casings with live primers

[timdoyle]

Can anyone tell me if it is legal to sell recondition brass shells with a live primer inserted for reloading purposes. I would appreciate any imput.

thanks, Tim

[gatdammit]

The live primers would make the shipping problematic (incurring extra cost) no? I know that when I bought only primers there was a Hazardous Material warning on them.

[rivraton]

Primed cases are not subject to HazMat, they ship just like unprimed cases. Is there really a market? The one and only time I bought primed cases was .327 Fed. because that was all that was available.

[joelogic]

Selling primed brass is not illegal. Selling reloads is only illegal without a FFL.
Primed brass does not ship Hazmat its ships ORM-D. Can not ship via USPS.
There is a market for it for single stage reloaders.

[Mssr. Eleganté]

...Primed brass does not ship Hazmat its ships ORM-D. Can not ship via USPS...

For some strange reason known only to DOT, primed brass doesn't even require the ORM-D label. The CFR says primed casings "are not regulated for domestic transportation."

But like you said, you still can't ship them via USPS.

[Kharn]

Primed brass has a very low power to weight ratio, thus the unregulated shipping.