Not to hate at all, a $1,000 is not slumming.
And dont think it is, but.
In reality it's the difference between a Yugo and a 930 Porsche. You can see the difference between a $1,000 Vortex Viper PST and a $2,000 Leupold MK4 or a night force scope.
Then look through a MK4 and through a $3,500...
My sons have drivers licenses in different States than where they are actually are residents and pay taxes.
And both along with their father have bought firearms while being stationed in other States.
Many times, at times I will call and get the receiving clerks name and use that as a company name.
I've shipped very expensive firearms and watches through FedEx and the USPS and never had a problem.
Wrap it up, insure it and ship it.
Think about how many very expensive things are shipped...
I know an over watch shooter that was watching an apt building across the road from where he was working on a State Dept contract with a bolt rifle.
He had the loudest click he has ever heard and shot a person a few blocks away. Luckily he didn't kill them.
And with that he was done in that...