Shipping Barrels.

[Rat]

Any complications when shipping just a barrel UPS? TIA

 

[hawkeye2]

USPS would be cheaper (safer & faster too in my experience). No there are no complications.

 

[Henry Miles]

Label the package as "machinery parts" or "steering shaft"

 

[bubba.50]

Label the package as "machinery parts" or "steering shaft"

Don’t label the box at all. Just pack well and ship. All you need to do is reply no when they ask about anything on the restricted list.

 

[nkbj]

Lotsa prophylactic padding.
Iron has mass and can wreck a box or sights with handling induced inertia.

 

[bubba.50]

Dependin’ on the length of the barrel, those triangular shipping tubes from the post office work well. Wrap in several layers of bubblewrap.

 

[SDSmlf]

I’ve collected those hard cardboard tubes with metal ends. Pack barrel tight. Use the USPS without issue.

 

[Zonie]

Dependin’ on the length of the barrel, those triangular shipping tubes from the post office work well. Wrap in several layers of bubblewrap.

In addition to the bubble wrap, I would add several layers of heavy cardboard or a flat piece of wood at each end of the barrel.

It's the end of the barrel that usually tries its best to poke a hole thru the shipping box as it's jostled around when it's handled and if there isn't something strong to stop it, it will poke a hole and escape.

 

[Treestalker]

I've done this; cut a piece of PVC pipe about 2" longer than the barrel, wrap the barrel in newsprint to fit snug in the pipe and tape it around the barrel. Insert the barrel in the pipe, and cram both ends with cardboard. Cap both ends, glue one and seriously duct tape the other. Send it USPS insured for $1000. If they ask why so much, tell them it's 'art'. ( it is, you drew your icon on the barrel). If you insure it for less, they won't give a dink about it. Ask me how I know. George.

 

[msellers]

My prefered barrel padding for shipping is clearance of throw away pool noodles. Those foam float tous kids use. They are cheap, durable, and long enough for a long barrel. They fit well inside most shipping containers, and if taped up won't let the barrel move in the packaging. Have taped 2 of the triangular USPS shipping tupes together to fit longer items like barrels.
Mike

 

[Treestalker]

Pool noodles and pvc pipe, sounds like a technological solution to the strong arm problem.

 

[longcruise]

I think USPS sells those cardboard tube.

I like the pool noodle idea.

 

[Archer 756]

You need to let them know what is shipping if you put insurance on package. No insurance bad move.

 

[SDSmlf]

You need to let them know what is shipping if you put insurance on package. No insurance bad move.

The bride took a muzzleloader barrel to the USPS for me a few weeks ago and added insurance. Told them package contained a gun barrel. Clerk confirmed address and company name, which included the words Muzzleloader Barrel Company. Paid the clerk and sent Second Day with insurance and no further questions. Not sure what the concern is.

Second example, received a barrel from a Canadian seller about a year ago. Shipping with insurance was only a few dollars more than what I pay in the states. USPS delivered in less than a week. Paperwork clearly stated it was a muzzleloader barrel.

What is the problem others are having?

 

[Ames]

We have a 4' distance between a car and a bicycle law in effect up here. And a bike rider of limited mental state.
Last time I saw him he had fixed a pool noodle to stick 4' off the side of his bike while he rides it down a very busy road. Crazy like a fox, I guess.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled program.

 

[dave951]

What is the problem others are having?

Some shipping places that accept USPS mail that are standalone contractors like Going Postal, won't accept anything "gun" or "gun parts". Doesn't matter what the USPS, UPS and FedX rules are.

 

[Robby]

UPS, when the barrel arrives bent, just have them ship it back to you a maybe they will bent it back straight. Try USPS.
Robby

 

[SDSmlf]

Some shipping places that accept USPS mail that are standalone contractors like Going Postal, won't accept anything "gun" or "gun parts". Doesn't matter what the USPS, UPS and FedX rules are.

That is why I suggested using the USPS. I do not use the contractor kiosk at a mall or store front set up in an old Dairy Queen, whether they are a contractor for USPS, UPS, FedX or whoever. Didn’t take long to realize that the contractors had their own rules and cost more than dealing directly with the shipper.

Again, for shipping guns and gun parts, dealing directly with the USPS at a USPS Post Office, is currently in my opinion, the easiest, cheapest, quickest and most consistent method.

 

[longcruise]

You don't have to tell ups or usps what is in your package. I sometimes insure when using USPS and there is no "what's in the package drill". USPS will always rattle off the question of does the package contain ya da ya da ya da. None of it involves firearms.

When I have sold modern firearms I Have packaged them up and mailed them via USPS.

 

[Treestalker]

You don't have to tell ups or usps what is in your package. I sometimes insure when using USPS and there is no "what's in the package drill". USPS will always rattle off the question of does the package contain ya da ya da ya da. None of it involves firearms.

When I have sold modern firearms I Have packaged them up and mailed them via USPS.

Here in the Peoples Republick Kibbutz of Huntsville, the people at USPS ask me EVERY TIME what is in the package- when I say nothing dangerous they STILL want to know, especially when I buy $1000 worth of insurance, so I say 'Art'. Value of art is arbitrary, so whatever you insure it for is valid. Or should be. In today's psyco-legalese world, who knows?