# Firearms classified as weapons of war (Section 5) and ammunition — Postal shipping restrictions by item category

For Firearms classified as weapons of war (Section 5) and ammunition, carrier is Royal Mail / Parcelforce; restriction type is prohibited; scope is all Royal Mail and Parcelforce Worldwide services; conditions is May not be sent by any Royal Mail or Parcelforce Worldwide service under any circumstances; airguns, Section 1 and Section 2 firearms may be sent as guns for sporting use; deactivated, antique and imitation firearms are allowed, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Item category:** Firearms classified as weapons of war (Section 5) and ammunition _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Carrier:** Royal Mail / Parcelforce _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Restriction type:** prohibited _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Scope:** all Royal Mail and Parcelforce Worldwide services _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Conditions:** May not be sent by any Royal Mail or Parcelforce Worldwide service under any circumstances; airguns, Section 1 and Section 2 firearms may be sent as guns for sporting use; deactivated, antique and imitation firearms are allowed. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> Firearms and their component parts classified as weapons of war (e.g. Section 5 firearms), ammunition of any kind and firearms prohibited under the Firearms Acts l968-l997 may not be sent by any Royal Mail or Parcelforce Worldwide service under any circumstances.

## Source

- https://corporate.postoffice.co.uk/media/w5dlus1c/foia-response_foi2025_00179_appendix-d_rm-dangerous-goods-and-prohibited-and-restricted.pdf

Last verified: 2026-08-10. Review by: 2027-08-10.
Part of [Postal shipping restrictions by item category](https://referencesource.org/shipping-restrictions-by-class/).