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  • MarikinaMan
    Veteran Member
    • Nov 2015
    • 4864

    Just shipped 1000 115gr 9mm bullets in a flat rate box

    What a deal USPS is. I asked my wife to drop it off the PO. She to me to FO lol.

    The darn thing is absurdly heavy. Sending it to a Calguns member.
  • #2
    stevemac
    Senior Member
    • Oct 2016
    • 504

    Hopefully it's bagged and taped real good and not just dumped into the box.

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    • #3
      MarikinaMan
      Veteran Member
      • Nov 2015
      • 4864

      Originally posted by stevemac
      Hopefully it's bagged and taped real good and not just dumped into the box.
      I taped the box real good. No bare cardboard is showing. And its bagged in the unopened original Precision Delta bag.

      Ive received lead ingots the same way. It's should be good to go.

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      • #4
        stevemac
        Senior Member
        • Oct 2016
        • 504

        Nice! If it fits, it ships!

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        • #5
          stilly
          I need a LIFE!!
          • Jul 2009
          • 10682

          Yeah, watch how you bag/double bag it.

          I sent a ****load of brass in once and it ripped through the bag and dumped on the floor




          But 1000 pills should not be an issue. You can get them into possibly 2 flat rate boxes, maybe one, OR you can get them into a padded envelope.

          When I receive lead from back east, the guy typically takes a large flat rate box and fills it with the smaller flat rate boxes and then puts the lead in the smaller boxes, then tapes everything together and down. It all ships nicely.
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          • #6
            BLEVE
            Junior Member
            • Jan 2016
            • 10

            Originally posted by stevemac
            Nice! If it fits, it ships!
            Actually that is not exactly true. There are weight limits based on the size of the box. I had a flat rate box refused for being overweight. The really tiny box only can hold 13 oz most of the med to large one are limited to 20 lbs. My local Post Office said it was a limitation of the packaging.

            Just saying

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            • #7
              Fishslayer
              In Memoriam
              • Jan 2010
              • 13035

              Originally posted by BLEVE
              Actually that is not exactly true. There are weight limits based on the size of the box. I had a flat rate box refused for being overweight. The really tiny box only can hold 13 oz most of the med to large one are limited to 20 lbs. My local Post Office said it was a limitation of the packaging.

              Just saying
              People ship 65# in medium FRBs all the time.
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              • #8
                Calguns77
                Senior Member
                • Jun 2016
                • 836

                Originally posted by BLEVE
                Actually that is not exactly true. There are weight limits based on the size of the box. I had a flat rate box refused for being overweight. The really tiny box only can hold 13 oz most of the med to large one are limited to 20 lbs. My local Post Office said it was a limitation of the packaging.

                Just saying

                My usps sm, med and lrg flat rate priority boxes all say maximum 70lbs domestic and 20lbs international.

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                • #9
                  GW
                  I need a LIFE!!
                  • May 2004
                  • 16078

                  Originally posted by BLEVE
                  Actually that is not exactly true. There are weight limits based on the size of the box. I had a flat rate box refused for being overweight. The really tiny box only can hold 13 oz most of the med to large one are limited to 20 lbs. My local Post Office said it was a limitation of the packaging.

                  Just saying
                  Huh.
                  Widener's was shipping 5K 55 gr 223 bullets this way. On one delivery I ended up taking the package off the USPS truck because it was a bit much for the delivery gal. About 45 lbs IIRC
                  Probably why USPS has this policy now. Just too darn heavy for some of their staff.
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                  • #10
                    Barbarosa
                    Senior Member
                    • Jan 2013
                    • 2166

                    I recently received a flat-rate box with 3000 rounds of 158 grain LSWC. Our poor little scrawny mail man couldn't even lift it out of his truck. +

                    According to the USPS web site weight limit is 70lbs for all size boxes, unless you are shipping internationally.

                    Priority Mail Express items, including Priority Mail Express Flat Rate shipping products, are delivered in 1-3 days to most U.S. locations. See USPS economical prices, free shipping boxes, and how to print postage labels online.

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                    • #11
                      deephouse
                      Veteran Member
                      • Sep 2012
                      • 3857

                      Damn. I used the medium sized flat rate boxes to ship brass to Freedom Munitions and I double bagged them in addition to cut cardboard to double wall the inside. Those USPS boxes used to be a lot thicker but they cave easily if you stack them.

                      Initially I had them in Large flat rate boxes but they were almost 30lbs each so I put them in Med boxes.




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                      • #12
                        RogerOrange
                        Member
                        • Apr 2015
                        • 320

                        These guys really pushed the limit of USPS and are the reason why USPS put a weight limit on the flat rate boxes (70Lbs).

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                        • #13
                          jericho89
                          Senior Member
                          • Aug 2011
                          • 1129

                          Originally posted by stilly
                          Yeah, watch how you bag/double bag it.

                          I sent a ****load of brass in once and it ripped through the bag and dumped on the floor




                          .

                          So is that what happened to the brass you were going to send me

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                          • #14
                            Christopher761
                            Senior Member
                            • Nov 2014
                            • 855

                            USPS hates me too.

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                            • #15
                              Christopher761
                              Senior Member
                              • Nov 2014
                              • 855

                              So does Fedex and UPS.

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