shipping lower to engraver

**glock3540** · March 15th, 2012, 09:04 PM

I need to send my lower off to be engraved. Still deciding between orion and Ident, suggestions? Anyway, Orion only wants them sent UPS. For the guys who have sent receivers in the past, what is the procedure for UPS. Can I just take it to a UPS store, tell them it's an AR lower and go from there or are there issues sending the receiver through them? How did you guys send them?

**TheLom** · March 16th, 2012, 01:42 AM

I sent my lower to Ident via UPS. Now the wait for the stamp begins

**SNAFUG36** · March 16th, 2012, 02:43 AM

Some UPS stores won't accept firearms and such (at least one of the independent location in State College won't), you may need to take it to one of the main hubs.

**rgb03** · March 16th, 2012, 06:00 PM

Took mine to the kinkos fedex no problems.
I went with ident and am very happy with the work they did.
Or thing ident has over Orion is you don't have to strip your lower if it's not already stripped. I had mine done in the trigger area.

**RXM** · March 16th, 2012, 06:36 PM

I recently sent my lowers to Orion and I'm still waiting to receive them; shipped my lowers out about a week ago.

You need to take the lowers to a UPS hub and not any of their affiliate stores (e.g., Staples) or UPS stores. When you get to the hub, let them know that you're shipping a firearm and that it is not a handgun. Handguns need to be shipped overnight but a general firearm like a lower receiver can go ground (I shipped mine ground). They may give you some trouble about needing a copy of the recipient's FFL but emphasize that it is not a handgun and that it is going for repair not for transfer.