Shipping primers ?
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Anyone deal with Gardwine North, for those of us living in Northern Ontario, Manitoba & Saskatchewan?
Their website clearly states that primers (1.4S) is acceptable for transport. They do mention that the package must meet TDG packaging guidelines and that the package be clearly marked.
Anyone know what this means exactly. I'm thinking on getting a buddy of mine in Thunder Bay to ship me some primers but the TDG website was pretty much useless.
Any help????
Their website clearly states that primers (1.4S) is acceptable for transport. They do mention that the package must meet TDG packaging guidelines and that the package be clearly marked.
Anyone know what this means exactly. I'm thinking on getting a buddy of mine in Thunder Bay to ship me some primers but the TDG website was pretty much useless.
Any help????
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Quoted and Noted for those who still refuse to believe when people post here that under 30kg of small arms ammunition is 1.4S, "Limited Quantity", and is NOT subject to any special dangerous/hazardous goods fee or surcharge, REGARDLESS WHAT THE CLERK TELLS YOU WHEN YOU SAY AMMO (also why I say "safety cartridges, consumer quantity" when they ask what is in it while doing up the paperwork.)
Ammo ships for the same price as the same weight/volume of anything else, and will be shipped by just about any ground courier. (But NOT Canada Post).
Gunpowder itself (not contained in a "safety cartridge" AKA, "cartridges, small arms"), is, yes, 'dangerous goods' and requires declaration as such and a fee.
I called UPS about shipping primers and they needed to know UN Number.
Does anyone Know the UN # for primers?
It Is UN 0012 or UN0014? That what person at UPS Asked me They were flipping through book,sound like they did not know what i was talking about!
Also said that "limited Quantity" has to be on the outside of the package!
Thanks
edit Cap primers# UN0044
Found here http://www.unnumber.net/index.php?k_search=0044
Would that be correct?
Does anyone Know the UN # for primers?
It Is UN 0012 or UN0014? That what person at UPS Asked me They were flipping through book,sound like they did not know what i was talking about!
Also said that "limited Quantity" has to be on the outside of the package!
Thanks
edit Cap primers# UN0044
Found here http://www.unnumber.net/index.php?k_search=0044
Would that be correct?
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UPS ships without adding some ridiculous fee for handling 
DHL tacks on some high fee that would only be worth it if you ordered like 25k. Like somebody said above, for the price UPS charges I could drive to go get them for that price.
DHL tacks on some high fee that would only be worth it if you ordered like 25k. Like somebody said above, for the price UPS charges I could drive to go get them for that price.UPS ships without adding some ridiculous fee for handling
Is the shipper disclosing what is in the box when they ship it? or are they just pretending they dont know and sending it regular ups... the ups stores around me would not touch a box of primers with a 200 ft pole.
The people at ups first thought I was trying to ship "primer" and I said no they are primers for assembling ammunition.... I told them they are small amounts of explosives they are not that dangerous to handle you just have to make sure they dont get hit buy anything or droped... and are in the same class as fireworks etc.
You're kidding right?
If droped high enough knetic force maybe enough to pull the anvil down and ignite one... all it takes is one faulty one to ignite and the whole box of 1000 or 5000 could go up.
Lets just say I wouldn't go throwing around boxes of primers, dropping them, or crushing them. It's in your best interest to handle them carefully.
