I wanted to congratulate Rock Island Auction's newest location down in Bedford, Texas, for the best packaging I've ever seen from an auction house, short of building a wooden crate. I recently purchased one of their "bundles" of rifles, couple of clunkers to get a good one I wanted, and I was wondering how the guns would be packed and shipped from Texas, since it was the first time I've purchased from that new location.
The guns arrived in a single carton, and when opened, it had two individual cartons snuggly fit inside, and when I opened them, they had the best, tightest bubble wrapped rifles with film wrap over the top that I've ever received from an auction house, each with great "bumper pads" built up at both muzzle and butt end, and all fully supported with an overload of foam peanuts. Perhaps not a big deal to most, but I've had a number of rifles, including several important ones, damaged in transit [arguing with UPS currently on a broken Felix Settle rifle out of KY]. Since Bedford is RIA's newest location, I thought a small pat on the back was in order for their superb packaging. It was so strong and tight, you could probably drop the carton rather heavily with no internal damage... which is badly needed these days the way some carrier drivers handle long, slightly heavy cartons. Thanks to RIA at Bedford, TX, for doing a great job.
Shelby Gallien
