Shipping Ammo

[tmleadr03]

I have 1K rounds of lose 5.56 sitting in an ammo can in VA. I need to ship it here. How do I go about that? Walk it into a UPS store and have them box it?

[flan7211]

Box it. Stick an ORM sticker on it. Ship it. Enjoy.

[BuffCyclist]

That would probably work. I know that you have to use the HazMat shipping label of "ORM-D", and it can either be a blue sticker style (you probably have to pay for) or written on the box in large letters (at least 1" letters should be sufficient).

For the record though, I have never shipped ammo myself. I have only received ammo from online purchases and know about the ORM-D requirement that way.

[spqrzilla]

If a UPS Store balks, you may have to go to the UPS service center.

[spqrzilla]

Does the USPS have a weight limit? It seems like this would be too heavy for them to transport.You cannot ship ammunition via USPS.

[R&S]

You cannot ship ammunition via USPS.

do you mean as an average person?

[Great-Kazoo]

You cannot ship ammunition via USPS.

This. Ship via UPS or Fedex. However you will need to send from one of their distribution centers and not the "UPS Store"

[spqrzilla]

do you mean as an average person?Ammunition is not mailable via USPS at all.

[Delfuego]

You can Google Image "ORM-D" print that and attach it to the box. UPS recommended this. Then take it to the UPS service center for shipping.

[TennVol]

I just shipped a box of ammo last week at a FedEx location. I hand-wrote "ORM-D" with a black Sharpie and it's now on the way to NC. It only weighed 4.3 lbs and it cost $18 to ship.

[R&S]

Ammunition is not mailable via USPS at all.

Oops I misread USPS, you are correct. Nothing flamable can go in the USPS system. Can't even send hand disinfectant to the troop becasue it contains alcohol.

[def90]

UPS Store will not ship it. Go online to UPS.com and set up a shipment there and print out the shipping label, then drop it off at a UPS store or your local UPS hub. Put ORMD stickers on the box.

[tmleadr03]

The ammo can is about 30 lbs. So I just need to find a box that it will fit in?

[def90]

The ammo can is about 30 lbs. So I just need to find a box that it will fit in?

Yep, or just wrap the ammo can in cardboard and tape.

[tmleadr03]

Yep, or just wrap the ammo can in cardboard and tape.

I like the way you're thinking.

[mahabali]

UPS will pick it up too if the hub is far from you. I think they charged me an extra $5 to do this.

[Daniel_187]

Don't use UPS they suck and they are Union

[tmleadr03]

UPS will pick it up too if the hub is far from you. I think they charged me an extra $5 to do this.
They are shipping from Fairfax, VA. There are plenty of hubs around.

[colorider]

FedEx would NOT let me ship front their hub a few weeks ago. Had to have it picked up at the house. Ymmv.