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USN_Airdale
my son who lives in Alabama wants to send me (Arizona) a shotgun, can he send it to my FFL or does he need to take it to an FFL in his area to ship it ?
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  • rufe-snow
    Depends on your FFL. Some won't accept firearms from a non FFL dealer. If your FFL will receive it from your son, your good to go.
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  • mark christian
    Legally he can send it directly to your FFL but as RS pointed out many dealers ahve their own rules and will not accept firearms shipped from non licensees. Call your FFL and make sure he will accept the shotgun directly from your son.
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  • perry shooter
    If he is coming for a visit and wants to hunt with His Shotgun he can mail it to himself at your address use the shotgun during his visit and the mail back to his home for return trip. NO FFL on either end.
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  • Wolf.
    However he sends it, ask him to consider shipping via (as perryshooter suggested) U. S. Mail rather than UPS or FedEx. U. S. Mail will be considerably cheaper and he does not have to declare it. If he feels better declaring it, ask him to speak directly to the Post Master at the USPS branch, as the troops at the Post Office usually are unable to address this issue accurately.
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  • USN_Airdale
    thank you all for your replies, i'll choose the one least troublesome, my FFL charges me nothing for transfers, it's the paperwork we may have to work out, i'll contact him and see what he recommends.
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  • Alan Rushing
    The answers nailed it all down very well.
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  • bigtire
    quote:Originally posted by Wolf.
    However he sends it, ask him to consider shipping via (as perryshooter suggested) U. S. Mail rather than UPS or FedEx. U. S. Mail will be considerably cheaper and he does not have to declare it. If he feels better declaring it, ask him to speak directly to the Post Master at the USPS branch, as the troops at the Post Office usually are unable to address this issue accurately.

    You are required to declare at the USPS.
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  • andrewsw16
    quote:Originally posted by bigtire
    quote:Originally posted by Wolf.
    However he sends it, ask him to consider shipping via (as perryshooter suggested) U. S. Mail rather than UPS or FedEx. U. S. Mail will be considerably cheaper and he does not have to declare it. If he feels better declaring it, ask him to speak directly to the Post Master at the USPS branch, as the troops at the Post Office usually are unable to address this issue accurately.

    You are required to declare at the USPS.


    Is that just when an FFL mails a handgun or does the declaration include private mailings of long guns?
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  • tsr1965
    USN,

    Yes, your son may send the shotgun to a FFL in your area for you to pick up. You most likely will have to pay a transfer fee. As advised, if it is for his use when he arrives there, he can ship it to himself, at your address, in care of you.

    It is much less expensive to ship a long gun ground UPS than any other method(from experience). However, if the package is of sufficient value, to warrant insurance, it will need to be declared at all three of the major outlets...USPS, UPS, or FedEX. I would declare it anyway, to avoid any misunderstandings along the way.

    Best
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  • 11b6r
    Andrew- US Post Office Form 1508 is for use ONLY by a Dealer or Manufacturer, and ONLY for handguns. A private citizen may MAIL a rifle or shotgun by US Mail. There ia no "form" to fill out for mailing those. USPS Domestic Mail Manual, Chapter 14, restricted mailings. If ownership of gun is being transfered across a state line, it must be sent TO a FFL holder.
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  • nmyers
    When mailing a long gun by USPS, you only need to truthfully answer the "4 questions"; is it fragile?, is it liquid?, etc. There is no requirement that you tell the clerk what the package contains. The clerk may, for any reason, ask to open the package & examine the contents, & you must comply; if your packing job was done correctly, they will never ask.

    USPS charges at least twice the insurance rate as common carriers; they admit that this is so, & they say that the excess profit is used to subsidize other operations. So, high value guns may be cheaper to ship via common carrier.

    For me, there is no single "best" carrier. The "cheapest" carrier will vary, depending on the value, size & weight, as well as the destination. Now that we can ship firearms from any Fedex Office store, & at the same rate as from the Fedex hub, that is my choice.

    Neal
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