Lol sounds like my wife and my “shipping department “
The best free packing I've found is plastic grocery sacks. We always have a ton of them and I use them as packing filler, better than bubble wrap, and who the hell has a newspaper subscription these days (the only better alternative)? I completely limit movement virtually without any added bulk and weight to the package, just stuff one end up, insert barrel in the middle, and start stuffing all around it to limit movement.
Wow an AI barrel no less, not that it is ok on any rifle, but a AI WTF
Yeah and a lot of times it is $1000 + I have a few contractors I work for that will spend a dollar to save a nickel, but they can't see it. Its those types that are doing this kind of stupidity.
AC pipe wrap foam, tape, hard foam stuck in PVC pipe. Obviously you get a ton in each pipe but they’ll make it unscathed.
Good if you get the PVC back, otherwise this but in hard cardboard tubes.
Most of the various foam type products will prevent scuffing...IF you can prevent movement. No shifting along the x, y or z axes. NO movement allowed inside of the package. Consider the weight of the barrel, especially the weight of the entire barrel focused on say the muzzle...lots of psi there! The padding material should not crush to the point of failure and then allow movement, exacerbating the issue. Your employer should hire someone to design shipping containers for their barrels. The cost would be rapidly offset by fewer complaints and return of damaged goods.
