shipping a firearm

[Leader]

Ask and you will get a 1000 answers.... Some ship through post office as some branches will take them.... Crazy!!!!

[Beretta686]

I have never shipped a gun for a hunting trip. I have always taken it with me on the plane. To ship a complete gun it must go to an FFL.

BUT I have had a friend ship me a gun that I had traded for. He shipped it in 3 packages and declared them as "Gun Parts" to UPS and they were insured and shipped no problem.

[natman]

I have never shipped a gun for a hunting trip. I have always taken it with me on the plane. To ship a complete gun it must go to an FFL.

Not true. See post #7, it's completely legal to ship a gun to yourself.

BUT I have had a friend ship me a gun that I had traded for. He shipped it in 3 packages and declared them as "Gun Parts" to UPS and they were insured and shipped no problem.

Breaking the gun into parts makes no difference. Legally the serial numbered part (the receiver), is a firearm and must be shipped as such even if all the other parts are missing.