---
type: restriction
id: usps-air-guns
asset: shipping-restrictions-by-class
title: "air guns — Postal shipping restrictions by item category"
sources:
  - https://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/pub52c4_009.htm
source_quote: "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."
generated: true
harvested: 2026-08-04
stale_after: 2027-08-04
item_category: "air guns"
carrier: "USPS"
restriction_type: "allowed"
scope: "domestic mail"
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"
verified: true
unverified_fields: carrier, scope
---
**Item category:** air guns

**Carrier:** USPS

**Restriction type:** allowed

**Scope:** domestic mail

**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

> 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>