Primers and Air Travel

[doubleshot]

I have 500 primers that I would like to take to my brother. Will airlines allow me to have primers in my suitcase? Would they just treat them as ammunition?

If I asked someone at the airline... I trust it's not likely that they will understand what a primer is.

 

[Neo-Luddite]

By the time you are done being interogated, you will have missed your flight.

All kidding asside, the only certainty is that you should ask the airline for advice well in advance.

 

[Ala Dan]

I think so long as you "declare them" at the TSA point of entry, you will be
allowed to proceed; so long as the primers are stored in the rear luggage
area of the aircraft~? I don't know this for sure, but one would assume
this is correct; so long as they remain in their factory sealed carton/box;
as they pose absolutely NO danger too anyone.

 

[brickeyee]

You are not going to be allowed to have them in checked baggage.
Go to the airlines site and they well have a list of prohibited items.

 

[AnthonyC.]

He is not talking about carry on

 

[Cacique500]

From Southwest's website:

Ammunition
Small arms ammunition for personal use (provided it is properly packed) is permissible in checked baggage only.
The ammunition may be placed in the same container as the firearm and must be securely packed in cardboard (fiber), wood, or metal boxes, or other packaging specifically designed to carry small amounts of ammunition.
When checking ammunition, Customers are limited to 11 pounds gross weight (ammunition plus container) per person.
Magazines or clips containing ammunition must be securely packaged (placed in another small box or in a secure cutout in the carrying case, in order to protect the primer of the ammunition).
Make sure guns are unloaded and definitely never transport a gun in your carryon baggage!
Gunpowder (black powder) and primers or percussion caps are not allowed in checked or carryon baggage.
Loose ammunition or loose loaded magazines and/or clips are not allowed.
Paintballs must be packaged in a leak-proof container and will be conditionally accepted.

 

[zoom6zoom]

Primers are classed as hazardous materials. I'm guessing that would put them in the "NO" category, even for checked baggage.

 

[possum]

i wouldn't do it, they often make big deals over things that are allowed ie handguns and ammo and like to cause a big scene, why don't you skip the drama and have him go buy some, or mail em to him.

 

[Eric F]

Take it from a firefighter Primmers are a hazardous material regulated in small quantities as ORM-D you would be better off mailing them home and paying the $20 haz mat fee or just droping them in the trash
Sorry for your loss.

 

[Funderb]

answer:
No.
Solution:
Mail them

 

[JoeHatley]

For 500 primers, it's not worth even trying.

Have your brother buy his primers locally.

Joe

 

[doubleshot]

Thanks for everyone's input

I will probably just keep the primers.

And... I would have my brother buy them locally, but Federal 210 Match primers are pretty hard to come by right now.

 

[yesit'sloaded]

Since you can have ammo and not primers, you could bring him loaded rounds.

 

[hso]

You can't take them on an aircraft for the aforementioned DOT/IATA reasons.

You can't mail them.

You can ship them via FedEx or UPS as hazardous materials.

 

[jrfoxx]

Anyone else find it odd that live ammo (which has primers in them, obviously) is fine in checked luggage on a plane, but just the primers seperately is NOT ok? I just dont see how 500 primers in their original box, is any more dangerous than 500 live rounds in their original box.... one is just primers, the other is the same primes, PLUS gunpowder....

 

[FieroCDSP]

Loose primers are an extreme danger. Boxed primers can be dangerous, but are a lot safer than loose primers. Loaded ammunition is safest, since the primer is locked into the case (of course that's provided the ammo is packed securely, not a half-full ammo can that can bounce the contents.

Imagine, if you will, the effects of a pack of primers spilling in a sharp metal lined aircraft bouncing around in turbulance. I know that's nearly an impossibility, but air disasters occur when all of the variables are in just the right alignment, and lets face it, SH** happens.

Ship them Fed-ex hazmat or keep em.

 

[EOD Guy]

Take it from a firefighter Primmers are a hazardous material regulated in small quantities as ORM-D you would be better off mailing them home and paying the $20 haz mat fee or just droping them in the trash
Sorry for your loss.

Primers are a hazardous material and are classed as a Division 1.4B explosive material. There is no packaging exception that would allow them to be reclassed as ORM-D. They are also forbidden on passenger aircraft.

Here are the DOT hazard classes/divisions for small arms ammunition and components:

Loaded ammo: Division 1.4S explosive (can be reclassed as ORM-D in packages 66 pounds or less gross weight)
Primed brass (w/o propellant): Not regulated in domestic shipments.
Primers: Division 1.4B explosive material
Smokeless powder: Division 4.1 flammable solid (less than 100 pound package)