how are you guys shipping guns out of state?  Are you going through an FFL or shipping to a FFL as I see conflicting things online?

Legally, only the receiving party needs to go through an FFL in their state.

Whether you ship direct yourself, or have a NJ FFL ship it, is up to the receiving FFL’s policy. Either way is OK legally - But, some FFLs will not accept guns shipped from private owners - they will only accept out of state guns if shipped from an FFL.

PLUS .... UPS and FedEx won't accept firearms from non-licensees anymore. Soooo, if you want to follow Law and Policies, you can only ship long guns via USPS. Everything else must go through a NJ gun dealer to the out of state dealer.

1 hour ago, PK90 said:

PLUS .... UPS and FedEx won't accept firearms from non-licensees anymore. Soooo, if you want to follow Law and Policies, you can only ship long guns via USPS. Everything else must go through a NJ gun dealer to the out of state dealer.

Ah! Good info! Thanks Paul. I haven’t had to ship anything out in a while, I’ve been doing more buying than selling  !

1 hour ago, PK90 said:

PLUS .... UPS and FedEx won't accept firearms from non-licensees anymore. Soooo, if you want to follow Law and Policies, you can only ship long guns via USPS. Everything else must go through a NJ gun dealer to the out of state dealer.

I'm not 100% sure, But I thought USPS regs. said no "Firearms" unless shipper is an FFL - so wouldn't that restrict long guns as well?

8 minutes ago, High Exposure said:

Ah! Good info! Thanks Paul. I haven’t had to ship anything out in a while, I’ve been doing more buying than selling  !

that's why I was checking as I read that about ups

went to USPS, sending it out tuesday so if anyone is shipping any firearms (no handguns), usps will do it ground

9 minutes ago, JT Custom Guns said:

I'm not 100% sure, But I thought USPS regs. said no "Firearms" unless shipper is an FFL - so wouldn't that restrict long guns as well?

incorrect, just was at the post office

just a fyi

2 minutes ago, RUTGERS95 said:

that's why I was checking as I read that about ups

went to USPS, sending it out tuesday so if anyone is shipping any firearms (no handguns), usps will do it ground

incorrect, just was at the post office

just a fyi

Thanks for the clarification......

1 minute ago, JT Custom Guns said:

Thanks for the clarification......

it's funny, they pull cards and have you point to what you are shipping  lol   its like those old index cards with the circle ring you'd use to study

I've seen folks mention using https://www.shipmygun.com/go/ with good results, but they're not from NJ.  That said, I think you can request a quote so you can see whether you can use it here..

I just recently shipped a rifle to a buyer but I did it via my FFL.  I brought it to them w/ the box the rifle came in and they packed it up in another box and shipped it for me.  Very straight forward.