Shipping a barrel

[stangfish]

Removed

[range rat]

Just got a barrel today. It cost $13.97 Fedex ground and was packed in a tube. Those UPS stores are a ripoff. They need to make a profit on top of shipping ::).

[stangfish]

Removed

[Blue Avenger]

most of the ones I get are $10 to $15 postal.

[pdog06]

Everything I ship with any value ALWAYS goes out USPS Priority insured with delivery confirmation. For barrels I usually pack them in a tube with paper or bubble-wrap around the barrel. The P.O. even sells the tubes if you cant find them elsewhere. With all the insurance and all it usually runs me around $17-18. If it is going really far away then a bit more, and a bit less for in-state or next-to-state shipments.

Sure, you can save money and take a chance by shipping them standard shipping, but get one of them lost in the shuffle and you will have 3 months worth of he!! trying to get a claim settlement from the USPS! Ask me how I know this!!! ::). I learned the hard way.

[stangfish]

Removed

[ellobo]

I used to custom make flintlock muzzlelaoders. When I first started I tried UPS and all I got was a hassle if I said it was a rifle. I went to FedEx and no problem. And cheaper as well.
El Lobo

[kslefty]

The USPS has a 3 sided tube that I have wrapped barrels in bubble wrap and placed in these tubes. Not sure what they were designed for but they work great for regular length barrels.

[BoilerUP]

It cost me somewhere in the $7-8 range to ship a barrel from my office using UPS a couple months ago.

[k80skeet]

The post office is the best and cheapest way to ship. I send all my barrels and scopes u.s.p.s. priority mail with conformation. To ship Heavy target barrel cost between $12.00-$15.00 depending on length and weight. I send a lot of scopes back to Leupold in OK and from Maine it cost under $10.00 to ship with confirmation.

[laportecharlie]

With FedEX it makes a huge difference in cost to ship to a residence rather than a business. When ever possible I ship to the recipient's business rather than their home address.
Charlie

[rsbhunter]

I just sent my CBI bbl to be fluted and have the freebore lengthened, by UPS....$27.00 +change...What a rip off!!! sent a hard cun case with a bbl in it to Krieger through Fed -Ex and paid a little less...but it was TWICE the size and weight!!!!!!!!!! UPS won't get any more of my buisness...rsbhunter

[BoilerUP]

I just sent my CBI bbl to be fluted and have the freebore lengthened, by UPS....$27.00 +change...What a rip off!!!

Did you go to a UPS Store?

You should have been able to ship that barrel UPS ground, directly from a UPS location, for no more than 15 bucks.

[stangfish]

removed.