Ammo restrictions

[Belgian686]

I was wondering : how do you buy ammo and components in the US ? Just buy or do you need paperwork ? Are there limitations in quantity or other ?

Here in Belgium, you can only buy ammo when showing your gun permit (no permit, no gun also), and only for the ammo specific for that gun. There are no quantity restrictions here, so you could buy 100.000 rounds or more if you want. Reloading is same rule : only components for ammo you can legally own. Powder is maximum 5 pound in house, but no one verifies. Primers is unlimited, and no permit.
Luxemburg applies same rules, export possible and sale possible for Belgian neighborgs.

In France, I seem to know you can only buy 1.000 rounds of manufactured ammo per year, per caliber. So reloading is very popular over there, and components seem to be regulated like in Belgium. Sale for non-residents, even with foreign permit is not possible. Scary

How is it like in other countries at the forum ?

Best - B686

 

[P&R Fan]

All I can tell you about is in the State of Iowa where I live there is no restrictions on type or quantities.
Jim

 

[squidsix]

Same is true of Virginia. Belgium is beautiful, but you still have that European problem with people and their guns.

 

[elm_creek_smith]

I am restricted in the amount and types of ammunition that I can buy by a powerful need to eat...and by my wife.

ECS

 

[riverrat38]

In the United States, there are limitations on the quantity of powder and primers that can be kept in a residence. These limits do not have the force of law, but could effect fire insurance rates or availability, if the Fire Marshal or insurance company found out about higher quantities.

rat

 

[kenjen]

are you saying that you need a permit for every gun you own?

 

[rburg]

I believe you'll find some regulations vary by state, but in the free states, you're limited by your ability to pay and haul, then by your storage space. There are states here that require foolish things like ID cards. I wouldn't live in such a place. But people do, with some even defending their stupid laws!

Where I live, guns and ammo are pretty much unregulated. We have some odd customs here called variously "yard sales" or "estate sales" or even "flea markets". Those are what we refer to as casual sales. If someone has an old shotgun or pistol and wants to sell it, they put it on a table out in the front yard. The first person who comes along and wants it pays the price and takes it home. No paperwork other than the paper money changing hands. Same for old ammo, reloading tools and components, you name it. They also sell old mechanics wrenches, table cloths and baby clothes the same way. No one much cares.

 

[robertrwalsh]

I live in California. You can keep as much ammo as you have room for. There is a limit on how much smokeless powder you can keep, I think it is 20 #. I am unaware of a limit on primers (which are actually more dangerous than the powder I believe) but there might be one.

 

[zoom6zoom]

My UPS driver hates me because he's tired of lugging cases of ammo to my door. The only restriction here is my budget.

 

[Beemer-mark]

In the United States, there are limitations on the quantity of powder and primers that can be kept in a residence.

There is?? I've lived in at least 8 states and never heard of any restrictions on the quantity of smokeless powder or primers. Course in 40 years I've never had Fire Marshall come by and my insurance agents have never mentioned it either. Can't find any restriction in the insurance policy either.

 

[riverrat38]

Here are the SAAMI recommendations on powder storage.

http://www.saami.org/specifications.../download/SAAMI_ITEM_200-Smokeless_Powder.pdf

There is quite a bit of information about primer and powder storage in residences with a quick Google search.

rat

 

[Belgian686]

are you saying that you need a permit for every gun you own?

You are right Kenjen. And each time you apply for one or more new ones, they run you through the all paperwork (medical attestations, shooting club affiliation, minimum number of shooting sessions a year, practical & theorethical tests about manipulation and legal knowledge, etc...). But in the end, we get used to it ... although in certain parts of the country (not mine fortunately), it takes up to two years to grant you an extra permit/gun.

 

[ArchAngelCD]

In Pennsylvania there are no limits on buying ammo or reloading components. You can buy as much as you can afford. No paperwork is necessary either. I think that is true in most, if not all of the United States.