Shipping Firearms & Ammunition

IMPORTANT:

If you do not have an FFL we highly recommend contacting your local firearms dealer to ship a firearm or firearm parts for you. This may cost more than shipping it yourself, and include a transfer fee, but if you do not follow UPS policies you are risking the possibility of having your shipment intercepted and held as described in the UPS Tariff/Terms and Conditions of Service. In addition, you will not be eligible to regain a refund or compensation for the loss or damage to your firearm.

• At this time, to ship firearms or firearm parts using United Parcel Service (UPS), you must have a Federal Firearms License (FFL) AND have an approved UPS agreement.
• Shipping ammunition does not require having an FFL.

“Shipments containing Firearm Products are accepted for transportation only from shippers who are federally licensed and have an approved UPS agreement for the transportation of Firearm Products.”

UPS® Tariff/Terms and Conditions of Service – United States

6. Right of Inspection

UPS reserves the right in its sole and unlimited discretion to open and inspect any Shipment tendered to it for transportation, but is not required to do so.

7. Refusal of Service

UPS reserves the right to refuse to provide service, among other reasons, for any Shipment which by reason of the dangerous or other character of its contents may,
in the sole judgment of UPS, soil, taint or otherwise damage other Shipments or UPS’s equipment, or which is improperly or insecurely packed or wrapped, as determined by UPS in its sole judgment.
Before accepting any Shipment, UPS reserves the right to require sufficient verification, as determined by UPS in its sole and unlimited discretion, of the Shipper’s name and address, or any other information necessary to accept the Shipment for service. UPS reserves the right to refuse to provide service for any Shipment or to or from any location, or to provide alternative service arrangements, or to intercept, hold or return any Shipment when, among other reasons, UPS, in its sole and unlimited discretion, determines that it is unsafe or economically or operationally impracticable to provide service, that its services are being used in violation of federal, state, or local law, or for fraudulent purposes, or when the account of the person or entity responsible for payment is not in good standing.

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IMPORTANT:

If you do not have an FFL we highly recommend contacting your local firearms dealer to ship a firearm or firearm parts for you. This may cost more than shipping it yourself, and include a transfer fee, but if you do not follow Fed Ex policies you are risking the possibility of having your shipment intercepted and held as described in the FedEx Freight 100-V Rules Tariff. In addition, you will not be eligible to regain a refund or compensation for the loss or damage to your firearm.

Shippers with a Federal Firearm License
Only customers holding a Federal Firearms License (FFL) and federal, state, or local government agencies may ship firearms with FedEx. Customers holding an FFL must enter into an approved FedEx Firearms Shipping Compliance Agreement before shipping any firearms with FedEx. Also, you must be an approved firearm shipper with a signed contract on file with FedEx. For more information, contact your FedEx account executive.

Nonlicensee shippers
Nonlicensees are prohibited from shipping firearms with FedEx.

FedEx Freight
100-V Rules Tariff

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EFFECTIVE: JANUARY 2, 2023
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PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED ARTICLES

2. Firearms:

1. Only customers holding a Federal Firearms License (FFL) and federal, state, or local government agencies may ship firearms with FedEx.
   Customers holding an FFL must enter into an approved FedEx Firearms Shipping Compliance Agreement before shipping any firearms with
   FedEx. For more information, contact your FedEx account executive.
2. On behalf of customers holding an FFL who enter into an approved FedEx Firearms Shipping Compliance Agreement and federal, state, or local
   government agencies, Carrier will transport and deliver firearms, antique firearms, and replica firearms, all as defined by the United States Gun
   Control Act of 1968, as well as muzzleloaders and black powder firearms (collectively “firearms”).
3. Carrier will transport small-arms ammunition when packed and labeled in compliance with local, state, and federal law, and the Hazardous
   Materials section of the FedEx Service Guide. Ammunition is an explosive and must be shipped separately as hazardous materials or limited
   quantities. Shipper agrees not to ship loaded firearms or firearms with ammunition in the same package or on the same pallet.

3. Hazardous Materials:

1. All shipments containing hazardous materials must be properly classified, described, packaged, marked, labeled and in proper condition
   for transportation according to applicable regulations and requirements. Carrier accepts only certain hazardous materials as listed in the
   current copy of the Shipping Hazardous Materials Guide, which is incorporated herein by reference. Carrier does not accept for transportation
   hazardous waste and biohazards such as blood, urine, fluids and other noninfectious diagnostic specimens. All items classified as hazardous
   materials are prohibited on shipments to, from and within Mexico regardless of quantity.
   Shipper is prohibited from tendering the following items for shipment, and they will not be accepted:

1. Explosives, Canada – Import from U.S. – (Division 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.5).
2. Explosives, Domestic – (Division 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.5).
3. Explosives, Mexico – (All classes and divisions).
4. More than 100 pounds of NA3178, Smokeless Powder for small arms on any transport vehicle.
5. More than 100 pounds of NA0027, Black Powder for small arms on any transport vehicle.

