I personally prefer USPS Registered Mail as the package has to be signed for each time it changes hands. Therefore I believe that it is handled a bit more carefully. However, I bought an 8ga. Parker that was shipped only from Utah to Calif. that was dropped, the package was split opened and gun exposed. It had a chip out of the buttstock and plate that was not there when it was shipped. The USPS had repaired the package with tape that basically admitted fault and the repair was paid for. That was nice but I would have liked to have received it the way I bought it.