Attention Ammo Shippers. I need help

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4.1Replica or Inert Munitions

Replica or inert munitions are non-mailable, as well as other devices that simulate explosive devices or munitions, including replica or inert grenades or other simulated military munitions, whether or not such items are for display purposes. These products are not permitted in the mail under any circumstances.

4.3Firearms (including imitation and replica firearms)

Please contact the Canadian Firearms Centre at www.cfc-cafc.gc.ca or by calling 1-800-731-4000 to determine whether it is permissible to ship your firearms.
When it is determined permissible to ship firearms, they must be shipped as follows:

Customer Type
Service To Be Used
Non-contract Customer
Regular Parcel with Signature
Contract Customer
Expedited Parcel with the Proof of Age (18 or 19) with Signature option using Electronic Shipping Tools (EST)
Firearms cannot be shipped via air. The Customer is solely responsible for meeting all Canadian Firearms Centre regulations.
NOTE :
Visit section 6.3.1 “Mail Addressed to Children” of the “ABCs of Mailing” chapter for an age of majority by province or territory listing.


6.1 Transportation of Dangerous Goods Classes/Index

Customers who are uncertain whether the items they intend to mail are dangerous goods should verify with the manufacturer or supplier or contact CANUTEC by phone at 1-613-992-4624. Customers can also consult www.tc.gc.ca/tdg/clear/schedule1.asp for information.
Table 1: List of Dangerous Goods

Category
Items
Class 1 – Explosives
ammunition; black powder; blasting caps, cartridge; detonators; dynamite; explosive fuses and igniters; fireworks; flash powder; grenades; nitro-glycerine; rocket motors; signal flares; toy and starting pistol caps
Class 2 – Compressed Gases
aerosol products; Butane; propane; carbon dioxide; cigarette lighter with fuel; cryogenic liquids; cylinders of compressed gas (oxygen, air, acetylene, etc.); fire extinguishers; mustard gas
Class 3 – Flammable Liquids
acetone; adhesives (glues); alcohols (butanols, methanol, ethanol, etc.); camping fuel; cigarette lighter fuel; furniture stripper; gasoline; gasoline additives; naphtha; paints, enamels, lacquers, etc.; perfumes; petroleum distillates; shaving lotion; solvents; thinners; turpentine
Class 4 – Flammable Solids, Spontaneously Combustible, Dangerous When Wet
calcium; cellulose products; fire starters; flameless ration heaters (FRH); fuel tablets; lithium batteries (excludes lithium-ion battery); magnesium; matches; moth balls; naphthalene; nitro-oily cotton waste; oil impregnated fabrics; phosphorous; sodium
Class 5 – Oxidizers and Organic Peroxides
adhesives; ammonium nitrate fertilizer; bleaching powders; disinfectants; fibreglass repair kits; hair and textile dyes; hydrogen peroxide (>=8%);
nitrates; organic peroxides; oxygen pellets
Class 6 – Poisonous and Infectious
antiknock compounds; arsenic; carbon tetrachloride; chloroform; disinfectants; drugs; dyes; fungicides; hepatitis; herbicides; HIV; infectious biological; infectious blood; insecticides; pesticides; photographic chemicals; wood preservatives
Class 7 – Radioactive
measuring instruments; medical isotopes
Class 8 – Corrosive
acids (hydrochloric, sulphuric, nitric, muriatic, etc.); battery acid; caustic soda; cleaners; disinfectants; drain openers; dyes; etching fluid; fire extinguishers; formaldehyde; household bleach; lye; mercury; mercury thermometers and blood pressure gauges; oven cleaners; paint or varnish remover; potassium hydroxide; rust remover; self heating beverages (SHB); soda lime; sodium hydroxide
Class 9 – Miscellaneous
air bags; asbestos; battery powered devices with battery installed (toys, laptop computers, etc.); dry ice; gas filled shock absorbers; hazardous wastes; self inflating life preservers; strong magnets
 
Shipping ammo

Isn't canada post contracting all parcel shipment out through purolator?
Isn't purolator an authorized or licenced carrier for ammunition and firearms?
Not sure maybe someone knows.
 
Glad I saw this thread, I was just about to mail some ammonium nitrate fertilizer, blasting caps and some nitro-glycerine to a fellow out west...:runaway:
 
Glad I saw this thread, I was just about to mail some ammonium nitrate fertilizer, blasting caps and some nitro-glycerine to a fellow out west...:runaway:

LOL!

Why is this thread even still alive? It smells fishy to me.:mad:

I've always received ammo via CanPar, and they charge a fortune. So the guy screwed up, big deal, move on.:rolleyes:
 
LOL!

Why is this thread even still alive? It smells fishy to me.:mad:

I've always received ammo via CanPar, and they charge a fortune. So the guy screwed up, big deal, move on.:rolleyes:

Really?

I just sent 3000 rounds of .22 from Calgary to Ontario for $32ish. The box weighed something like 28 pounds. I thought it was pretty reasonable all things considered.
 
Really?

I just sent 3000 rounds of .22 from Calgary to Ontario for $32ish. The box weighed something like 28 pounds. I thought it was pretty reasonable all things considered.

Good for you, buddy!

I bought 2 crates of 7.62x39mm from Marstar about 5 years ago and it cost me something like $80 to have it shipped. That isn't anything to be happy about.

Especially when Lever Arms started selling the same stuff about 6 months later for less money to begin with.

I could have bought three cases in Vancouver, for less than two cost me from Ontario.
 
O.k I am not really sure of what the repercussions of this will be but here it goes. I ordered some ammo from a dealer not on this site, I will not mention their names. It was sent from there location and received by me today. By CANADA POST. They MAILED my ammo!:eek::mad: Now I am unsure of my next step. Do I do nothing, or should I notify Canada Post about what happened? On one of the decals on the package is states"Sender warrants that this shipment does not contain dangerous goods". Am I blowing this out of proportion, this stuff went on an airplane to get here! I am a dangerous goods shipper for air and I know of the hazards with this.

What do you guys think I should do?

Thank You for your help.

If it will make you feel better, send me the other $26.95 that you should have payed to ship it by courier. That way you conscience will be clear and you will sleep better.

Think of it as the same kind of principle as the "carbon tax".........
 
As trubluscrew has pointed out, the ethical thing to do would be to contact the dealer and point out their mistake. Not doing so could result in their doing it again, which could lead to their getting into large regulatory trouble, or causing a real disaster.
 
As trubluscrew has pointed out, the ethical thing to do would be to contact the dealer and point out their mistake. Not doing so could result in their doing it again, which could lead to their getting into large regulatory trouble, or causing a real disaster.

And then ask if they will ever ship ammo to you again.......
 
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