Cost to ship Handgun????

[swilcoxaz]

I was planning to sell a pistol. I checked the overnight rate on the FedEx web site, which stated $50 for a 4lb package from Arizona to Virginia.

My local wants $35 transfer fee plus postage to ship for me.

I'm curious, what have others paid for shipping?

 

[gudel]

$25 for 2nd day, from CA to VA. I usually ship it with 2nd day.

 

[cookekdjr]

generally $30-$40 next day air via ups. Their "Air saver" is normally a couple bucks cheaper.

 

[psychophipps]

I recently sent in a Glock 17 to the plant and it ran me $62 with insurance, packaging at the site and next day air saver delivery. Of course, if I got much further from the plant in GA then I'd have to start swimming.

Mark(psycho)Phipps( HAHAHA! )

 

[RyanM]

$35 plus postage is ridiculous. FFLs can ship handguns via normal USPS. Although some post offices will only ship them overnight, that still only costs $20. It should be totally legal for them to ship Priority Mail, for about $7.

 

[swilcoxaz]

Gudel, $25 is about what I was thinking. FedEx and UPS require that a handgun be sent next day, as I understand it and that looks like about $50.

 

[gudel]

FedEx and UPS require that a handgun be sent next day

Funny how I keep reading fedex/ups giving you guys hard time shipping guns.
Hell I'm CA, I should be the one who get hard time from them! but it's the other way around. I ship second day. They don't mind. I buy my guns from sporting arms in texas, they use fedex 2nd day.

 

[chakup]

when I shipped overnight with Fed-Ex it was ~$50.

 

[waterhouse]

I ship for ~$8.30 USPS priority mail, more if insurance is necessary.

I did have to pay $200 for the piece of paper in order to have the privilege though.

 

[TN_shooter]

$35 for Overnite from FedEx.

 

[v35]

usps?

I read somewhere (think it was gunsamerica), and came away absolutely convinced, that it is illegal to ship a firearm by any method other then FedEx "blue" or UPS's equivalent.

If I've been misinformed, please tell me. It wouldn't be the first time

 

[Reed1911]

To ship a handgun via USPS you must be a dealer or manufacturer.
It must be shipped registered and have a PS 1508 with it.

 

[Fun2Shoot]

Cost to ship

Your prices are right about average by my experience. I had a rifle and a handgun shipped across the USA last year and that is about what I paid. The FFL dealer sent both guns to my FFL dealer in my state. I paid $20 for each for the transaction with my FFL.

This topic of gun-shipping comes up often and there is much incorrect info tossed around about it. FWIW, I believe that a non-FFL can NOT ship a handgun through the US post office legally. Sure, you can "just not tell the USPS", but do you really want a Federal Postal inspector on your doorstep after they spot-checked/x-ray/dog sniff your "package" and find a firearm? I don't think so. You may be able to ship a rifle USPS, you could just call and ask them.

People will say that they ship guns NON-next day air with FedEx and UPS and just don't tell them to save money. I have lived long enough to know that sooner or later all those type of ploys will come back and bite you on your behind in a big way someday, so I do everything "by the book'.

Good Shooting

 

[only1asterisk]

UPS Next Day Air Saver $10

David

 

[denfoote]

I recently shipped a gun to AR. It cost me just about $45. The gunshop ripped me off too!! They said, when I gave them the money, that it was going UPS next day air.
They ended up sending it USPS and pocketing the change!!

 

[Big Gay Al]

IF you're shipping to an FFL (which you have to do if it's going to an out of state buyer) skip your local FFL and ship it your self. YOU can do that by law. Of course you can't use the USPS, but you can still use FedEx or UPS. At least you'll save yourself the $35.00 transfer fee.

 

[Carl N. Brown]

$42.00 (including $300.00 ins for 1.50 ) to ship from TN to MA
FedEx Next Day.