4. Prohibited Items:

Shipper is prohibited from tendering the following items for shipment except for antique furniture described in NMFC Items 100240 or 100250,
or pictures or paintings described in Items 100240, 100250, or 56165; the following property will not be accepted for shipment nor as premiums
accompanying other articles:

1. Firearms not specifically listed in the Firearms section herein, including, but not limited to:

1. Bump fire stocks and other rapid-fire trigger activators.
2. Ghost guns and other firearms, frames, or receivers not containing a serial number, including, but not limited to, items that are designed to or may readily be completed, assembled, restored, or otherwise converted to function as a frame or receiver, as defined in 27 CFR 478.12.
3. Any firearm or other weapon manufactured using a 3D printing machine.
4. 3D printing machines designed or that function exclusively to manufacture firearms.

IMPORTANT:

If you do not have an FFL we highly recommend contacting your local firearms dealer to ship a firearm or firearm parts for you. This may cost more than shipping it yourself, and include a transfer fee, but if you do not follow United States Postal Service (USPS) policies you are risking the possibility of having your shipment intercepted and held, you will not be eligible to regain a refund or compensation for the loss or damage to your firearm.

Handguns

Only Federal Firearms License (FFL) holders can ship unloaded handguns through USPS. Pistols, revolvers, and other firearms capable of being concealed on the person (for example, short-barreled shotguns and short-barreled rifles) are defined as handguns.

Rifles & Shotguns

Any lawful person may ship unloaded rifles and/or shotguns using USPS.

Ammunition

Ammunition includes all kinds of bombs, grenades, rockets, mines, projectiles, and other similar devices or contrivances. Ammunition is a Class 1 explosive and is nonmailable.

All Shipments Must Be In Compliance With USPS Policies Below

Publication 52 – Hazardous, Restricted, and Perishable Mail > 1 Introduction > 12 Scope > 123 Mailability Premise

123 Mailability Premise

123.3 Harmful Matter — General
Except as provided in this publication, any article, composition, or material is nonmailable if it can kill or injure another or injure the mail or other property. Harmful matter includes, but is not limited to:

123.4 Hazardous Materials
Harmful matter also includes regulated hazardous materials that are likely to harm USPS employees or to destroy, deface, or otherwise damage mail or postal equipment. This includes materials such as caustic poisons (acids and alkalis), oxidizers, or highly flammable liquids, gases, or solids; or materials that are likely, under conditions incident to transportation, to cause fires through friction, absorption of moisture, or spontaneous chemical changes or from retained heat from manufacturing or processing, including explosives or containers previously used for shipping high explosives with a liquid ingredient (such as dynamite), ammunition, fireworks, radioactive materials, matches, or articles emitting obnoxious odors.

Appendix D
Hazardous Materials Definitions

Ammunition includes all kinds of bombs, grenades, rockets, mines, projectiles, and other similar devices or contrivances. Ammunition is a Class 1 explosive and is nonmailable.

Publication 52 – Hazardous, Restricted, and Perishable Mail > 3 Hazardous Materials > 34 Mailability by Hazard Class

34 Mailability by Hazard Class

341 Explosives (Hazard Class 1)
341.1 Definition

An explosive is any substance or article, including a device, that is designed to function by explosion (an extremely rapid release of gas and heat) or that, by chemical reaction within itself, is able to function in a similar manner even if not designed to function by explosion, unless the substance or article is otherwise classed under the provisions in 49 CFR.

341.11 Class 1 Divisions

Hazard Class 1 has six divisions as follows:

1. Division 1.1 consists of explosives that have a mass explosion hazard. Examples are black powder, nitroglycerine (desensitized), dynamite, most types of torpedoes, and mercury fulminate.
2. Division 1.2 consists of explosives that have a projection hazard but not a mass explosion hazard. Examples are certain types of fireworks, some types of detonating fuses, and some types of ammunition.
3. Division 1.3 consists of explosives that have a fire hazard and either a minor blast or minor projection hazard or both, but not a mass explosion hazard. Examples are sodium picramate, some liquid and solid propellants, and some rocket motors.
4. Division 1.4 consists of explosives that present a minor blast hazard. Examples are common fireworks, toy caps, empty primed grenades, and some small arms ammunition.
5. Division 1.5 consists of very insensitive explosives that have a mass explosion hazard. Examples are type E blasting agents, some type B blasting agents, and very insensitive explosive substances.
6. Division 1.6 consists of extremely insensitive articles that do not have a mass explosion hazard.

