How we package our products

Packing firearms

According to the National Firearms Museum, the easiest and safest way to pack firearms is by using a thick cardboard box, bubble wrap, and Styrofoam peanuts. Before using the packing materials, it is important to remove all ammunition and set the safety on the gun. After you have done so, then you can begin to wrap the gun. Below are some simple steps for packing guns.

• Lay down the bubble wrap on a table or floor and place the gun at one end of the wrap. Slowly roll the gun with the bubble wrap and begin covering the entire gun, making sure no part of the firearm is showing. After it is entirely covered, tape the wrap securely around the gun.
• Place the wrapped weapon in a thick cardboard box that is a bit larger than the gun itself. Fill any space with Styrofoam peanuts to limit the weapon movement during transit.
• Once the gun is secured in the box, pour packing peanuts into the package until the gun becomes completely covered so all you see is white foam. After doing so, tape the box securely, assuring there is no way the tape will come undone during transport.

Since firearms come in many shapes and sizes, the preceding packing methods may not be best for long guns like rifles. In that case, it would be wise to purchase a plastic gun or rifle case to pack rifles for shipping. This will assure any fragile parts of the firearm, like the wrist, will remain intact and not break during transport. After you carefully place the gun in the case and cover the plastic with cardboard so that it will not be obvious the elongated package has a gun in it.

Shipping firearms

Now that you have obtained the legal paperwork surrounding the specific gun shipment and packed it properly, you can send it off. To get the gun to its destination, you must physically bring any needed paperwork and the package to the United States Postal Service, UPS, or FedEx. It is illegal for a gun to be sent or received in a mailbox or to be sent from a packing and moving company.

According to the law, you must declare the contents of a gun shipment before you send it. However, never label the exterior of the package the weapon is being sent in. If the firearm is a handgun, modern or antique, it must be shipped overnight via UPS or FedEx and cannot be shipped through the United States Post Office. Since it is better to be safe than sorry, it is shrewd to ship a rifle special express even though it can be mailed through a local post office.