It is federal law to declare that your package contains a firearm,abbreviate anything to tip off that the shipment is a firearm to theives. ie Tom's Gun Shop = T.G.S on the shipping label or address entry.
The same goes for the item description when being insured.Winchester Model 70=WinM70.Take pictures of your item before you seal up the box in case you have to collect insurance and the shipper claims the item wasn't packed properly.Always have a return address inside your box and a "File Copy Only" of the FFL being shipped to or your FFL if returning a repaired or customized firearm in case the box is damaged,label lost,or UPS decides to inspect the package in transit.
There is a lawyer on another forum that is sueing UPS as they opened a rare firearm that was being shipped to him and they lost some of the parts which makes the gun useless and the parts are unavailable. It cost over $10,000.
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Shipping Legalities
Federal Law requires that all modern firearms be shipped only to a holder of a valid Federal Firearms License (FFL). The recipient must be have an FFL; however the sender is not required to have one. Any person who is legally allowed to own a firearm is legally allowed to ship it to an FFL holder for any legal purpose (including sale or resale).
Here is exactly what the ATF 'Federal Firearms Regulations Reference Guide' (ATF P 5300.4) says:
(B9) May a nonlicensee ship a firearm by carrier?
A nonlicensee may ship a firearm by carrier to a resident of his or her own state or to a licensee in any state. A common or contract carrier must be used to ship a handgun. In addition, Federal law requires that the carrier be notified that the shipment contains a firearm and prohibits common or contract carriers from requiring or causing any label to be placed on any package indicating that it contains a firearm. [18 U. S. C. 922( a)( 2)( A) and 922( e), 27 CFR 178.31]
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