Anyone have trouble recieving ammo?

[ColinthePilot]

I am wondering if anyone who lives in an apartment building or complex has trouble receiving ammo shipments. My building is locked down tighter than Fort Knox and the Fed-Ex delivery folks aren't even allowed past the office. They drop all the packages there and we have to go down and pick them up. I'm just worried about big heavy boxes with "EXPLOSIVE" stickers on them drawing the wrong kind of attention from the management. I've combed my lease for anything prohibiting firearms or ammunition storage in my apartment, and I haven't found anything. but I don't want to go to the office to pick up my "explosives" and have the management tell me that not only can I not take my package home, but they want to see just how much "explosive" I have in my apartment already.
Anyone have a similar problem?
Also, anyone who knows the nuances of the whole explosives thing would be nice, just so I can appear knowledgeable about why my ammo isn't dangerous.

 

[jim147]

It will be marked small arms ammo not explosives. I don't know about you apartment problem since my FedEx and UPS guys put my orders inside my house if I'm not home.

 

[B yond]

Go over your lease again and make sure they actually need a reason to evict you. Many leases will include a clause where that allows them to evict you for any reason or none at all.

My ammo comes marked ORM-D. Ususally only us gunnies know what that means.

 

[545days]

Usually it will simply be marked ORM-D which stands for Other Regulated Materials, Domestic. In case quantities, it may arrive in the manufacturer's packaging (wooden crates for surplus, printed cartons for civilian.) It depends on the supplier.

It is most notable for being heavy. In large quantities, your delivery person will have a good guess what it is. Heavy as lead + ORM-D sticker = ammo.

 

[PTK]

My apartment management feels that having me in the complex makes it safer overall. Good people.

ORM-D is what it would be labeled, perhaps "Cartridges, Small Arms" as well. Usually not marked "explosive 1.4G" unless you ordered powder, primers, flares, smoke grenades, and the like.

 

[Happiness Is A Warm Gun]

If you are worried about it once it ships and you have FedEx/UPS tracking # call FedEx/UPS and request that they NOT DELIVER. They can hold it at pickup location. UPS usually you need to pick it up at your local UPS delivery center (which can be close or far). FedEx allows you to redirect it to any FedEx store (dozens per city). Then you just need ID to pick it up.

Landlord never needs to know.

 

[EOD Guy]

Usually it will simply be marked ORM-D which stands for Other Regulated Materials, Domestic. In case quantities, it may arrive in the manufacturer's packaging (wooden crates for surplus, printed cartons for civilian.) It depends on the supplier.

It is most notable for being heavy. In large quantities, your delivery person will have a good guess what it is. Heavy as lead + ORM-D sticker = ammo.

The D in ORM-D does not stand for domestic. It doesn't mean anything. There used to be 5 subdivisions of the ORM hazard class (A, B, C, D, and E). When the hazardous materials table was revised several years ago, all the subdivisions were integrated into other hazard classes, except for D.

Also, if a small arms amnmunition shipment weighs more than 66 pounds, it should ship as a Division 1.4C Explosive Material.