# firearms - short-barreled shotgun or rifle — Postal shipping restrictions by item category

For firearms - short-barreled shotgun or rifle, carrier is USPS; restriction type is restricted; scope is domestic mail; conditions is A shotgun with one or more barrels less than 18 inches long or a rifle with one or more barrels less than 16 inches long, or any such weapon modified to have an overall length less than 26 inches, recorded from its source on 2026-08-04.

- **Item category:** firearms - short-barreled shotgun or rifle _(unconfirmed — we could not tie this to the quote below)_
- **Carrier:** USPS _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Restriction type:** restricted _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Scope:** domestic mail _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Conditions:** A shotgun with one or more barrels less than 18 inches long or a rifle with one or more barrels less than 16 inches long, or any such weapon modified to have an overall length less than 26 inches _(unconfirmed — we could not tie this to the quote below)_

## What the source says

> A shotgun with one or more barrels less than 18 inches long or a rifle with one or more barrels less than 16 inches long.

## 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/).