Shipping Ammo

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?

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

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.

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

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Originally Posted by mr_dove

Does the USPS have a weight limit? It seems like this would be too heavy for them to transport.

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You cannot ship ammunition via USPS.

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Originally Posted by spqrzilla

You cannot ship ammunition via USPS.

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do you mean as an average person?

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Originally Posted by spqrzilla

You cannot ship ammunition via USPS.

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

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Originally Posted by R&S

do you mean as an average person?

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Ammunition is not mailable via USPS at all.

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.

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.