My FFL received a early Win 52 I had ordered....

by John K., Thursday, March 07, 2013, 18:49 (4282 days ago) @ bmize

it arrived with 6" of barrel sticking out of the flimsy cardboard box. Had a couple of layers of bubble wrap and that was all. I was amazed to find zero damage.

Then there was the 1917 Enfield that the UPS man left leaning against the front door, complete with bolt handle sticking out of the box... ZERO interior packing. Just a cardboard box.

Oh, then there was another Win 52 that the post office LOST. Found it two weeks later - supposedly left in a corner of a sorting facility somewhere. That box was also wrecked, but the rifle was well packed and no damage occured.

Nothing about shipping firearms can surprise me.