Another matching K98K ruined by shippers.

ncreptile

ncreptile

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Picked this BCD 43 aa block up on gbroker for a decent BIN price a couple weeks back.
Looks all correct other than a sanded stock. The person who shipped it(seller used a gunstore) didn't take the bolt out and the UPS gorillas played soccer with the box, matching safety snapped off. I know it can be repaired but it's ruined for me..

Posting this thread to remind folks take ONE minute to remove the bolt and pack it separate. This duffel cut bringback will never be as nice as it was because a gun store got lazy.

A real shite day.

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Now that does really suck! More care should be taken especially when one is forking over good money for a nice example.
 
Damn man. I think they put em between 2 chairs and jump on them. USPS broke the aluminum receiver in half on a MG34 dummy gun I sold a guy. You really have to work a breaking some of this stuff. Sorry to hear.
 
Alden, that can be repaired by a good welder and be just as strong, consider keeping it.

I can do some digging and provide you some recommendations if you’d like. It’s worthy of the effort
 
I appreciate the offer but it would always gnaw at me anytime I'd look at it(repaired or not). I'll give someone else a chance to fix/enjoy it.
 
I assume you did not request a hard case in a double carboard box and pay for the extra effort & cost to ship a rifle safely? If you did, then the shipper should return the funds.
 
72usmc said:
I assume you did not request a hard case in a double carboard box and pay for the extra effort & cost to ship a rifle safely? If you did, then the shipper should return the funds.
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I paid $75 to ship it but did not request anything.
The seller(who had a store ship it for him) is old and dying of health issues and was selling because "nobody in my family cares about this stuff". I'd feel even worse forcing a return on this guy.
 
That sucks Alden. I had an experience with a bolt packed separate that cured me of that. My nicest 29/40 was sent with the bolt separate and had worked its way to the end of the box where there was a decent sized hole. It was several bounces away from leaving the box. How I pack:

1) Bolt in weapon, wrapped as large as the box will tolerate with bubble wrap. Essentially, physically impossible to harm the bolt without beating on that section of the box with a sledge hammer.
2) Extra reenforcement on the muzzle and butt. The muzzle is going to want to spear through the end of the box and through the clamshell of a hard case when dropped on the end. It wants to happen, don't let it. Shippers will pile driver the end of the box and stand on the box.
3) Make sure that the rifle does not move at all in the box. That's why you wear a seatbelt. When the box slams to a stop the weight inside is going to want to keep going.
4) At a minimum, pack the box such that the rifle inside will sustain being tossed off the fourth floor of a building or being stood on by a 250 lb man.
 
ncreptile said:
I paid $75 to ship it but did not request anything.
The seller(who had a store ship it for him) is old and dying of health issues and was selling because "nobody in my family cares about this stuff". I'd feel even worse forcing a return on this guy.
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Selling because "Nobody in my family cares about this stuff"

That line scares me. See how overwhelming anti-gun most people tend to be today, I really hope my future family will appreciate historical guns and artifacts so I don't have to sell it away like that when I get old.

But anyways, best of luck to you OP. Hope you're able to get it fixed
 
Just bad luck and a bad gun store. I guess I would not bother the old guy, he was just trying to get his treasures to new owners. if he found out he would just worry and have stuff on his mind.
 
The main problem was there was no packing material on one side of the rifle so anytime the box got tossed somewhere the rifle took the force.

I often ship rifles with bolts in them myself but it's only when the entire rifle is wrapped in foam.
 
The best shipping box I received from a seller for a rifle
had 3/8” plywood glued to the 6 sides inside the oversized cardboard box. Then a plastic gun case inside that for shipping the rifle wrapped in bubble wrap. The cardboard box had lots of paper and bubble wrap inside to cushion the exterior of the gun case for the ride.
Lots of extra work and cost, but sure is strong.
 
I once had a well-used but very respectable Winchester 1886 shipped by an older fellow (70's?) who was getting rid of the last of his firearms.
This moron actually took an open, small bottle of orange juice with a little liquid residue in it, and stuffed the muzzle in it "to protect it,"
and taped it in place before jamming it haphazardly in the box he shipped it in. When I saw the damage done, I rather exploded a bit, then
forced myself to calm down before calling him. Keeping in mind his advancing age, I refrained from using my Army-acquired vocabulary on him,
(a double Ph.D. in advanced profanity, actually)... but demanded to send it back, despite his having said in his ad "no returns."

There are some serious maroons out there. I'm sure none of US would ever morph into one due to age, but if I ever get that bad, I'll hope to step
in front of a train or something and shuffle off before being like that.

Honestly... who the heck would ever think of THAT????

Sheesh.
John
 
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