Shipping non-hazmat components?

[DngBat7]

Can you ship just Bullets via usps? No brass, primers, powder...... just plain bullets

thanks

 

[Charliemac]

Yes, brass too

 

[mikld]

I have. In the description given for the contents of the box, I call jacketed bullets "small machined parts" and for cast "small metal alloy ingots"...

 

[JayHHI6818]

Eric Cortina refers to bullets as “freedom seeds” on YouTube

 

[tmwinds]

I don't think the post office has ask me to disclose the contents, only to verify that it was nonhazardous, liquid, flammable, blah, blah, blah.

 

[PigButtons]

UPS demands contents description. Same with FedEx. Loaded ammunition can be shipped via UPS but requires special labeling.

 

[KMart]

Every custom bullet maker I have bought from has shipped USPS Flat rate. No labels on the outside indicating what the contents are.
When I have shipped they only asked if the contents was liquid or perishable. I guess they don't want shrimp to rot and stink up the place on some of the long circuitous routes they take.

 

[Bill K]

Bullets, yes. Brass, Yes but should not be primed. But if primed or not and with either, wrap and pack all so it does not move/rattle around in the package. Try to use the smallest flat rate box you can stuff them into.

 

[Jdne5b]

Use reinforced strapping tape too. Go all the way around the boxes on the corners. Reinforce the box seams. I mailed 18 medium size boxes lately and used about $3 worth of tape on each one. It's worth it when you don't have a box show up spilling the contents. Also use a bag inside of the box to help in case the box does rupture.

 

[jepp2]

UPS demands contents description

My view is they have a field that asks for contents. But per their written rules, you are only required to identify what you are shipping as a firearm if it is a handgun. You are not required to tell them you are shipping a rifle.

 

[rijndael]

You are not required to tell them you are shipping a rifle.

Depending on the amount of insurance, the “signed drop off receipt” for high value items requires sender to open the package and reseal. You have to bring two printed forms, the high value receipts, for them to sign. Without that, a future insurance claim will not be processed.

 

[jepp2]

for high value items

Is there a specific point where something becomes considered high value? I've shipped some rifles insured for close to $2K, and never encountered that yet.

 

[rijndael]

I'm not sure, but I just bumped in to this issue on Monday. The insured value was $3K. I think the actual name is a "High Value Report". Either way, I was not aware that I had to open and re-seal the package at the shipping center. That detail was not disclosed when I bought the label, online.

 

[rayporter]

new ammunition shipping labels

Shipping Special-Care or Regulated Items | UPS - United States

Learn about how to ship regulated and special care items with UPS, from perishables and wine to firearms and animals.

www.ups.com

 

[Bill K]

My view is they have a field that asks for contents. But per their written rules, you are only required to identify what you are shipping as a firearm if it is a handgun. You are not required to tell them you are shipping a rifle.

Never had to give them description of contents, just that it is not hazardous and you check the little prombt on their machine, on the counter, as such.
In fact my postal employee is also a gun nut and gathers brass left at the local ranges, every chance she gets to do so.

 

[divingin]

Can you ship just Bullets via usps? No brass, primers, powder...... just plain bullets

thanks

Yup. Any parcel shipping company or USPS will ship with no restrictions (other than weight.)

Bullets are just inert non-reactive metal, so no hazard. I've mailed dummy 223 and 30-06 loads (seated bullet, no primer or powder) with no problem (aside from a kind of weird look by the post office clerk.)

 

[LVLAaron]

UPS demands contents description. Same with FedEx. Loaded ammunition can be shipped via UPS but requires special labeling.

Contents = metal

 

[spclark]

Contents = metal

Right. I use 'metal parts' or 'machined parts' when I ship USPS.

(Curious abt your signature; you shoot 185's in an AR-15?)

 

[338 dude]

UPS demands contents description. Same with FedEx. Loaded ammunition can be shipped via UPS but requires special labeling.

And not all UPS locations will ship loaded ammunition even with the proper labeling many are owned independently and make their own rules in my area I must drive 35 miles to a UPS customer service center

 

[PigButtons]

And not all UPS locations will ship loaded ammunition even with the proper labeling many are owned independently and make their own rules in my area I must drive 35 miles to a UPS customer service center

You are absolutely right, I should have mentioned that it is usually only service centers that have staff and insurance that qualifies them to take small arms ammunition. Thanks for clarifying.