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Precision Rifle Gear Sure glad that Midway padded my padded gun cases for shipping 🤣

DIBBS

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  • Aug 21, 2008
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    I bought 2 PADDED gun cases recently, and I was really worried about them getting damaged in transit.

    Shipped in a box 2x larger than necessary, and padded with a garbage bag full of airbags. Ya just gotta laugh. Chuckle, and shake your head.
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    On the other hand, go ahead and buy several boxes of bullets from Midway, and then maybe throw a few fragile items into the mix. You'll get 41 lbs of product shipped in a single-wall corrugated box, with only a single wad of crumpled paper to keep the contents from shifting as UPS performs its proprietary drop-testing methods several times. The package will track itself by leaving a constant dribble of Sierra Match Kings, kinda like a trail of breadcrumbs. The containers that didn't break open will have acted upon the other contents in roughly the same manner as a deadblow hammer.
     
    On the other hand, go ahead and buy several boxes of bullets from Midway, and then maybe throw a few fragile items into the mix. You'll get 41 lbs of product shipped in a single-wall corrugated box, with only a single wad of crumpled paper to keep the contents from shifting as UPS performs its proprietary drop-testing methods several times. The package will track itself by leaving a constant dribble of Sierra Match Kings, kinda like a trail of breadcrumbs. The containers that didn't break open will have acted upon the other contents in roughly the same manner as a deadblow hammer.
    Exactly. They are assholes when it comes to properly packing match grade components. I used to buy Lapua bullets and brass from them and they almost always came broken open in the smashed box, having been routed through the weekly UPS football game.......

    When I complained the lady said “Well you’re going to run the brass through a sizer anyway, right” 😳
     
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    Buy from Powder Valley.
    Or MHS (though I will admit I have never had an item shipped from them, I just pick it up).

    Top notch packing from PV.


    And screw Midway and their Chinesium junk.
    Buy an Allen case made in the USA for a basic padded case, or any number of Hide supporting companies for something a little fancier.
     
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    Buy from Powder Valley.
    Or MHS (though I will admit I have never had an item shipped from them, I just pick it up).

    Top notch packing from PV.


    And screw Midway and their Chinesium junk.
    Buy an Allen case made in the USA for a basic padded case, or any number of Hide supporting companies for something a little fancier.
    Powder Valley and Mile High do a great job!
     
    Buy from Powder Valley.
    Or MHS (though I will admit I have never had an item shipped from them, I just pick it up).

    Top notch packing from PV.


    And screw Midway and their Chinesium junk.
    Buy an Allen case made in the USA for a basic padded case, or any number of Hide supporting companies for something a little fancier.

    TacOps padded drag bags are top of the line for your rifles...
     
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