z40acp Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 Does the Post Office allow primed brass to be shipped in flat rate boxes without adding some form of haz-mat? If not, does UPS add haz-mat? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h2osport Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 I would not use Post office. Use UPS with ormd label. Not hazmat. Randy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgunz11 Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 No HazMat on primed brass. Once the primer is seated into empty brass it is considered inert. I'd still go UPS with it as USPS is kinda funny on what you can and cannot ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLM Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 And that I'll never understand... 5,000 primers all in nice little plastic containers separated from each other = dangerous. 5,000 primers seated in brass bouncing around in a cardboard box = safe. Color me confused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.J. Norris Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 Ryan, If you ever get the chance (i.e. if we can ever get primers again...), take a box of 100 out to the range and shoot it with a .22, it's a huge eye-opener as to the real explosive force of primers. Made my Dad and I wonder if having 30+K of them stacked up in one place is really a good idea... My guess is that UPS figures that once they're in cases, the explosive content per area is cut way down, therefore it's not no longer haz-mat, but I don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z40acp Posted April 9, 2010 Author Share Posted April 9, 2010 Thanks for the information. Looks like I might have to deal with UPS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Spiess Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 Made my Dad and I wonder if having 30+K of them stacked up in one place is really a good idea... For what it's worth, the National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) standard is that no more then 10K small arms primers may be stored in a residence. If you've got more than that, it might be wise to separate them at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyOne Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 Made my Dad and I wonder if having 30+K of them stacked up in one place is really a good idea... For what it's worth, the National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) standard is that no more then 10K small arms primers may be stored in a residence. If you've got more than that, it might be wise to separate them at least. Or get a couple more residences! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmantwo Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Oops, I know a guy with about 120,000 primers in his gun room, lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleipnir Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 So, 75000 is too many, huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3quartertime Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 Moved to make it easier to find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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