Getting handguns to Alaska when traveling through Canada

[Tod osier]

ATF's regulations on shipping to oneself...
As mentioned, if you have someone there that can receive a shipment, this is an option.

In addition to the laws, the carriers (usps, ups, fedex) policies complicate things requiring ffl on one or both ends for shipping and expedited shipping, both of which make it more complicated and expensive.

 

[Yukon Cornelius]

YC, have you done it? Next time I come up (2020) I was planning on doing the paperwork to travel through with a restricted (done long guns several times and no biggie). I believe my pistol should be okay with the proper paperwork (but I have not made the calls yet).

I haven’t. When we drove up, I decided to leave my ccw with my dad. We didn’t plan on driving up, but found an amazing deal on a car in GA that we needed moving out of the bush.

There has been talk of ffl dealers not allowing people to pick their handguns up since they aren’t a resident in the state they ship too. That is probably hear say and not truth.

As far as ffl in remote locations, it will be a challenge to find. I’d do my research and find a ffl that I can talk to in wrangell before i shipped there. When I was in Dillingham we had three FFLs in a community with 3k people. None were really dependable. And that $60 fee...

 

[Tod osier]

I haven’t. When we drove up, I decided to leave my ccw with my dad. We didn’t plan on driving up, but found an amazing deal on a car in GA that we needed moving out of the bush.

There has been talk of ffl dealers not allowing people to pick their handguns up since they aren’t a resident in the state they ship too. That is probably hear say and not truth.

As far as ffl in remote locations, it will be a challenge to find. I’d do my research and find a ffl that I can talk to in wrangell before i shipped there. When I was in Dillingham we had three FFLs in a community with 3k people. None were really dependable. And that $60 fee...

Thanks!

 

[Yukon Cornelius]

Basically, don’t believe everything you read in the internet. Lol


Go to the Canadian website that deals with border crossings. Find a ffl in wrangell that you can actually talk to.

 

[fmyth]

I'd ship it to Ottesons True Value Hardware in Wrangell: https://www.ffldealernetwork.com/wrangell/western/ottesens-inc