---
type: restriction
id: usps-rifles-and-shotguns-unloaded-intrastate
asset: shipping-restrictions-by-class
title: "rifles and shotguns - unloaded, intrastate — Postal shipping restrictions by item category"
sources:
  - https://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/pub52c4_010.htm
source_quote: "unloaded rifles and shotguns are mailable. Mailers must comply with the rules and regulations per 27 CFR, Part 478, as well as state and local laws."
generated: true
harvested: 2026-08-04
stale_after: 2027-08-04
item_category: "rifles and shotguns - unloaded, intrastate"
carrier: "USPS"
restriction_type: "allowed"
scope: "domestic mail - intrastate shipments"
conditions: "Subject to state regulations; mailpiece must display Return Service Requested endorsement and be shipped using tracking and signature capture service"
verified: false
unverified_fields: carrier, conditions, item_category
---
**Item category:** rifles and shotguns - unloaded, intrastate

**Carrier:** USPS

**Restriction type:** allowed

**Scope:** domestic mail - intrastate shipments

**Conditions:** Subject to state regulations; mailpiece must display Return Service Requested endorsement and be shipped using tracking and signature capture service

> unloaded rifles and shotguns are mailable. Mailers must comply with the rules and regulations per 27 CFR, Part 478, as well as state and local laws.

Source: <https://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/pub52c4_010.htm>