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The Ruger No. 1 Schuetzen rifle I was selling was stolen while in care of UPS and if anyone comes across it I (and the buyer) would appreciate a "heads up." It has been entered NCIC as stolen firearm by the local PD, Swatara Township in PA.  It is a blued Ruger No.1 with a heavy Douglas barrel in .32-40. It has a front sight base, is drilled and tapped for scope blocks and has Weaver adaptors on the Ruger bases. The forearm has a mount for a palm rest and this is the older model with the red recoil pad. The serial number is 130-21243. It was last seen with a set of rings mounted on the Weaver bases and packed in a light brown / tan hard case with broken clasps. Also in the case was the palm rest, a breech seater and a bullet mould. I will add some photos to this thread tomorrow.

It was last known to be at the Harrisburg, PA UPS center, if you come across it please notify me and the Swatara Township Police who have reported it stolen. Their number is 717-558-6900.

Thank you very much for reading this.
Jason Connerley
910-273-3447
sharps54@earthlink.net

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The butt plate was not stolen but the bullet seater and palm rest were as was a bullet mould with handles.

GF,
UPS has been a pain throughout this process, the local PD and the local ATF office were actually very easy to deal with. Of course the real victim here is Shooter_1 who is out of a wonderful rifle. I will be sending his money back tomorrow (we were giving UPS a chance to find it) and filed my insurance claim with UPS today. The trooper attached to the ATF office called around to the local shops when I first contacted him so they are on the look out as well. Since there is a small market for this type of rifle I am hoping it will eventually turn up, I doubt it is much use to most criminals.

I am making up a "flyer" with photos and information and someone from the N-SSA forum will be posting it at gunshows in the area. I am thinking of asking her to just give it to the dealers and the security staff, I would hate for the criminal to see the flyer and throw the rifle away instead of trying to sell it to a dealer there where they might be able to contact one of the off duty officers working security.

Unfortunately I've had two stolen in shipment that were headed my way via UPS! I don't use them any more, but some folks insist on sending items to me through UPS, and if it's something I REALLY want, I refuse to let it be shipped to me via UPS.
I hope it turns up, but I haven't heard of one yet being found.

What Leon said. Regards, Joe

USPS is definitely the way to go. Just recently shipped a rifle and accessories, totaled 26 lbs, priority mail, registered, insured for $33. It went from my hands at the counter to a locked cage in the post office and was delivered two days later in perfect condition. UPS wanted $39 for the same package shipped ground.

Mike

Oy yoy!

Not a good scene at all. I hope it shows up!

As a Canadian, and having to deal with cross border issues, USPS has always provided fast and cost effective service, while UPS and FedEx have both been obstinate rip-offs. 

I, also, gotta put in my voice with the Post,, as being "the" way to ship.

Best of luck!

Cheers
  Trev

I'm quite confident that I ship more guns than most anyone elsew on this board. I have shipped via "Registerd Mail" only withut ever having a damaged or missing firearm.  Reg. mail is cheaper that priority mail but a tad slower as everyone that handles the parcel must sign for it. Never a problem in eight years of using Reg. mail via USPS.    Ken

This is all well and good if you have a good post office. Mine is the newest in the district, all the managers used the oppertunity to get rid of their malcontents. These people are openly hostil to doing any work. They make it as hard as possible to ship anything that they don't approve of and firearms are at the top of their list. I stopped going because I am afraide of what will happen once the package is in their care. 

40 Rod