According to the law, they don't have to go next day or second day. That is company policy for ups and fedex.
$40, Wow, that is very reasonable from what I found. Which FFL do you use?
Since it is under warranty, ask the manufacturer for a shipping label. they will email you one.
Anyone know the rules, off the top of your head, for shipping firearms back to the manufacturer. My revolver has a locked up cylinder and the manufacturer will fix it under their lifetime warranty. Unfortunately, they won't cover the shipping TO them, only back to me.
According to the law, they don't have to go next day or second day. That is company policy for ups and fedex.
It's a way for them to make more money. Period. Because there isn't any competition and they have you over a barrel.
The next/day second day thing probably started when ups started electronically tracking those packages and there is less chance of theft and greater chance to find out where the gun ended up.
Nowadays every package is tracked and they could easily do away with the policy.