An update on my experience from the northern wilderness in Canada.
I received a prepaid return mailer box from Gravel Agencies QC.
It is nothing more than a cheap corrugated cardboard box 49x7x3.5in with a styrofoam insert.
I packaged up my firearm, placed the bolt into the separate section in the foam interior, etc. etc.
Taped up the box. Put the prepaid return Canada Post sticker on it.
Then I made the trip down to my local Canada Post office outlet.
The woman behind the counter asked if it was a firearm, I said yes, she said it cannot be mailed in a container like that, it does not meet Canada Post guidelines for shipping firearms.
I told her it was a return post carton supplied by Remington for a firearm recall, I'm just sending it back to them in their supplied carton.
She said the guidelines were updated a while ago due to the cheap cardboard boxes not securing firearms from accidental carton breakage or opening.
We then spent an hour (I am not exaggerating) on the phone going up the ladder at Canada Post, from supervisor to supervisor.
One after another they all said, we cannot accept it, it does not meet the shipping guidelines for firearms.
And they gave me the information at Canada Post where I can obtain a copy of the proper guidelines for how firearms have to be packaged for acceptance by Canada Post.
The firearm must be in a locked container, even if inside of a cardboard box.
I live in a rural area, where the people behind the counter are familiar with shipping firearms, they even had the page in their thick guidelines book bookmarked with a bright yellow tab.
The supervisor people on the phone said that anyone who happened to have mailed their firearm out packaged like this, if the person behind the counter at their post office location did not know what the item was or what the current firearm shipping guidelines are, it is not meeting CP shipping guidelines, so if it gets lost or damaged or anything, well good luck with that.
So, I cannot even send it back for repair since Canada Post will not accept it.
I wouldn't have cared so much except this is a fairly expensive brand new never fired Sendero SFII 300WM.
I haven't contacted Gravel yet, but I will be.
This entire fiasco is FUBAR.
I am just going to purchase an aftermarket trigger, and never buy another Remington. Ever.