Sending gun by post.

[Ripstop 89]

Whats the best way to send an air rifle by post??

[chimp 299]

the post office now by law can take guns , dhl have a section 7 aswell to take firearms .

 

citylink do a next day delivery for £7 and it gets signed for at the other end

[Guest AngelicAcid]

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Edited May 9, 2011 by AngelicAcid

[secretagentmole 1,701]

The best way is to pack the gun in it's original box, mark Fragile and Handle With Care, otherwise, wrap securely in bubble wrap and find a box to fit. I also advocate photographing all stages of packaging, ie wrapping it, putting it in the box, wrapping the box and the labels, along with all markings. That way if Postman Pat does decide to mangle the mechanism, you can prove it was securely packaged (which is how they get out of a lot of refunds)!

 

Edited to say I have sent a Webley Stingray and a Crosman through the post and both arrived safely and in the same condition I sent them!

Edited May 9, 2011 by secretagentmole

[big andy 62]

Always send mine Parcel 48, never had a problem and nine times out of ten it gets there within 24hrs !!. Make sure you take the action out of the stock...two reasons for this one is a rifle on its own is normally too long for Parcel Force and secondly there is much less liklehood of damage if they are packed and boxed well.

[secretagentmole 1,701]

Sent the Stingray down as one lump! Arrived ok, my wife bought her back and she came back through the Post in the same manner, arrived perfectly. Obviously take off any silencers on a full length rifle, but rifles were taken by the Post Office no probs!

[Tatezi 0]

Sent the Stingray down as one lump! Arrived ok, my wife bought her back and she came back through the Post in the same manner, arrived perfectly. Obviously take off any silencers on a full length rifle, but rifles were taken by the Post Office no probs!

i have found that it is a good idea to take any scope OFF the rifle before sending and take extra precautions to wrap it in buble wrap/prtective packaging, as some times handlers will throw parcels to eachother in the warehouses and this would obviously be bad for scope and rifle alike.

 

Also please ensure the gun is NOT LOADED, there have been (very rare) reports of ammunition/guns firing in transit, to the detriment of all law abiding sportsmen when regulations are tightened due to such a serious oversight.

 

apart from that, as mentioned above u should have no problems.

[secretagentmole 1,701]

I did remove the scope, but left the action in the stock. It is also bad practise to leave a gun loaded, but it does no harm just to check that the gun has been discharged before you package it, you might fire it whilst packaging it otherwise. If you read my post Tatezi I advocated packaging it in either the original packaging or using bubble wrap. I did miss out about removing the scope though!

Edited May 12, 2011 by secretagentmole

[8shot 192]

the post office now by law can take guns , dhl have a section 7 aswell to take firearms .

 

citylink do a next day delivery for £7 and it gets signed for at the other end

 

the post office for many years was the only way to send airifles....royal mail special delivery.....