Can you sell powder private party legally?
- Thread starter RubenG
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You can sell it legally under federal law, but some states have licensing requirements so check your state regulations.
The crazy part about that whole "HazMat" thing is that you can ship a loaded cartridge, that has primers and powder in a much more dangerous form-factor without a "HazMat" permit ... but you can't ship primers or powder without it. Just seems weird to me ... Whatever!
Actually, properly packaged ammunition is much less of a hazard than bulk primers or powder. Violation of hazmat shipping rules result in fines of up to $194K.
Yes, that does seem weird / wrong but a calculated guess from experience would be that the government official / bureaucrat that put this legislation in place wasn't a gun person.
This happens in all walks of life but it seems that when a non gun person makes rules for firearm related products it gets particulary ridiculous.
Primers explode and then chain together even worse when they get squished, thats bad. Powder burns really fast and spreads wildly, thats bad.
Ammo just sort of sits there in its nice little external element resistant containers.
Its just common sense safety.
how else can they ding you for yet even more money for the same poor service .
I have wondered how hard it is to get the hazmat certification to ship. Looked like a $100 online class, and registering a business with UPS to ship it?
Similar question on the CMP forums about primers....man we are so screwed with this mother may I mentality.
Monday I will be walking a section of the Battle Road the colonists sent the British troops running back to Boston on.
Thos dudes would have thrown their shit down and gave up had they known..........
Monday I will be walking a section of the Battle Road the colonists sent the British troops running back to Boston on.
Thos dudes would have thrown their shit down and gave up had they known..........
You could look up the shipping regulations yourself and not worry about getting an incorrect answer.
Fed ex or UPS would have it on their site also.
Took about 10 seconds to find it:
Shipping Special-Care or Regulated Items | UPS - United States
Learn about how to ship regulated and special care items with UPS, from perishables and wine to firearms and animals.
www.ups.com
Shipping issues as stated. Some (most) states regulate shipping powder. Not to mention shipping to states that are now getting into the business of requiring ffl handle the item before the purchaser gets it. (Butt out) However, a lot of folks don't consider what the liability is if you ship it to someone and there is a shipping incident. I saw a guy get flailed by the feds when a box of primers (1000) and powder (4 lbs) opened up during shipment. No hazmat papers or declarations on content of box. (real bad and costly). Thank goodness no one got hurt. They could have fined this guy $10,000per item. 1000 + 4 . You do the math. He walked away $50,000 poorer. Would have been much worse if someone had been hurt. THINK.
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Thats pretty much the going rate for a box of primers and 4lbs of powder these days anyways.
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