Originally Posted by
bigbulls
As doubleA said, a person may send a firearm (hand gun or long gun) to the manufacturer or a licensed gunsmith with out having to go through an FFL holder. You do not need a copy of the FFL to put into the case with the firearm.
A long gun may be shipped ground through the post office, UPS, Fed-X or any other private carrier.
A hand gun must be shipped over night and must go private carrier. The post office will not ship hand guns.
You must go directly to the actual USPS, UPS or Fed-X hub to ship a firearm. The postal carrier nor the UPS/Fed-X "stores" will ship a firearm.
Bigbulls is correct about everything except one....
you DO NOT have to ship a handgun overnight. More urban legend.
Last time I shipped a revolver to Smith & Wesson I shipped it UPS regular ground and did not ship overnight.
UPS may have a rule asking for overnight shipping and might void insurance if you do not ship overnight but there is no gov't regulation for overnight shipping.