I guess you all can understand the meaning of POSTAL after this story!!! These government works do this to people.

Glad it all turned out for you, but the time period is unacceptable.

Ain't it the truth rafsob. Earlier this year I had a plumbing problem that put water on 300 sq. ft. of laminate flooring, causing minor buckling. State Farm had an adjuster to my house in two days and a check for full replacement of the floor in my hand three days after that. Private enterprise vs. government - no comparison.

The one time I needed my insurance to come through and make a payment on a flooded kitchen, the insurance man said he found a rusted nail under the house under the kitchen. Now this flood was from a busted water line to the ice maker for the frig. There was no evidence of the line leaking. But that didn't convince the a** h***. Now for a military guy that 1500 repair coming from my pocket didn't help. Nothing like screwing a poor GI. And back then I was just about that, poor!

Glad it all turned out for you pal.

good for you but it's best to ship UPS rather than the post office

RD, I shipped the first gun I ever sold through UPS. That was about three years ago. It was such a PIA I swore I would never do it again. Since then I've shipped five or six guns through the Post Office with nary a problem (until this last one).

One of the guys in my hunting club ships a dozen parcels a week through UPS as part of his job. He told me they've had items damaged very very seldom, but have never succeeded in getting a damage claim paid.

I'm going to stick with the P.O. But you can bet I'll take good pictures of the gun before shipping and make sure I have good documentation.