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Print your shipping labels at home. There is a discount when you print from home and Priority Mail is usually a good option for long arms. I also print Fedex and UPS labels at home. I bought a pretty nice digital postal scale on Amazon for under $20 that will weigh items up to 55lbs.
As far as the price you were quoted, I just mailed a 15 lb package (non gun) from Atlanta to Honolulu for $59 Priority Mail but that was no insurance.
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I sent a double, in two separate packages, to PA yesterday via FedEx. The barrels and f/e weighed 6lbs. It was $22.23, with $1000 insurance. The buttstock/receiver weighed 5 lbs., it was $16.13, with $400 insurance.
When I'm dealing with something very hard to replace, I ship in two separate packages, each insured.
SRH
Last edited by Stan; 02/05/16 03:40 PM.
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Stan, If I were to ship in two packages, I'd be tempted to insure each package for the value of the whole gun if the gun was a hard to replace gun. If either the barrel or action was lost or destroyed, my concern would be if the remaining part was of marketable value by itself. Best, Gil
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Thanks guys. I had my secretary at the office check on pricing again with UPS and this time she actually measured the box!!! Go figure:( Since she got the size correct this time is only cost $38.92 with insurance.
Tom C
�There are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot.� Aldo Leopold
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You're probably right, but the reason I did it that way, Gil, was that this is a Fox gun I am having built from component parts. They told me I can only collect on the proven value of the part I have insured. I.e., if I cannot prove the barrels are worth $1000, they will not pay $1000 in case of loss or total destruction. So, if I had insured each package for the full value of the gun I couldn't have collected the full amount unless both packages were lost/destroyed.
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Stan, I see your point. I was thinking more of a completed gun, for instance a pre-war Birmie by a lesser known maker. If the barrel were lost, you'd have an expensive paperweight with the remaining action or a sturdy tomato stake vice versa, Gil
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I usually ship fed ex ground with insurance and is very reasonable Fed Ex told me that there policy says that firearms must be shipped overnight priority. They charged me $160 for a double brokendown into two pieces. I feel violated! Joe
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I sent mine priority, too, but it only cost $38.36. Might not have been overnight, tho.
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Sounds like there are stinkers in the FedEx world as well.
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I always buy a 20 dollar hard case from Dicks. Pay my local packing store Another 20 to put it in a cardboard golf club shipping box with peanuts around. The to the Post office for Priority Mail and insurance. Figure rough 75 to 100 bucks to get a gun to somebody's dealer.
Money spent on packing is cheap insurance, saves a lot of aggravation potential.
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