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Where we ship, and where we do not

Ammunition is lawful to buy across the United States, and it is not deliverable everywhere. This page is the whole list: every state, city and county that changes what we can send you, what each one asks for, and the statute or ordinance it comes from. It is generated from the same rules our checkout runs against your delivery address, so it cannot drift out of date while the rules move underneath it.

states we cannot send ammunition to
6
states that need a document or a check first
5
states that receive ammunition normally
40

Every restriction on this page applies to ammunition only. Optics, cleaning and maintenance gear, storage, targets and range equipment ship to California, New York, the District of Columbia, Massachusetts, Hawaii, Alaska, New York City, Buffalo, New York, Albany, New York and Los Angeles, California exactly as they ship anywhere else, and an order containing both is not held up by the ammunition line. Magazines are the one accessory with limits of their own, and those are capacity limits rather than destinations. They are listed further down.

Blocked

Where ammunition cannot go

Two different things close a destination, and they are not the same thing. In California, New York, the District of Columbia and Massachusetts the law requires the transfer to happen in person or through an in-state licensee, and no parcel we send can satisfy that. In Hawaii and Alaska the law asks nothing of the kind. The freight service ammunition travels on simply does not reach the address.

California

Not available

California ammunition has to be handed over in person

California requires ammunition to be transferred face to face through a licensed California ammunition vendor, so there is no address in the state we can deliver to directly. Accessories, optics and range gear ship to California normally. Magazines are the exception: California caps them at 10 rounds, so a larger one cannot go there either.

Source: Cal. Penal Code § 30312 (bars direct delivery); record of sale at Penal Code §§ 30352, 30355 · COMPLIANCE-RESEARCH.md §2.1, §2.7, §6.1

New York

Not available

New York ammunition transfers have to happen in person

New York requires the transfer itself to take place in person, which a delivery cannot satisfy. Accessories, optics and range gear ship to New York normally.

Source: COMPLIANCE-RESEARCH.md §2.1, §2.7; N.Y. Penal Law § 400.03 for the transaction record (§4.1)

District of Columbia

Not available

The District requires an in-person sale and a registration certificate

District law requires the sale to be made in person, requires the buyer to exhibit a valid firearm registration certificate, and requires the ammunition to be the same caliber or gauge as the firearm on that certificate. A licensed dealer is the only lawful route to a consumer. Accessories and range gear ship normally.

Source: D.C. Code § 7-2505.02(a), (d)(1), (d)(2), (d)(3); § 7-2506.01; receipt kept one year under § 7-2505.02(d)(4) · COMPLIANCE-RESEARCH.md §2.11

MassachusettsUnder review

Not available

We are not shipping ammunition to Massachusetts yet

Massachusetts law requires a licence to be presented in person before a mail, telephone or internet order is filled, and whether that reaches a seller outside the state is genuinely unresolved. We are holding until counsel answers it rather than guessing. Accessories and range gear ship normally.

Source: M.G.L. c. 140 § 123(k); M.G.L. c. 140 § 131E repealed by St. 2024, c. 135, § 59 · COMPLIANCE-RESEARCH.md §2.8

Hawaii

Not available

We cannot get ammunition to Hawaii

This is a carrier limit, not a rule of this state. Nothing in the law where you live stops you buying ammunition. What stops the parcel is the freight service it has to travel on.

Ammunition ships as ground hazardous-materials freight, and that service does not reach the islands. This is a carrier limit and not a Hawaii restriction: Hawaii has no ammunition permit and no dealer routing rule, and its permit to acquire and registration requirements are firearms rules that do not reach ammunition. Accessories, optics, storage and range gear ship to Hawaii normally. Hawaii would separately require a photo ID check and age 21 if a lane opened.

Source: Carrier limit, no statute. Underlying Hawaii rule for reference: HRS § 134-7.7 (Act 248, July 2024); HRS §§ 134-2, 134-3 are firearms only; industry duty at HRS ch. 134 part VI (Act 28 of 2023) · COMPLIANCE-RESEARCH.md §2.10, §7.1

Alaska

Not available

We cannot get ammunition to Alaska

This is a carrier limit, not a rule of this state. Nothing in the law where you live stops you buying ammunition. What stops the parcel is the freight service it has to travel on.

Ammunition ships as ground hazardous-materials freight, which does not serve Alaska addresses. This is a carrier limit and not an Alaska restriction: Alaska regulates neither the sale nor the shipment of ammunition, and its preemption statute expressly covers ammunition and reloading components. Accessories ship to Alaska normally.

