shipping costs ?

[daveyn]

I have never shipped a rifle before and have a buyer in Ontario. Can somebody ballpark for me approx what it would cost to ship by Canada post, or what other options I should explore.

Thanks.

[freeride]

last time i did it was 50 ish for a heavy rifle.
Canada post has a shipping cost under tools you can use to estimate it. Plus now you have to prepay for it under them.

[lone wolf]

Ontario will set you back in the $50 to $60 range. If at all possible remove the stock from the action as this will bring the length below the oversize limit for parcels and will save you $12 right off the top.

[freeride]

Originally Posted by lone wolf

Ontario will set you back in the $50 to $60 range. If at all possible remove the stock from the action as this will bring the length below the oversize limit for parcels and will save you $12 right off the top.

Yes, defiantly play a bit with the length/width section when seeing the shipping cost. As stated sometimes just bringing it down 1/2" will cut the oversized cost and save a lot of money

[Hawkeye]

When you ship to Ontario, you pay GST and HST.
Size certainly affects costs, particularly when it gets beyond a certain length.
For shipping rifles, shortening the parcel (e.g. by taking action out of the stock) will certainly reduce your shipping costs.
I think there is also an extra charge if the parcel is a tube.
Small towns will have a '0' as the second character in the postal code and that will really increase your shipping costs.

[45/70/500]

Originally Posted by Hawkeye

When you ship to Ontario, you pay GST and HST.
Size certainly affects costs, particularly when it gets beyond a certain length.
For shipping rifles, shortening the parcel (e.g. by taking action out of the stock) will certainly reduce your shipping costs.
I think there is also an extra charge if the parcel is a tube.
Small towns will have a '0' as the second character in the postal code and that will really increase your shipping costs.

we pay HST if it goes to or through ONT but they dont pay when they ship to us sounds like another "we are all equal only Some are more equal than others "

[skidderman]

And you need to be set up with snap ship for Canada Post. Personally I think courier is better & more reliable.

[freeride]

Originally Posted by 45/70/500

we pay HST if it goes to or through ONT but they dont pay when they ship to us sounds like another "we are all equal only Some are more equal than others "

the pst, hst is based on where the package goes, it ASSUMES the buyer is paying for shipping. Thus we actually are the ones benefiting, as we can buy from them and skip the pst/hst.

[daveyn]

So $50-$60 gets me in the ball park. Appreciate that, helps with negotiating price.

[Hoppy]

You can also box it up - weigh it and measure it then go on the Canada post website and get a quote to ship it then you are going to know within dollars of exactly what you are going to pay.

https://www.canadapost.ca/informatio...execution=e1s1

[no-regard]

Originally Posted by daveyn

So $50-$60 gets me in the ball park. Appreciate that, helps with negotiating price.

Plus insurance if required, $2.25 per $100 value, if I remeber right.

I shipped a rifle in full size cardboard box recently, it was $73 all in.

[wannabe]

Originally Posted by daveyn

So $50-$60 gets me in the ball park. Appreciate that, helps with negotiating price.

I haven't shipped in about a year but like others have said keep the length down(under 100cm) that will save you overage charges(10-12$) usually it would cost me around $28. $40ish if the length was over 100cm.

$50-60 seems high unless you're including $1000 in insurance.
Fyi. Don't pay for insurance Canada post won't cover you anyway if it's a gun.

[jef612]

Originally Posted by wannabe

I haven't shipped in about a year but like others have said keep the length down(under 100cm) that will save you overage charges(10-12$) usually it would cost me around $28. $40ish if the length was over 100cm.

$50-60 seems high unless you're including $1000 in insurance.
Fyi. Don't pay for insurance Canada post won't cover you anyway if it's a gun.

Explain please

[Dean2]

To ship a 1000 dollar gun will run you about 80 bucks, including insurance and signature ( which comes automatically with insurance above 500). Legally you MUST have signature required, even though with Covid Canada post won't actually get one. You also want to insure the package for its full value. Insured packages rarely go missing and seem to get less beat up than uninsured. The comment that CP won't pay for loss if it is a gun is wrong.

Do NOT mark it as a gun or declare that at the post office, it is none of their business what you are shipping. The comment that you need to have a CP small business account to ship them is accurate to the new CP rules but many guys are still just taking them boxed and wrapped in brown paper to the PO and shipping them no problem. The advantage to having a small business account is you get Expedited with 100 free insurance for the same price as regular parcel and expedited is quite a bit faster usually. Setting up the account only takes a couple of minutes and you don't need to be a registered business or have a GST number.

I have never taken a gun apart to ship it, it does save a couple of bucks but the packaging, screws etc is a drawback I don't think is worth the 10 bucks I save, plus, all the gun boxes and hard cases (which I use for shipping expensive guns) I have were designed to be used with a full length gun. Buying stout shorter boxes would eat up a big chunk of your 10 bucks anyhow.


Make sure you sign up for email notification on tracking and if you have your buyers email you can have notices go to them too. Any loss, late delivery or damage claims must be initiated by the sender, CP won't deal with the recipient at all. I have shipped a great many packages over the past few years. One lost, one damaged, make sure you have good clear pictures of the item you are shipping to be able to prove damage, three late delivery refunds of the expedited parcel fee, Pre-Covid as they now won't guarantee the delivery times. For the cost CP is still far and away the best bet and they deliver everywhere in Canada, which many of the couriers do not.

[no-regard]

^^ Bingo!