341.21 Nonmailable Explosives

Nonmailable explosives found in the mailstream must be immediately reported in accordance with POM 139.117.
Nonmailable explosives include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. Common Fireworks. Fireworks are classified as Division 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, or 1.4 explosives depending on the degree of hazard. Fireworks include roman candles, skyrockets, helicopter–type rockets, cylindrical and cone fountains, pyrotechnic wheels, illuminating torches, firecrackers, salutes, and combinations of items that are designed to produce any of the aforementioned types of effects. All types of fireworks are prohibited from mailing.
2. Fuses. Fuses are classified as Division 1.3 or 1.4 explosives depending on the degree of hazard. All types of fuses (except safety fuses as permitted under 341.22) are prohibited from mailing.
3. Small Arms Ammunition. Ammunition is classified as a Division 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, or 1.4 explosive, depending on the degree of hazard. Ammunition that is regulated as a Class 1 explosive and designed to be fired from a pistol, revolver, rifle, or shotgun, as well as associated primers and blank cartridges (including those designed for tools) and propellant powder for use in any firearm, is prohibited from mailing.

341.22 Mailable Explosives

The following specific types of explosives may be mailed only when the applicable conditions are met. Full responsibility rests with the mailer to comply with Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) regulations before mailing.

Shotgun Hulls, Empty Casings, Nonmetallic Shotgun Hulls, or Casings Without Primers. These articles are not classified as explosives or hazardous materials under 49 CFR and, therefore, are mailable subject to the applicable mailing rules (see 227).

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43 Firearms
431 Definitions

431.1 Firearm

The following definitions apply:
a. Firearm means any device, including a starter gun, which will, or is designed to, or may readily be converted to, expel a projectile by the action of an explosive; the frame or receiver of any such weapon; any firearm muffler or firearm silencer; or any destructive device; but the term shall not include antique firearms (except antique firearms meeting the description of a handgun or of a firearm capable of being concealed on a person).
b. Firearm frame or receiver is the part of a firearm which provides housing for the hammer, bolt or breechblock, and firing mechanism, and which is usually threaded at its forward portion to receive the barrel. Frames and receivers usually (but not always) include the firearm serial number and are usually considered to be the regulated component of a firearm.

431.2 Handguns

Pistols, revolvers, and other firearms capable of being concealed on the person (for example, short-barreled shotguns and short-barreled rifles) are defined as handguns. The following definitions apply:
a. Handgun (including pistols and revolvers) means any firearm which has a short stock, and is designed to be held and fired by the use of a single hand and subject to 431.1, or a combination of parts from which a handgun can be assembled.
b. Other firearms capable of being concealed on the person include, but are not limited to, short-barreled shotguns and short-barreled rifles.
c. Short-barreled shotgun means a shotgun that has one or more barrels less than 18 inches long. The term short-barreled rifle means a rifle that has one or more barrels that are less than 16 inches long. These definitions include any weapon made from a shotgun or rifle, whether by alteration, modification, or otherwise, if such a weapon as modified has an overall length of less than 26 inches. A short-barreled shotgun or rifle of greater dimension may be regarded as nonmailable when it has characteristics to allow concealment on the person.

431.3 Antique Firearm

Antique firearm means any muzzle loading rifle/shotgun/pistol, which is designed to use black powder or a black powder substitute, and which cannot use fixed ammunition (except those that incorporate a firearm frame or receiver, any firearm which is converted into a muzzle loading weapon, or any muzzle loading weapon which can be readily converted to fire fixed ammunition by replacing the barrel, bolt, breechblock, or any combination thereof); or any firearm (including those with a matchlock, flintlock, percussion cap, or similar type of ignition system) manufactured on or before 1898, or any replica thereof, if such replica:
a. Is not designed or redesigned for using rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed ammunition.
b. Uses rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed ammunition that is no longer manufactured in the United States and is not readily available in the ordinary channels of commercial trade.

431.4 Rifles and Shotguns

A rifle is a shoulder weapon having a barrel that is 16 inches or more in length. A shotgun is a shoulder weapon having a barrel that is 18 inches or more in length. Rifles and shotguns have an overall length of 26 inches or greater and cannot be concealed on a person.

431.5 Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL)

Federal Firearms licenses are issued by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF), U.S. Department of the Treasury, under the Gun Control Act of 1968, and are defined as follows:
a. Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL) manufacturer, dealer, or importer of firearms means a manufacturer, dealer, or importer duly licensed by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) under Chapter 44, Title 18, United States Code (U.S.C.).
b. Curio and relic collector means an individual licensed by ATF to transfer or receive only those firearms defined as curios or relics by ATF under Title 27, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), section 478.11.

431.6 Air Guns

Air gun means a gun that fires a projectile by means of compressed air or other gas (including paintball and pellet guns).