# air guns — Postal shipping restrictions by item category

For air guns, carrier is USPS; restriction type is allowed; scope is domestic mail; conditions is Air guns are not regulated as firearms unless manufactured with frames or receivers of an actual firearm; devices that expel projectiles using compressed air or gas including paintball and pellet guns, recorded from its source on 2026-08-04.

- **Item category:** air guns
- **Carrier:** USPS _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Restriction type:** allowed _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Scope:** domestic mail _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Conditions:** Air guns are not regulated as firearms unless manufactured with frames or receivers of an actual firearm; devices that expel projectiles using compressed air or gas including paintball and pellet guns

## What the source says

> Air guns are devices that expel projectiles using compressed air or other gas (including paintball and pellet guns). Air guns are not regulated as firearms unless they are manufactured with frames or receivers of an actual firearm.

## Source

- https://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/pub52c4_009.htm

Last verified: 2026-08-04. Review by: 2027-08-04.
Part of [Postal shipping restrictions by item category](https://referencesource.org/shipping-restrictions-by-class/).