occurs. You are allowed to ship the handgun to a manufacturer or dealer for repair only, not for sale. I would strongly suggest you find a FFL to ship this for you. |
This is not correct. As an individual you can ship a firearm across state lines to a FFL (infact you must send it to a FFL) This even applies if you are shipping it to a relative. |
Are you a federal licensed dealer? |
USPS has the dealer to dealer regulation for pistols, no one else does. Its not federal law either as far as I know. Ive shipped handguns to dealers in the past, and Ive had handguns from non FFL's shipped to my dealer as well. |
+1 individuals may ship to a ffl dealer as long as the recieving dealer is willing to accept it. eta perfectly legal for you to ship yourself firearms without the need of an ffl |
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I would advise anyone against using DHL. They have botched more shipments than any other carrier that I know of. My friend, who is an FFL, had them drop a gun on the doorstep of a neighbor one street over, even though it was adult signature required. NICE!!!! When they have dropped stuff to my house, they never knock on the door, and I have literally seen them throw boxes from 15 feet from the door at my parents house via a Closed circuit camera. Howard |
Nope but I know the Regs and others here have backed my point. I belive you maybe confusing the USPS requirement that does require FFL to FFL shipping of handguns (not MGs or rifles though). |
Well I am a FFL dealer and nowhere in the regs does it say an individual can sell handguns without first transferring the handgun to a dealer so he can ship it to a dealer. You can only ship a handgun to a dealer if you are getting it worked on and he can ship it directly back to you. You can not sell a handgun, but if you think you can go ahead. |
www.atf.gov/firearms/faq/faq2.htm#b8 |
Roseco, I'm not trying to be a PITA but the regs do not say you can't sell a handgun across state lines just that delivery must go through a FFL in the state of the purchaser.
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