Shipping a rifle in PA

**ironcowboy** · July 24th, 2009, 10:05 AM

I searched, but could not find what i was looking for.
I'm almost 100% sure, that i can sell a long gun to someone in PA and ship it to them without using a FFL, but how do i go about it? Does it need shipped a certain way? Do i need to tell them what i'm shipping? Ect... I like USPS the best, can i use them?

Thanks guys,

-Samuel

**tlgpa** · July 24th, 2009, 10:30 AM

Should find all your answers here:

http://forum.pafoa.org/general-2/568...ten-asked.html

http://forum.pafoa.org/firearms-6/24...g-selling.html

http://forum.pafoa.org/general-2/365...ing-rifle.html

**mojo** · July 24th, 2009, 12:23 PM

Originally Posted by tlgpa

Should find all your answers here:

http://forum.pafoa.org/general-2/568...ten-asked.html

http://forum.pafoa.org/firearms-6/24...g-selling.html

http://forum.pafoa.org/general-2/365...ing-rifle.html

Yep ... all you need to know is in those links.

**ironcowboy** · July 24th, 2009, 12:50 PM

Yea thanks guys! One last thing, so i need to tell the USPS people what is in the box if they do not ask? Should i just pack it up and send it off? Or do i take it in and finish taping it up there after they look at it?

**animalmother85** · July 24th, 2009, 03:18 PM

i have knew of someone who shipped an M4 and an AK via Big Brown(UPS) from Sierra Vista Arizona, to his place on the East coast

**Warsaw Pact** · July 24th, 2009, 08:15 PM

One last thing, so i need to tell the USPS people what is in the box if they do not ask?

Negative. I have worked for UPS, and you do not want someone in a warehouse possibly knowing a rifle is in a package. Trust me, packages fall off the belts very easily.

I have also shipped rifles through UPS, and if they ask what is in it- you say a telescope. If you want to take insurance go for it. But you are shipping on a need to know basis- and frankly they don't need to know.

**ironcowboy** · July 24th, 2009, 08:21 PM

Originally Posted by Warsaw Pact

Negative. I have worked for UPS, and you do not want someone in a warehouse possibly knowing a rifle is in a package. Trust me, packages fall off the belts very easily.

I have also shipped rifles through UPS, and if they ask what is in it- you say a telescope. If you want to take insurance go for it. But you are shipping on a need to know basis- and frankly they don't need to know.

Thanks bro, i've always felt that way, just wanted to make sure i dont violate some law...