Shipping ammunition.

DeltaRed · Nov 15, 2016

I bought some special commemorative 3030 cartriges in a fancy wooden box as a gift for a nephew. Trouble is he is 300plus miles
away. Can I mail them? UPS? Other? want to get them to him,but dont want to go to jail,either. Thanks,Steve

Donald Lehman · Nov 15, 2016

Been out of the gun business long enough I wouldn't hazard a guess. May be local laws to worry about also, not just the feds. Safest way would be ship it from one firearms dealer to a dealer close to him. Your local dealer can steer you in the right direction.

FBH44 · Nov 15, 2016

Our Post Office had a big list of stuff you can and cannot mail, posted up by the front counter.

4520BW · Nov 15, 2016

I order ammo on line all the time and they ship it to me UPS. Have to have an adult sign for it. I would try UPS or FEDX.

MSS3020 · Nov 15, 2016

I buy all my ammo from online places.. ups usually brings it..

4520BW · Nov 15, 2016

Just looked on post office web site and it says on ammo. They ask you when you mail it if it has any of the banned items listed. If you are shipping to overseas bases they say no pork, adult materials or religious items. We had a co worker in Afghanistan and shipped him a life sized blow up doll and all kinds of summer sausage and never got caught.

Mike M · Nov 15, 2016

UPS can do it. It has to be marked with a sticker I forget exactly what it says.
Now there is a list of states you can and cannot ship into and out of. So you have to look closely at that list.

Steve in VA · Nov 15, 2016

USPS lists ammunition as prohibited. UPS/FedEx can and will ship it, but you will need to mark it IAW DOT and that means Other Regulated Material [ORM]. DOT regulations can be a juggle to navigate so your easiest path is to simply take it to the UPS/FedEx store and rely on them to mark and label it.

D beatty · Nov 15, 2016

UPS will ship it but its not going to be cheap because your going to pay a HAZ-MAT charge on top of freight charges and it has to go ground no air shipments.

Ozlander · Nov 15, 2016

Invite him to your place for thanksgiving.

Problem solved.

Steve in VA · Nov 15, 2016

Here's a thought; if you bought locally from your favorite gun shop, have them ship it. Even if you have it in hand, they should do that for you.

JF in MI · Nov 15, 2016

I get shipments of ammo from UPS all the time and don't ever remember having to sign for it.

D beatty · Nov 15, 2016

If you didn't sign for it driver goofed up. The dealer I deal with signs for all guns and ammo sent through UPS.

PaGlenn · Nov 15, 2016

I just got a shipment of 1000 rounds from Freedom Munitions without any problems. It shipped UPS. Was sitting on my hands till I got it.

ditchwitch · Nov 15, 2016

Yes you can mail them with no problems. UPS, or regular mail

rustyfarmall · Nov 15, 2016

UPS or FedEx. United States Post office will not touch it.

D beatty · Nov 15, 2016

UPS will take ammo and you will pay an added HAZ-MAT charge. You need to look at what the United States Postal regulations are and ammo is one thing they will not take.

fusion · Nov 15, 2016

Put it in a good package and tape it good
send it FedX ground and don't worry about it.
if it was a whole pallet that may be different.

D beatty · Nov 15, 2016

You can't just put it a package and send it. Ammo is classified as an explosive and is a hazardous material and has to be marked so.

Mark - IN. · Nov 15, 2016

I do purchase some local, but purchase most of it online and they ship it to me UPS or FedEx, but it's always handled through one contracted company whose name escapes me. The people that I purchase it from go through ??? Company, and they ship it to me UPS or FedEx. I just can't remember who that is.

Here's what UPS says...

https://www.ups.com/content/us/en/resources/ship/packaging/guidelines/firearms.html

Here's from Smith & Wesson...

http://www.smithandwessonforums.com/forum/ammo-forum/27445-how-ship-ammo-friends-family-ups-fedex-only-no-ammo-thru-post.html

Good luck.

Mark

john in la · Nov 15, 2016

First off you are dealing with a class 1.4 haz mat.
You can ship limited quantity (66 lbs) of this haz mat and be exempt from the harsh haz mat rules as long as you follow the limited quantity rules.

A couple of these rules are

Ammunition must be packed in inside boxes
Inside boxes must be packaged tightly in the outer box to prevent movement.
Package must be marked with a limited quantity sticker or a ORM-D sticker.

caterpillar guy · Nov 15, 2016

Just have it shipped directly to him from where you purchased it at. That would save the cost of doing it twice and solve any problems with that part also.

rustyfarmall · Nov 16, 2016

(quoted from post at 12:29:08 11/15/16) UPS will take ammo and you will pay an added HAZ-MAT charge. You need to look at what the United States Postal regulations are and ammo is one thing they will not take.

The haz-mat fees apply to gun powder and primers only. There is NO haz-mat fee on ready to use ammunition. I have purchased .38, .357, 9mm, 30-30, and shotgun shells from on-line retailers. Delivered by UPS. Never paid any haz-mat fees.

W_B · Nov 18, 2016

Regulations vary by state, in Ohio we can have ammo shipped to us from the retailer.

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