Shipping Live Ammo Questions

[Pat Riot]

How would one ship live ammo? I know if your order ammo you have to pay fees from a vendor but can one ship live ammo to another person with no licensed vendor involved? Are the fees high?

 

The reason I ask is I have about 1000 rounds of .223 / 5.56 I was thinking of shipping to my son-in-law in CA and was wondering if the cost would be too high.

 

I know about the new ridiculous laws there so let's skip that issue, please.

 

Thank you,

Pat Riot

[Blackwater 53393]

Yes you can. Follow the directions given by UPS for packaging and labeling and you can do it yourself. Look up ORMD on your search engine.

[Garrison Joe, SASS #60708]

The hassle factor will be high enough to discourage you even if the cost is not. Sending him money to buy his own is much easier.

 

Good luck, GJ

[Pat Riot]

Thank you Blackwater.

[Springfield Slim SASS #24733]

If they are in the original boxes and packed well, and you put an ORM-D sticker on it, UPS will ship it. The sticker can be downloaded from the internet. This keeps it shipped by ground as ammo can't go by air. Not that big a deal last time I did it.

[Reuben McCoy Rankin # 34239]

Shipping ammo from a UPS main hub is very easy.

They will even provide the labels.

Costs no more than any package of the same weight and size.

[Pat Riot]

Excellent. Thank you all.

 

Funny, in all my years of dealing with guns and ammo I never had to ship ammo so I was concerned it would be difficult or even not possible.

 

This info helps a great deal...besides, I didn't want to lug all this to the USPS, UPS or FedEx and find out the on-line info was out of date or wrong.

[Ace Hanlon]

Been my experience in south Florida the UPS hub does not want the package sealed as they like to check the packing. Other than that very easy to do.

[The Coconino Pistolero, SASS # 72432]

Shipping ammo from a UPS main hub is very easy.

They will even provide the labels.

Costs no more than any package of the same weight and size.

 

You do have to pay $5 for adult signature though.

[The Original Lumpy Gritz]

Has to go UPS or FedX ONLY.

No loose ammo and tell the shipper what you have They will give you 'ORM-D' lables and there's no extra cost.

Has to be shipped from a 'hub'. Not a 'store'.

It's easy,

OLG

[Church Key, SASS # 33713]

Only problem was my nearest UPS hub is 30 miles away; otherwise no problem.

[Imis Twohofon,SASS # 46646]

Church Key 30 miles aint far to Cal.

I was taught in Geography that is was closer to 3000 miles from WV to Ca. Who knew

my $.02

Imis

[McCandless]

When I flew to EoT I shipped my ammo ahead via UPS. Like has been posted here, Hub, ORM-D, Adult Signature. It was .45 Colt ammo and Shotshells. That much weight, the cost at the time was about $25.00 I don't know what the rates are now, I know from the stuff I've sold on the Classified Wire that shipping fees have gone up.

[Pat Riot]

Thank you everybody.