Source: Carrier limit, no statute. Alaska imposes no ammunition restriction; AS 29.35.145 preempts local rules covering ammunition · COMPLIANCE-RESEARCH.md §2.10

Conditional

Where it goes once we have something

These states are open to us. A parcel just cannot move until a document is on file or a check has been arranged. You can place the order now: we email you for whatever is outstanding, and the shipment leaves once it is on file. Nothing is charged twice.

Colorado

Available once we have what it asks for

Colorado deliveries need an ID check at the door

Colorado requires the person delivering ammunition to check government-issued photo identification and to take a written acknowledgment of receipt, and it requires us to tell the carrier the parcel contains ammunition. Both happen on our side. You need someone at the address with photo identification when it arrives.

What we handle

  • Photo ID checked at the door, and a signed acknowledgment of receiptUnder review. Colorado requires the person delivering ammunition to verify the recipient is 21 or older against government-issued photo identification and to obtain a written acknowledgment of receipt. Nothing at checkout satisfies this; it happens when the parcel arrives.
  • The carrier told the parcel contains ammunition. Colorado excuses a carrier that was not told, which puts the duty on the sender. We declare it on every Colorado shipment.

Source: C.R.S. § 18-12-117 (HB25-1133), (1)(b)(I), (1)(c), (1)(d), (1)(e), (3)(a), (3)(c), (5)(b); excise tax at C.R.S. § 39-37-104 · COMPLIANCE-RESEARCH.md §2.2, §3.1

Illinois

Available once we have what it asks for

Illinois needs two documents, and the address has to match one

Illinois requires a valid FOID card or Concealed Carry Licence together with an Illinois driver's licence or State ID, and the ammunition may be shipped only to an address printed on one of those two documents. Send us both and we can ship to a matching address.

What we need from you

  • A valid Illinois FOID card or Concealed Carry Licence. Illinois makes it a Class 4 felony to transfer ammunition to someone who has not displayed one. If the card has no printed expiry date or the printed date has passed, we also have to check it against the state system before we ship.
  • An Illinois driver's licence or Illinois State ID. This is required in addition to the FOID or CCL, not instead of it.

What we handle

  • A delivery address printed on one of those two documents. Illinois allows ammunition to be shipped only to an address that appears on the FOID or CCL, or on the Illinois licence or State ID. If your delivery address is not on either one, we cannot ship to it and we will tell you before we take payment.

Source: 430 ILCS 65/3(a) (Class 4 felony to transfer without a displayed FOID or CCL); 430 ILCS 65/3(b-5) (both documents, address must appear on one); 20 Ill. Adm. Code 1230.35(b) (online check mandatory where the card is undated or expired) · COMPLIANCE-RESEARCH.md §2.3

Rhode Island

Available once we have what it asks for

Rhode Island needs a state-issued card and age 21

Rhode Island requires the buyer to be 21 or older and to hold either a Rhode Island pistol and revolver safety certificate, the blue card, or a Rhode Island hunter education card. A hunter education card from another state does not qualify.

What we need from you

  • A Rhode Island blue card or Rhode Island hunter education card. That is the Rhode Island pistol and revolver safety certificate, or a Rhode Island hunter education card. A hunter education card issued by another state does not satisfy it.

Source: R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-47-64(b) · COMPLIANCE-RESEARCH.md §2.4

New Jersey

Available once we have what it asks for

New Jersey handgun ammunition needs a card or permit

New Jersey requires a Firearms Purchaser Identification card or a handgun purchase permit for handgun ammunition, and sets 21 for it. Rifle, shotgun and rimfire ammunition ship without it. Hollow point ammunition is lawful to buy and keep at a New Jersey residence and we ship it.

What we need from you

  • A New Jersey Firearms Purchaser Identification card or handgun purchase permit. Required for handgun ammunition only. Rifle, shotgun and rimfire ammunition ship without it.

What we handle

  • Bulk handgun ammunition transactions reportedUnder review. New Jersey requires a system of record for handgun ammunition sales and immediate reporting of any transaction of 2,000 rounds or more.

Source: N.J.S.A. 2C:58-34 and 2C:58-35 (gun industry member duty, reaches out-of-state sellers, no purpose need be proved); hollow points lawful at a residence under 2C:39-3(g) · COMPLIANCE-RESEARCH.md §2.1, §2.9, §7

ConnecticutUnder review

Available once we have what it asks for

Connecticut needs a permit, certificate or eligibility card

Connecticut requires an ammunition certificate, a pistol permit or an eligibility certificate before ammunition changes hands. Send us a copy of any one of them.

What we need from you

  • A Connecticut ammunition certificate, pistol permit or eligibility certificateUnder review. Any one of the three satisfies it.

