ammo ship. tidbit
Don't know how up-to-date I am,...as I don't haunt these halls as much as before. I recently studied the ammo regs. over again, and seen somewhere that it was stated the old "ORM-D" labeling would be phased out with the 1st. of the year. Was told that it had indeed been decided, but, they changed the decision back until, what did they say?, 2020, I believe. Anyway, wanted to ask legalities of bayonet mailing. (Even in scabbards.) Don't laugh,...our own mighty post office is also unsure,...having called St. Louis and still didn't get satisfied.
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Unless local laws prevent someone receiving it, it is just a piece of metal. Post office doesn't need to know. 0 -
Yeah, but, in an instance I was involved with,.....these are people in our small town, at the P.O.... we kinda know each other,...they would let through for me, as long as I punched the two "NO" buttons on their little gizmo, which asks the clearing questions. But, they said that "it would be scanned in St. Louis".....(where it would be dispatched from). So, the thing remains,....unsettled. 0 -
The only thing regulated is switchblades. Anything else they just say to pack firmly. Check out the link on the postal regs sight, specifically rule 44. 0 -
I don't see you have a problem shipping from Missouri. If rifles and shotguns can be shipped through the PO. Can't see what your potential problems are going to be, from a bayonet?
The State/city where you ship to to is another matter? I get knife catalogs in the mail. According to these catalogs. A number of the liberal jurisdictions. Have restrictions on certain types of knives. The only one that I can remember is, you can ship any sort of dagger to California. Don't recall any restrictions on military bayonets, though.
Go on line, to the outfits who sell knives. They will have information on the certain States/cities, knife restrictions.0 -
A few months ago, I shipped a bayonet to a guy on Malta with no problems.
Not so with a $250 folder that disappeared at O'Hare before getting to customs that was going to England [xx(][:(!]
Never have shipping ammo UPS.0 -
I believe that the "scanning" that was mentiioned refers to the recording of the shipping bar code to facilitate tracking from point to point until arival. It does not refer to an Xray type examination of the package contents. Hope this helps. Jim 0 -
I received a bayonet a few years back from the Netherlands. If it can ship from overseas okay there is no reason it could not ship within the US. 0 -
quote:Anyway, wanted to ask legalities of bayonet mailing.
Bayonet is just a knife. The fact that it "could" be attached to a firearm doesn't alter its legal status in any way.
Mailing switchblade knives via USPS is restricted (it can be done only under certain specific conditions).
But shipping of ordinary knives is NOT prohibited by the US Postal service.
See here: http://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/pub52c4_013.htm#ep290208
You are supposed to make sure the knife blade itself is well protected and cannot puncture the shipping container. I'd assume an ordinary scabbard would actually work pretty well for that purpose.
quote: 443 Packaging and Marking
443.1 General
All sharp-pointed or sharp-edged instruments such as knives, tools, ice picks, razor blades, etc., that are otherwise mailable, must be securely packaged in a strong container. An inner and outer packaging container is recommended. Sufficient cushioning material must be used to protect the sharp points and edges from cutting through the outer packaging during normal Postal Service handling.
443.2 Marking
No marking of any kind that indicates the nature of the contents may be placed on the outside of any mailpiece containing a switchblade knife.0 -
quote:Originally posted by armilite
I received a bayonet a few years back from the Netherlands. If it can ship from overseas okay there is no reason it could not ship within the US.
I disagree. Domestic shipping laws are different than international.
Yes, in this particular case, its perfectly OK to ship ordinary knives (and bayonets) through the US Postal system.
But speaking in general, just because the Netherlands allows a particular export, does not mean that the US permits the import.
Just because US customs lets through a particular package though, *does not* by itself mean that no laws have been violated along the way, or that there aren't other applicable State (or other) laws that still could apply once the thing has been let into the USA.
As a matter of practice, US customs can't catch every single piece of contraband in the tens of thousands of pieces of mail crossing the borders every single day, and illegal things do sometimes squeak through.0 -
I have shipped dozens of bayonets through USPS and packed correctly, all is good.. And as stated "scanning" is just a procedure to track,,I mean really they can't "x-ray" every package-[B)]
Only Superman can do that-0
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