Question on shipping a handgun

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Re: Question on shipping a handgun

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Buggydave wrote: May 21st, 2019, 1:42 pm OK, I have called a couple gun shops in the Chandler area, and only found one that will ship it for me and they want $100 to ship it! Any ideas?
$100 is insane. As I stated before, go to www.shipmygun.com. It should be around $50-$60. Be sure the FFL you are shipping it to will accept a transfer from a private individual (they shouldn't have an issue with it, but you will need to include a copy of your drivers license in the box).

I have used shipmygun.com several times, it is incredibly easy.


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Re: Question on shipping a handgun

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The FFL I use charges $25 to ship handguns , but he is in Tucson.
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Re: Question on shipping a handgun

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Tim McBride wrote: May 21st, 2019, 7:21 am FFL is involved in interstate sale/transfer of ownership of firearms. This means that within the state of AZ, I can sell and directly ship a gun to the buyer(ie we both live in AZ, both AZ residents, ships from and to an AZ address). If I sell out of state I must ship to an FFL. If no transfer is taking place, such as shipping a gun to yourself, or a repair that returns the firearm to the owner, etc no FFL is required.
That was my understanding, thanks.
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Re: Question on shipping a handgun

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Are you shipping a gun to a friend or receiving? If sending to an out of state friend, you can send to their FFL directly. Just give them a call ahead of time. If receiving, that's really expensive.
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Re: Question on shipping a handgun

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The FFL dealer he uses in his town only accepts from other FFL's. I called around local to me and only found 2 that are willing to ship for me and one said like $40 + $50 2 day air shipping, and other one said $35 + $50-60 2 day air!!
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The FFL I use puts it in a flat rate box and ships them through the USPS.
That is the cheapest way to ship a pistol.
If I were you I would look for another FFL.
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So far all the ones I have called have said handguns have to go 2-day air! One of the ones near me that will do it told me the same, yet when I ordered a handgun from them a while back and they told me 2-3 days, it took a week and a half for them to get it! lol
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I know for a fact that a licensed FFL can ship handguns through the post office ( USPS ).
The FFL I use does it all the time.
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Re: Question on shipping a handgun

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Call AJI, they are usually reasonable.
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Re: Question on shipping a handgun

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Your dealers are fools.

I'm in Goodyear OP if you want to drive over. My usual rate is $20 fee plus $24 shipping. I'll do it for $35 total if you mention this thread.
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Where are you located at in Goodyear? I have to run to that side of town next week sometime. If I don't find anyone reasonable on this side.
I will call AJI tomorrow also.
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PK90 wrote: May 21st, 2019, 7:10 pm Your dealers are fools.

I'm in Goodyear OP if you want to drive over. My usual rate is $20 fee plus $24 shipping. I'll do it for $35 total if you mention this thread.
Go with Paul here, honest and easy to work with....
And now economical, it seems
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Buggydave wrote: May 21st, 2019, 7:44 pm Where are you located at in Goodyear? I have to run to that side of town next week sometime. If I don't find anyone reasonable on this side.
I will call AJI tomorrow also.
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Re: Question on shipping a handgun

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Well ups and fedex are not following those rules. I tried shipping to a FFL through UPS last week and they refused to do it. I called Fedex and they refused as well. They told me it had to go from FFL to FFL. I showed them the rules and they said this is the way it is. So something is wrong here.
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Re: Question on shipping a handgun

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FedEx and UPS make their own rules when it comes to firearms. If you don't have a shipping account with them they tend to not me helpful. I've used FedEx to ship several handguns...it's helpful when you don't tell them whats in the box. Shipmygun.com uses FedEx; I've never had an issue when using their service.
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