Source: COMPLIANCE-RESEARCH.md §2.1 decision table (no statutory section recorded)

Open

Where it ships normally

40 states and the rest of the country receive ammunition with nothing asked beyond the age floors below and the adult signature every parcel carries. 3 of them are written into the rules explicitly rather than left out, because each is widely and wrongly listed as restricted, and refusing an order there would cost you a delivery and us a sale for no reason in law.

Washington

Ships normally

Washington ships normally

Washington imposes nothing on ammunition beyond federal law: no credential, no check, no state age rule and no ammunition excise tax.

Source: COMPLIANCE-RESEARCH.md §2.6. The claim that RCW 9.41.122 routes ammunition through a dealer is false; that statute is about residents buying rifles and shotguns out of state and does not mention ammunition. The live Washington exposure is the industry duty at RCW 7.48.330, which is a standard of conduct rather than a shipping gate.

Maryland

Ships normally

Maryland ships normally

Maryland sets an age floor for ammunition designed solely for a regulated firearm and imposes nothing else on the seller: no permit, no routing, no shipping prohibition, no records.

Source: Md. Code, Public Safety § 5-134(d)(1)(i); § 5-133.1 binds possession, not the seller · COMPLIANCE-RESEARCH.md §2.10. The claim that Maryland requires a government photo ID for every ammunition purchase could not be confirmed from any primary source.

Delaware

Ships normally

Delaware ships normally

Delaware sets an age floor and nothing else. No credential, no routing and no record reaches a seller outside the state.

Source: 11 Del. C. § 1445(a)(4) with the shotgun carve-out at § 1448(a)(5)a. · COMPLIANCE-RESEARCH.md §2.5, §2.10

The rest, which carry no rule of their own

Nothing in these states changes what we send or what we ask for. Some carry an age floor, listed below.

  • Alabama
  • Arizona
  • Arkansas
  • Florida
  • Georgia
  • Idaho
  • Indiana
  • Iowa
  • Kansas
  • Kentucky
  • Louisiana
  • Maine
  • Michigan
  • Minnesota
  • Mississippi
  • Missouri
  • Montana
  • Nebraska
  • Nevada
  • New Hampshire
  • New Mexico
  • North Carolina
  • North Dakota
  • Ohio
  • Oklahoma
  • Oregon
  • Pennsylvania
  • South Carolina
  • South Dakota
  • Tennessee
  • Texas
  • Utah
  • Vermont
  • Virginia
  • West Virginia
  • Wisconsin
  • Wyoming

Local

Cities and counties

A city or a county can regulate where its state does not, and some of these are written to reach a seller located outside the jurisdiction. They are evaluated against your delivery city and ZIP alongside the state rule, not instead of it.

New York City

Not available

New York City rules cannot be satisfied remotely

Handgun ammunition in the city may only be disposed of by a city-licensed dealer to someone who exhibits a New York City pistol licence in person. Rifle and shotgun ammunition needs a permit plus a certificate of registration and has to match the specific registered firearm.

Source: NYC Admin Code § 10-131(i) and § 10-306 · COMPLIANCE-RESEARCH.md §6.3

Buffalo, New York

Not available

Buffalo bars disposing of ammunition in the city

Buffalo's code says no person shall dispose of any firearm, rifle, shotgun, air gun or ammunition in the city, with an exception only for a duly licensed dealer.

Source: Buffalo Code § 180-1E · COMPLIANCE-RESEARCH.md §6.3

Albany, New York

Not available

Albany requires a record a remote seller cannot produce

Albany requires the dealer record to carry the serial number of the firearm the ammunition is for, and to be kept for ten years. There is no way to satisfy that from a distance.

Source: Albany § 193-9(A) · COMPLIANCE-RESEARCH.md §6.3

Los Angeles, California

Not available

Los Angeles requires a face-to-face transfer

Los Angeles requires ammunition transfers to happen face to face with a thumbprint, and the record to be transmitted electronically to the LAPD within five days. The city also closes ammunition transfers entirely on sixteen days a year around 1 January and 4 July.

Source: Los Angeles § 55.11(d) and § 55.09 · COMPLIANCE-RESEARCH.md §6.3

San Francisco

Available once we have what it asks for

San Francisco has a separate duty on sellers outside the city

San Francisco requires a seller outside the city that delivers ammunition into it to keep a record carrying the recipient's signature and thumbprint, and to email the previous week's transactions to the Chief of Police every week.

What we handle

  • San Francisco remote vendor record and weekly police report. San Francisco defines a remote vendor as a seller located outside the city that delivers ammunition into it, and requires a record including the recipient's signature and thumbprint plus a report of the previous week's transactions emailed to the Chief of Police every week.

