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Will USPS ship bullets and unprimed cases?

CKCCKC Member Posts: 7 ✭
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Will USPS ship bullets and unprimed cases?

Not talking about loaded ammo or primed cases.

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  • ridgleyartridgleyart Member Posts: 937 ✭✭✭✭

    Yes

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  • bpostbpost Member Posts: 32,669 ✭✭✭✭

    None of those items are hazardous, dangerous or flammable. They do not ask what is in the box just if they are meet the aforementioned classifications. Hunks of brass, lead objects and the like are fine.

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  • MobuckMobuck Member Posts: 14,167 ✭✭✭✭

    YES

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  • toad67toad67 Member Posts: 13,008 ✭✭✭✭

    USPS flat rate is almost always your cheapest option.

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  • MIKE WISKEYMIKE WISKEY Member Posts: 10,046 ✭✭✭✭

    as long as it can't go 'Bang' you are good to go

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  • select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,539 ✭✭✭✭

    absolutely

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  • badchrisbadchris Member Posts: 1,676 ✭✭✭

    I use USPS to ship all my brass, copper, & lead "chess pieces" with out issue.

    Powder, live primers, and loaded ammo is a no-no. I am not certain about primed cases, but would assume no-go. Someone with more knowledge can confirm.

    Enemies of armed self-defense focus on the gun. They ignore the person protected with that gun.
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  • chmechme Member Posts: 1,471 ✭✭✭✭

    Chris- primed brass, NO. Unprimed brass, bullets- YES. As said, the "anything up to 70 lb" boxes are the best bargain. But pack it right and tape it tight. Visualize 70 pounds of .223 bullets rolling around in the P.O. machinery after a box breaks open...........

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  • AmbroseAmbrose Member Posts: 3,225 ✭✭✭✭

    I got a broken open box at the PO one time with a few bullets leaked out. The counter man was livid. "You can't mail bullets!" I told him they were just bullets, not ammunition, and, as such were completely inert and certainly legal to mail. I said don't take my word for it, look it up. I know he didn't believe me, but he gave me the package (and the loose bullets). I heard no more about it so, it appears cooler heads prevailed.

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  • chmechme Member Posts: 1,471 ✭✭✭✭

    Ambrose- I have had a postal worker try to tell me that a shotgun could not be sent by US Mail. I advised him to look up the section of the Domestic Mail Manual that says this:

    4.0 Legal Opinions on Mailing Firearms

    Postmasters are not authorized to give opinions on the legality of any shipment of rifles or shotguns. Contact the nearest office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms for further advice.


    It is not uncommon for the average postal worker to have limited knowledge of post office regs.

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