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February 6, 2010
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Hey guys I found a gold mine this morning. I have been waiting and waiting for this guy to respond back to me about some supposedly 25-20 brass he said he had. He is selling all of his reloading stuff. Well he contacted me this morning and said he had 500 pieces of new winchester brass and if I wanted them all he would sell them to me for $.20 cents a round. I responded back I would take them all. And just for good measures he through in a container of Unique powder.
What a deal !!!!
Steve
May 2, 2009
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I think if he tries to ship it with the powder he might hit a snag unless he’s knows about the hazardous shipping requirements.
Bob
WACA Life Member--- NRA Life Member---- Cody Firearms member since 1991 Researching the Winchester 1873's
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February 6, 2010
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Brass only not even primed. And there was no shipping involved he was a local guy.
November 7, 2015
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USPS is OK with primed or unprimed cases, powder is hazardous.
Mike
February 6, 2010
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Yep known fact. This was all local.
November 7, 2015
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slk said
Yep known fact. This was all local.
Good deal, didn’t want you or your new friend in trouble with USPS. I dropped off a package at the PO today and took the opportunity to refresh my memory a bit. They seem to be very nervous about Lithium batteries.
Mike
January 20, 2023
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TXGunNut said
USPS is OK with primed or unprimed cases, powder is hazardous.
Mike
Mike,
Under USPS Publication 52 (Appendix A), “Cases, cartridge, empty with primer” are classified as explosives (1.4S or 1.4C) and are non-mailable.
Bill
- Bill
WACA # 65205; life member, NRA; member, TGCA; member, TSRA; amateur preservationist
"I have seen wicked men and fools, a great many of both, and I believe they both get paid in the end, but the fools first." -- David Balfour, narrator and protagonist of the novel, Kidnapped, by Robert Louis Stevenson.
April 2, 2024
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Congrats on your score!
August 14, 2021
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Agreed, primers are haz mat too. But the USPS can go to hell, they are awful.
January 20, 2023
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Steven Gabrielli said
Agreed, primers are haz mat too. But the USPS can go to hell, they are awful.
Concur but they have an Inspector General whose office can, when the mood strikes them, make referrals for prosecution to the U.S. Attorney with jurisdiction. Whose Prosecutorial Guidelines vary with the Administration. And what he’s had for breakfast and whether the youngest member of the board of directors of the N.R.A. is having an uncomfortably close friendship with his wife.
All these things can determine whether your box of primed cases are merely confiscated and you get a nasty letter, or it becomes the Government’s Trial Exhibit #3 and you enjoy a short vacation in Club Fed.
- Bill
WACA # 65205; life member, NRA; member, TGCA; member, TSRA; amateur preservationist
"I have seen wicked men and fools, a great many of both, and I believe they both get paid in the end, but the fools first." -- David Balfour, narrator and protagonist of the novel, Kidnapped, by Robert Louis Stevenson.
February 17, 2026
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If the shells have been fired and the primers have been fired- they are okay to send through the mail. If they are brass with live primers all you have to do is knock out the primers and they are okay to ship. But, he says they are local so he can just drive over and pick them up. Problem solved!! Good luck.
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