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  • fred333

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    Dec 20, 2013
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    Presuming no legal impediments, can you ship via Registered Mail?

    It's slow, but, theoretically, the safest method of physical conveyance since the package is kept under lock 'n' key at all times and every postal employee that touches it must sign it in/out. So, unlike other shipping options, any "funny stuff" can easily be traced to the last person that handled the package. I used to ship Rolex watches that way and never had a problem.
     

    Pinecone

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    Feb 4, 2013
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    Rolex factory service will ONLY accept Registered Mail shipments. At least last year.

    You have to check the USPS rules about shipping. For handguns they require an FFL at each end.

    http://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/pub52c4_009.htm

    Also:

    12.2 Rifles and Shotguns
    [Revise renumbered 12.2 as follows:]
    Except under 12.1.1d and 12.1.2, unloaded rifles and shot*guns are mailable. Mailers must comply with the rules and regulations under 27 CFR, Part 478, as well as state and local laws. The mailer may be required by the USPS to establish, by opening the parcel or by written certification, that the rifle or shotgun is unloaded and not ineligible for mailing under 12.1.1d. The following conditions also apply:
    a. Subject to state, territory, or district regulations, rifles and shotguns may be mailed without restriction when sent within the same state of mailing. These items must bear a “Return Service Requested” endorsement, and must be sent by Express Mail (“signature required” must be used at delivery) or Registered Mail, or must in*clude either insured mail service (for more than $200) requiring a signature at delivery.
    b. A shotgun or rifle owned by a non-FFL may be mailed outside the owner’s state of residence by the owner to himself or herself, in care of another person in the state, where he or she intends to hunt or engage in any other lawful activity. These mailpieces must:
    1. Be addressed to the owner.
    2. Include the “in the care of” endorsement immedi*ately preceding the name of the applicable tem*porary custodian.
    3. Be opened by the rifle or shotgun owner only.
    4. Be mailed using services described in 12.2a.
    c. Rifles and shotguns may be mailed by a non-FFL owner domestically to a FFL dealer, manufacturer, or importer in any state. USPS recommends these items be mailed using those services described in 12.2a.
     

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