USPS Handgun rules
 

Here they a

12.1 Firearms

12.1.1 Definitions

The terms used in this standard are defined as follows:

[Delete current items 12.1.1a and 12.1.1g in their entirety and replace with the
following.]

a. Firearm means any device, including a starter gun, which will, or is designed to,
or may readily be convert*ed to, expel a projectile by the action of an explosive;
the frame or receiver of any such weapon; any firearm muffler or firearm silencer; or
any destructive device; but the term shall not include an antique firearm.

b. Firearm frame or receiver is the part of a firearm that provides housing for the
hammer, bolt or breech*block, and firing mechanism and that is usually threaded at
its forward portion to receive the barrel.

c. Handgun (including pistols and revolvers) means any firearm that has a short stock
and is designed to be held and fired by the use of a single hand and subject to
12.1.1a, or a combination of parts from which a handgun can be assembled.

A handgun is a firearm, and a 'firearm' includes the frame or receiver thereof. So
shipping 'parts' would be illegal if one of them was the frame or receiver.

Good idea though. Maybe 'parts' would work under UPS or Fedex rules, unless they use
the USPS definitions.
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Guns don't cause problems. The behavior
of certain gun owners causes problems.

USPS Handgun rules
 

On Mon, 16 Feb 2015 02:14:45 -0500, wrote:

On Sun, 15 Feb 2015 15:44:57 -0500, Abit Loco
wrote:

Here they a

12.1 Firearms

12.1.1 Definitions

The terms used in this standard are defined as follows:

[Delete current items 12.1.1a and 12.1.1g in their entirety and replace with the
following.]

a. Firearm means any device, including a starter gun, which will, or is designed to,
or may readily be convert*ed to, expel a projectile by the action of an explosive;
the frame or receiver of any such weapon; any firearm muffler or firearm silencer; or
any destructive device; but the term shall not include an antique firearm.

b. Firearm frame or receiver is the part of a firearm that provides housing for the
hammer, bolt or breech*block, and firing mechanism and that is usually threaded at
its forward portion to receive the barrel.

c. Handgun (including pistols and revolvers) means any firearm that has a short stock
and is designed to be held and fired by the use of a single hand and subject to
12.1.1a, or a combination of parts from which a handgun can be assembled.

A handgun is a firearm, and a 'firearm' includes the frame or receiver thereof. So
shipping 'parts' would be illegal if one of them was the frame or receiver.

Good idea though. Maybe 'parts' would work under UPS or Fedex rules, unless they use
the USPS definitions.

What is an "antique"?
If they are using the ATF Curio and Relic list, it is pretty much
anything more than 50 years old and that is most of the guns I have.
Your M/Ns are on the list.

Here you go:

ATF under Title 27, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), section 478.11.

"Antique firearm. (a) Any firearm (including any firearm with a matchlock, flintlock,
percussion cap, or similar type of ignition system) manufactured in or before 1898;
and (b) any replica of any firearm described in paragraph (a) of this definition if
such replica (1) is not designed or redesigned for using rimfire or conventional
centerfire fixed ammunition, or (2) uses rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed
ammunition which is no longer manufactured in the United States and which is not
readily available in the ordinary channels of commercial trade."
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Guns don't cause problems. The behavior
of certain gun owners causes problems.