Is it legal?

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As best I remember, back in the 1980s it was legal to ship BP/muzzle loading firearms through the U.S. Mail, as well as UPS/FedEx.

Is it still legal for me (a non-FFL) to ship a replica percussion black powder handgun via USPS, as long as there are no state restrictions?

Specifically, I'm talking about shipping a replica percussion Kentucky Pistol and a replica Colt 1851 revolver within Texas to a person who can legally receive them. What kind of problems am I likely to run into from USPS or UPS/FedEx?
 
Yes, it's legal, according to the post office's own regulations. You might have trouble with the people at the counter when you try to mail it and tell them it's a black powder pistol. I went around and around with the (former) postmaster before I persuaded her to actually get the regulation book out and READ the exceptions to the prohibitions on mailing firearms.Don't package it too well because you are likely to have to prove to them it's not loaded. I eventually got it mailed but my blood pressure was undoubtedly several points higher afterward than beforehand. Hopefully you will have a better experience and the postal worker you get won't require you to give them on the job training!

Steve
 
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I always ship black powder pistols via us mail 2day ..and insure them , they never have asked whats in the box and i never tell them ..it shouldn`t matter but with things the way they are in this country right now ...i wouldn`t want to get them excited over nothing .. I`ve heard there are states where it wouldn`t be legal ...but i`m not sure which ones ..northeast i`m sure .
 
I thought so.

I thought it was still legal, but I wasn't sure what impact the 1990s and 9-11 might have had. I plan to use Priority Mail and insure it. I think I'll go talk to the postal clerk and tell him what I plan to do, ask him to look up the regulations if he isn't sure about what's legal, then agree on what/how is the best way to handle the transaction in order to get it over with as painlessly as possible. Probably best to wait 'til after Xmas when everything settles down and the postal workers are a little more relaxed.

Thanks for the replies, guys. :)
 
You will probably buy a lot of trouble if you discuss this with the post office. When I have sent them, I've just answered "no' to their questions about hazardous material." One time I did have a shipping service return some test and evaluation percussion long arms to Dixie Gun Works. Unfortunately, I told them the name of the company rather than DGW and there was about half an hours wrangling with various brain dead UPS functionaries until we found one who knew the law on such things.
 
Steve, I went through that same thing trying to ship ammo through UPS before. It's completely legal, but it took going up the ranks until I finally found someone who knew the regulations. Sad :(
 
as long as you dont tell them lol :)

my dad recieved a m14 in the mail the other day. our mailman brought it out to us was in a meter and a half long box.

handed it to my dad and said "wow this is heavy what is it?" my dad looks at him and says "an m14 rifle" the guys jaw almost hit the floor lol.

im hoping i dont have any issues when i order my rigby english sporting rifle kit from down in the states. hope there isnt an issue getting it across the border. i know dixie gunworks wont ship to canada any precussion or cartrige rifle. flint is ok though.
 
Man I went round and round with a gal at the counter telling her to ship some jacketed bullets. It said in big letters INERT right on the box. "Oh no Sir, we cant do that" I kept trying to tell her it was not loaded ammo and it was just the bullets. "Oh no Sir, we cant do that":mad: I finally left and went to another post office and they shipped them right out for me.:neener:
 
When I recently shipped a muzzle loader and the veteran postal clerk asked what it was, I told him it was an "antique gun" which is what muzzle loaders are classified as. He stamped "fragile' on the insured package and I told him that it was a modern firing replica, but classified as an antique arm under postal regulations. He understood as most postal veterans do. ;)
 
steve know what the problem was ? :)

you said "bullets" you should have said "Lead" they they cant harp. :)
 
The manager of the UPS office in Waco, is (or was two years ago) a Twig Boy. He makes up rules regarding shipping handguns to gunsmiths or for factory repairs that are more restrictive than the actual company policy. He calls himself a gun enthusiast but is vewwy afwaid of the government.
 
shawnee heh ups isnt going to happen. thats why dixie wont ship to canada ups wont allow them.

not to mention id have to pay close to the price of the rifle in brokerage fee's.

if im gonna hafta pay 1200 canadian after brokerage fee's il go and get a rifle from my dads friend. it would be cheaper.

but it shouldent be a problem.
 
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