Shipping a Firearm

[AbrahamBurden]

What would be the process of selling and shipping a firearm within California? I know that I would have to ship it to an FFL--but after I receive a signed copy of the FFL license, how would I go about verifying it?

[SilverSpork]

Shipping wise with UPS it needs to be shipped to a FFL and be unloaded. If its a handgun its required to go Next Day Air, long guns can go ground. If you are shipping ammo not in the rifle you need to declare it and have a ORM-D sticker on the package. I think thats about it shipping wise.

[dogfood]

https://www.atfonline.gov/fflezcheck/

[wweigle]

UPS firearms shipping

UPS only wants you to ship it next day air to keep their employees from stealing it, and they make big bucks on next day air. When I have shipped a handgun in the past I have disassemble it and declared it as "machine parts", insuring it for the actual value. You really only will have an insurance issue if the package is lost. They would have to run it over with a truck to damage "machine parts", saves a lot of money, and I would never declare a package as a handgun in any event. Check Fedex. Most ground packages are half the cost of UPS. Not sure how they deal with guns, but generally a lot cheaper than UPS. Also UPS insurance is a rip off . If it's not packaged correctly in their opinion, they don't honor the insurance. They will take the package and the insurance fee, then if the item is damaged in transit, they will send an adjuster out to look at the package, and determine if it was packaged correctly, if not in their opinion, they don't honor the insurance. Like I said, probably not an issue with "machine parts" but I will not ship by UPS, as they have screwed me in the past over the insurance issue.

[AbrahamBurden]

Wait, I do not have an FFL. When shipping to an FFL through UPS, must one be an FFL?

[fiddletown]

UPS only wants you to ship it next day air to keep their employees from stealing it, and they make big bucks on next day air. When I have shipped a handgun in the past I have disassemble it and declared it as "machine parts", insuring it for the actual value. ....

When one fails to (1) disclose that the package contains a handgun (or a gun, if shipping FedEx); and (2) ships ground instead of overnight, he has violated the UPS or FedEx tariff. That is part of the contract of shipment. By violating the contract, the shipper lets the carrier off the hook on any insurance claim; the carrier will have solid grounds upon which to deny any claim. So don't expect any coverage if your shipment is lost or damaged.