I'm looking at buying a few hundred primed 50 BMG brass from a vendor on gunbroker. He includes shipping in his price. I asked him if that included the hazmat fee.

 

He responded that it doesn't, he doesn't do hazmat for primed brass (although he does for primers), and that he's not completely sure, but he doesn't think primed brass requires the same hazmat fee as plain primers.

 

This sort of makes sense, since ammo doesn't require a hazmat fee, and that has the primer and brass included. I am guessing that the concentrated 100's or 1000's of primers make it more hazardous than the primers installed on the brass?

 

Can anyone confirm primed brass doesn't require hazmat fees?

 

Thanks, Dave

no Hazmat fee.

Nor would ammo that obviously has a primer in them. I would guess the numbers have more to do with it than the actual item.

If you look at how a primer is made, the back side would present the greatest danger of detonation. Once it is inserted into a shell, the back side is pretty much protected. I think that is why a hazmat fee is not required.