moving and ammo

[dwtt]

If anyone is going to move with a professional moving company packing up your stuff and hauling it to your new home for you, don't let them move the ammo. Take your ammo with you on the plane, in the car, or on the boat with you. I started my move with 900 rounds of 9mm, 500 Aguilar and 400 rounds Remington. I had only 400 rds. Aguilar and 150 rds. Remington arrive. It seems something is stolen every time I move, and I was expecting them to do something like this.

[Legasat]

I have dealt with several "professional" moving companies over the years, and NONE of them would touch ammo, firearms, gasoline, lawn mowers with gas in the tank, oil, chemicals, etc. Nothing flammable, nothing explosive.

I'm just amazed they were ok moving yours. Maybe just bacause they wanted some?

[whipkiller]

It'd be a real shame if some of those were reloads that accidentally got double-shots of powder.

Any recourse?

[RuskieShooter]

I would never let movers touch ANYTHING small with high value (jewelry, guns, ammo, certain tools, etc).

-Ruskie

[jdouglas]

I wouldn't trust "professional" movers with anything. I'd look to hire some friends first.

Are you sure they stole it though? Maybe the ammo was just misplaced during all of the packing/sorting/moving?

A hint if you ever move again: DON'T label the contents on the side of the box. Give boxs numbers, and write down the contents on matching index cards. Unless they actually start cutting open boxes (rather obvious) or shaking them violently to hear the contents (also very obvious), they won't know which ones to steal.

[nastyhabts26]

I would bring it up withthe owners of the company and ask them to replace the stolen items.

[SMOKEYMOUNTAIN]

Just let them move the big stuff. Move the small stuff yourself.

[OIF0708]

When I moved across country I hired a "pro", they would not touch any ammo or guns stated above for insurance reasons. It's not like I would have let them anyway, all of that stuff went in my truck with me!

[nosuchagency]

concur, they don't touch ammo - 2nd to last time they actually went back into van and fished out a storage container when I mentioned they'd loaded it by mistake. their literature they hand off with ppwk explicitly states it as well...

[baggss]

Moved this past summer. Only 10 miles or so but I wasn't going to let them touch anything of real value. Moved my firearms and ammo myself, plus other valuables and my TVs...

[beanz2]

Move it yourself, unless you move a few states over, like to Texas (yeah!) This would fit nicely in a 3/4 ton pick up. Just go over bumps slowly.



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[makinthemagic]

If anyone is going to move with a professional moving company packing up your stuff and hauling it to your new home for you, don't let them move the ammo. Take your ammo with you on the plane, in the car, or on the boat with you. I started my move with 900 rounds of 9mm, 500 Aguilar and 400 rounds Remington. I had only 400 rds. Aguilar and 150 rds. Remington arrive. It seems something is stolen every time I move, and I was expecting them to do something like this.

I wouldn't take the ammo on the plane. I don't think its allowed even in checked luggage. Even 1 round going off at 30k feet would kill everyone.

[packnrat]

moving ammo.


It's heavy.




so do not move...




except out of ca.

[JDay]

Good luck flying with that much ammo. You are only allowed to take a small amount in your checked luggage.

I wouldn't take the ammo on the plane. I don't think its allowed even in checked luggage. Even 1 round going off at 30k feet would kill everyone.

You can fly with ammo that is securely packaged, but you can only take a small amount. And ammo doesn't explode in fires, why would 1 round kill everyone on a plane? In fact large amounts of ammunition in a structure fire is harmless to the responding fire fighters.

[dls]

Send it UPS in the future ?