Mailing Brass

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Yes, they can. I have recieved brass from USPS in their flat rate boxes with no problems before
 
You can pack a LOT of brass into the various Flat Rate boxes, but be sure and tape them up very securely, then tape them again. The USPS gorillas can and do bust 'em up.

This one was full of .40 brass, it had apparently busted open all over a sorting room floor. They swept it all up, bagged it, and sealed it up with a "sorry" note inside. But they also swept up all the paper scraps and rubber bands on the floor and put them in too.

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rondog said:
But they also swept up all the paper scraps and rubber bands on the floor and put them in too.
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Consider yourself lucky that they did not charge you for the paper scraps and rubber bands!
 
Use LOTS of strapping tape, the kind with nylon thread in it works best. The plain clear tape is vastly inferior. These flat rate boxes are not very strong.
 
flat rate box...

Here is what USPS did to the box coming to me:

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This is crap, the damage to the box was intentional!
 
I'll also repeat tape your packages generously. Tape all edges seems and bends, then strap the the box "end center end" turn it 180 degrees and end center end strap again.

I have mailed 10 of 1000's pieces of brass through USPS flat rate boxes.. Tape makes the difference for happy vs un-happy customers.

When they ask you what your sending tell them pieces of brass.
 
I just received 6k 9mm casings by way of usps. Took two large flat rate mailers.

Boxes resembled those pictured previously. Back when I drove that fedex ground truck, I'd see boxes that were mutilated ... that shouldn't have been. And boxes that shoulda been trashed, that weren't. Any heavy object that isn't securely held inside the box, will obliterate cardboard. I also got to see the ratarded packaging that folks thought was sufficient.

Reflecting on it. 2x$14.95 ... $29.90. Fedex/UPS would likely beat that cost. The major carriers are more likely to appropriately handle items. Random rambling.
 
"We care" <--- from the big box pic.
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In addition to good quality packing tape, another good idea is to use two boxes (one inside the other) for especially heavy items. When I've purchased lead through the mail the seller packed it this way & it came through ok, but it was pretty obvious a single thickness box would have had trouble.
I work for the USPS, & I have to concur that a lot of the damaged items we see is more a result of poor packaging by the sender.
 
As long as it is unprimed brass, or the primers are spent, there are no special regulations that apply. If there are live primers, the hazmat regulations apply.
 
hirundo82 said:
As long as it is unprimed brass, or the primers are spent, there are no special regulations that apply. If there are live primers, the hazmat regulations apply.
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Hazmat regulations do not apply to domestic shipments of primed brass; however, postal regulations specifically prohibit the mailing of primed brass.
 
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