Cheapest way to ship 2-5 rounds of ammo?

[BarbusBadarse]

I am doing an ammo trade witha guy... Few rounds for a few rounds..

What's the cheapest way to ship the rounds legally?

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[madcratebuilder]

UPS or FedEx

 

[Nwcid]

UPS or FedEx will be the only legal way. Find out if they have a cheep rate for small box or padded envelope of some sort......

 

[iamme]

And then pay a bunch in ORM-D fees... Only a few rounds I'm gonna guess not worth it unless talking spendy/hard to find ammo

 

[Nwcid]

There is no such thing as an ORM-D fee......

There are hazmat fee's but ammo is not considered hazmat.

 

[DieselScout]

I shipped about 16 rounds of ammunition back to Hornady via UPS about a year ago. I had to take it to the distribution center to ship, they wouldn't allow me to ship it from a UPS store. I also had to put ORM-D labels on the box. I went online and found a picture of the ORM-D sticker and printed a bunch up on paper, then went to ship. I asked UPS how they wanted it labeled and cut them out as needed. Only charge was normal shipping fee's from UPS, and overall the process was pretty easy. Getting to the distribution center can be a pain, but in my case it was worth the effort.

Back story on the ammunition was an overpressure on one round. Shipped the remainder of the box back to Hornady who tested it and found it to be withing spec. They measured the fired brass I sent back and found the chamber on the gun is very tight. It turns out, I had dirt in the chamber which caused the overpressure. Hornady still sent me two boxes of ammunition for my troubles free of charge. Now THAT is customer service.

 

[Nwcid]

You dont even need to print the sticker. I use a "sharpie" and just write it in big letters on 4 sides of the box........ Never had a problem doing this.

 

[civilian75]

I shipped about 16 rounds of ammunition back to Hornady via UPS about a year ago...

I shipped two spam cans of 7N1 to an East Coast feller from a UPS store. I guess things have changes since.

 

[DieselScout]

You dont even need to print the sticker. I use a "sharpie" and just write it in big letters on 4 sides of the box........ Never had a problem doing this.

Yep, that will work as well, as long as it's marked with ORM-D you'll be fine. I went the sticker route because my hand writing sucks

I shipped two spam cans of 7N1 to a feller on the East Coast from a UPS store. I guess things have changes since.

That could be, I wonder if it's a store thing? I went to two different store and called a third and was told each time I had to go to the distribution center. I lived in Wilsonville at the time, so it wasn't too far out of my way.

 

[Nwcid]

UPS policy is that guns/ammo can only be shipped from hub's, UPS: Shipping Firearms

I know many people have said their local stores will ship these items anyhow.

 

[jbett98]

UPS gave me copies of the ORM-D label, but it had "small arms cartridges" written on top.

 

[Redcap]

UPS policy is that guns/ammo can only be shipped from hub's, UPS: Shipping Firearms

I know many people have said their local stores will ship these items anyhow.

They certainly will. Had my small local UPS store ship some ammo just this week.