To answer Stanton's question....cost, combined with ease of service. Fedex is not gun friendly here in Colorado and IIRC there were other challenges at the gunshop with pickup and dropoff (when I worked there).
The USPS largely became the only game in town.
Cost. That's an answer, but not a satisfactory one. Ease of service. How easy was the last few days?
Comp-N-Choke wouldn't be using a higher cost method of shipping if there was an equally dependable but lower cost one. And, I've never promoted FedEx for guns, only for documents.
When you're wringing your hands about whether a gun is lost or not a few dollars seems like a poor point to me. And, I'm not even saying that UPS is more expensive than UPS. But, next time I'm at Comp-N-Choke I'll ask about cost.
I'm happy you finally got the gun so that you can give it a wringing out on those grouse. Good hunting, buddy!
