factory ammo requires hazmat?

Brutus · March 4, 2019, 06:31 PM

Never bought ammo on line. I know powder and primers require a hazmat fee but what about those bulk .22 lr loads?

Rangerrich99 · March 4, 2019, 06:39 PM

No hazmat on loaded ammo that I'm aware of. Bought more than 10,000 rds online over the years, only ever paid for shipping.

FITASC · March 4, 2019, 06:43 PM

No hazmat on loaded ammo or even empty, but primed, cases. Hazmat on primers and powders.

**Aguila Blanca** · March 4, 2019, 08:36 PM

Loaded ammunition does not require a hazmat declaration, but it does require a declaration that it's small arms ammunition. I don't know if that involves a surcharge.

FITASC · March 4, 2019, 08:56 PM

It doesn't; the package requires a ORM-D label and it cannot go via USPS

FrankenMauser · March 4, 2019, 09:43 PM

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It doesn't; the package requires a ORM-D label and it cannot go via USPS

That. ^^

Though, I believe the standards were supposed to have changed a few years back, and it may not technically be "ORM-D" any more. (Some kind of number code designation is more proper, I believe. But I could be wrong. There was a lot of blowback when the regulation change was suggested.)

riffraff · March 4, 2019, 09:56 PM

I saw a cool video on testing the safety of ammo, run over, burnt, all sorts of things. In short its probably safer to ship than a can of cheese wiz..

Funny my ammo gets shipped and is dumped on the front steps without even a knock on the door. An order of plastic magazines on the other hand? Adult signature required and I can't even sign a form giving consent to leave it, almost always a takes a trip to the post office a day later - I guess a child could chew on the plastic.

March 4, 2019, 06:31 PM	#1
Brutus Senior Member Join Date: September 11, 2005 Posts: 1,023	factory ammo requires hazmat? Never bought ammo on line. I know powder and primers require a hazmat fee but what about those bulk .22 lr loads? __________________ Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak out, Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen, Winston Churchill.

March 4, 2019, 06:43 PM	#3
FITASC Senior Member Join Date: December 6, 2014 Posts: 6,446	No hazmat on loaded ammo or even empty, but primed, cases. Hazmat on primers and powders. __________________ "I believe that people have a right to decide their own destinies; people own themselves. I also believe that, in a democracy, government exists because (and only so long as) individual citizens give it a 'temporary license to exist'—in exchange for a promise that it will behave itself. In a democracy, you own the government—it doesn't own you."- Frank Zappa

March 4, 2019, 08:56 PM	#5
FITASC Senior Member Join Date: December 6, 2014 Posts: 6,446	It doesn't; the package requires a ORM-D label and it cannot go via USPS __________________ "I believe that people have a right to decide their own destinies; people own themselves. I also believe that, in a democracy, government exists because (and only so long as) individual citizens give it a 'temporary license to exist'—in exchange for a promise that it will behave itself. In a democracy, you own the government—it doesn't own you."- Frank Zappa

March 4, 2019, 06:39 PM	#2
Rangerrich99 Senior Member Join Date: March 20, 2014 Location: Kinda near Phoenix, AZ Posts: 1,254	No hazmat on loaded ammo that I'm aware of. Bought more than 10,000 rds online over the years, only ever paid for shipping.

March 4, 2019, 08:36 PM	#4
Aguila Blanca Staff Join Date: September 25, 2008 Location: CONUS Posts: 18,462	Loaded ammunition does not require a hazmat declaration, but it does require a declaration that it's small arms ammunition. I don't know if that involves a surcharge.

March 4, 2019, 09:56 PM	#7
riffraff Senior Member Join Date: January 21, 2016 Posts: 629	I saw a cool video on testing the safety of ammo, run over, burnt, all sorts of things. In short its probably safer to ship than a can of cheese wiz.. Funny my ammo gets shipped and is dumped on the front steps without even a knock on the door. An order of plastic magazines on the other hand? Adult signature required and I can't even sign a form giving consent to leave it, almost always a takes a trip to the post office a day later - I guess a child could chew on the plastic.