Shipping ml handgun in US Mail?

[Sam squanch]

Only people from New England get the joke, probably because it’s close to Nova Scotia and her trailer parks....

 

[ROCKY]

I mailed a flintlock pistol. All they asked was for me to disassemble it. I would ask the postmaster instead of a clerk.

it's completely legal except maybe in New Jersey. Pack it well in a box (double boxing it is best) and send it via USPS, no need to declare what it is and you can probably use one of their flat rate boxes.

Recieved my T/C Hawken Flint lock today ...US postal Priority Mail ... Post man said ..Is this what you have been yipping about .....I said you bet cha ... It Is legal ...

 

[Griz44Mag]

I need to ship a single shot muzzleloading handgun (unloaded) back to a retailer. UPS is going to hammer me on shipping. Is it lawful to ship muzzleloader handguns through the US mail? I know it is NOT for modern smokeless cartridge handguns UNLESS they are being shipped to the manufacturer for repair. What about ml handguns back to retailers?

Perfectly legal to ship black powder handguns. No license needed - unless you are in one of those commie-socialist places....
The Priority Mail flat rate boxes are a good deal, even after increasing prices last year.

 

[Griz44Mag]

Ive done it all the time. Depending who you ship it through sometimes they don't even ask what is in the box. In my experience it is always best to say that it is an "antique" pistol if you have to say it is anything at all. The second "pistol" gets mentioned you may get some looks.

Don't "SAY" anything. Box it up, buy your postage. They will ask if the is anything prohibited in the box. There is not. It's perfectly legal and you DO NOT have to declare the contents.

 

[Griz44Mag]

Write “ adult toys” on the box. No one will look.....

Wrong, the postal employees will open the box and hang out in the bathroom all afternoon...... Your gun will smell funny when you finally get it.

 

[ormond tony]

Do a search on "mailing BP revolvers" and you'll see thread I started with lots of info back in March. I am on my phone that I don't know how to do a link.

 

[Elkhorse]

Excerpt from the regs:


‘Antique’ firearms need not be shipped to a licensed dealer. These can be shipped directly to the buyer. An antique firearm is a firearm built in or before 1898, or a replica thereof. The exact ATF definition of an antique firearm is:
Antique firearm. (a) Any firearm (including any firearm with a matchlock, flintlock, percussion cap, or similar type of ignition system) manufactured in or before 1898; and (b) any replica of any firearm described in paragraph (a) of this definition if such replica (1) is not designed or redesigned for using rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed ammunition, or (2) uses rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed ammunition which is no longer manufactured in the United States and which is not readily available in the ordinary channels of commercial trade.

I can't understand why folks don't just refer to the laws to understand what is and isn't. Lie the above post.

 

[Elkhorse]

Meant like not lie
Bad fingers

 

[NorthFork]

@ormond tony

I did a search and it certainly was interesting reading. A lot more questions then answers. I played it safe and shipped it via UPS this morning.

For reference here's the link-

https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/threads/mailing-bp-revolvers.124175/

 

[RB POWELL]

Write “ adult toys” on the box. No one will look.....

I don't know, man. A lot of people might!

 

[arcticap]

Do a search on "mailing BP revolvers" and you'll see thread I started with lots of info back in March.

I played it safe and shipped it via UPS this morning.
For reference here's the link-
https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/threads/mailing-bp-revolvers.124175/

Good job!