Source: San Francisco Police Code § 615(a)(5), § 615(c) · COMPLIANCE-RESEARCH.md §6.1

Cook County, IllinoisUnder review

Available once we have what it asks for

Cook County adds a registration and a per-round tax

Cook County taxes ammunition by the round and requires a seller outside the county to register before selling to someone inside it. Illinois FOID and address rules apply on top.

What we handle

  • Cook County retail dealer registration and per-round taxUnder review. Cook County defines a retail dealer to include a seller outside the county selling to a person in it, requires registration before selling, taxes each round, and forbids absorbing the tax rather than charging it.

Source: Cook County Code § 74-666 · COMPLIANCE-RESEARCH.md §6.2

Age

Age floors

We apply 18 for ammunition in a cartridge only a long gun chambers and 21 for handgun ammunition everywhere as policy. Some states set a floor above that, and where they do, theirs is the one that applies to your order.

State floors that sit above the federal position, and the ammunition each one reaches.
StateMinimum ageApplies toSource
Federal floorEverywhere18handgun ammunition suitable for use only in a handgun18 U.S.C. § 922(x)(1)(B), (x)(5) · COMPLIANCE-RESEARCH.md §1.2
Colorado21all ammunition other than rimfireThe carve-out at (1)(e) is written as applying to subsection (1), so it lifts the age rule for rimfire but on its face does not lift the delivery duties at (2) and (3). Those are modelled separately and apply to every Colorado shipment.C.R.S. § 18-12-117(1)(b)(I), with the rimfire carve-out at (1)(e) and the in-person-only limit on the 18 to 20 exceptions at (1)(c) and (1)(d) · COMPLIANCE-RESEARCH.md §2.2
Rhode Island21all ammunitionFelony backed, up to five years, and unlike § 11-47-31 it carries no good-faith or reasonable-verification safe harbor and prescribes no verification method. The research calls this the worst risk profile in the document.R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-47-64(b) · COMPLIANCE-RESEARCH.md §2.4
Hawaii21all ammunitionComes with an affirmative defence where the seller requested, examined and reasonably relied on government-issued photo ID, which is why the ID record is worth keeping even though no statute requires retention.HRS § 134-7.7 (Act 248, July 2024) · COMPLIANCE-RESEARCH.md §2.10
Delaware21all ammunition other than shotgunShotgun ammunition stays at 18. Rifle and handgun ammunition are 21.11 Del. C. § 1445(a)(4) (class G felony), shotgun ammunition carved out at § 1448(a)(5)a. · COMPLIANCE-RESEARCH.md §2.5
Minnesota18all ammunitionFelony to furnish ammunition to a person under 18 without prior parental or police consent, and it binds any seller rather than only a licensee. The research says to gate at 18 there even for rimfire. The consent exception is not modelled because it cannot be exercised at a remote checkout.Minn. Stat. § 609.66 subd. 1b · COMPLIANCE-RESEARCH.md §7.2
MarylandUnder review21ammunition solely designed for a regulated firearmReaches ammunition solely designed for a regulated firearm and nothing else. The research does not enumerate which calibres those are, so the evaluator applies this rule to handgun ammunition only. That is a floor TAS already applies everywhere as policy, so the proxy cannot over-block; it also cannot be relied on as a classification. See UNSETTLED below.Md. Code, Public Safety § 5-134(d)(1)(i) · COMPLIANCE-RESEARCH.md §2.10
New Jersey21handgun ammunitionCOMPLIANCE-RESEARCH.md §2.1 decision table, §2.9
ConnecticutUnder review18all ammunitionCOMPLIANCE-RESEARCH.md §2.1 decision table (no statutory section recorded)

States often listed with an age rule that do not have one

  • Vermont. Vermont's age 21 rule is written about firearms. It does not reach ammunition. The federal floor and TAS policy apply, and nothing else. 13 V.S.A. § 4020 · COMPLIANCE-RESEARCH.md §7.2
  • Illinois. Illinois adds no ammunition age floor of its own. What it adds is the FOID or CCL requirement, which is a credential gate rather than an age rule. COMPLIANCE-RESEARCH.md §2.1 decision table
  • Washington. Washington imposes no ammunition age rule beyond federal law. COMPLIANCE-RESEARCH.md §2.6

Items

Magazine capacity

Magazines are the one accessory with limits of their own. These are limits on the item rather than on the destination, so they apply in places that receive ammunition normally, and they are checked against the capacity of the magazine you are buying.

JurisdictionLimitSource
California10 roundsCal. Pen. Code §§ 32310, 16740; Duncan v. Bonta, 9th Cir. en banc 20 Mar 2025, ban upheld
Colorado15 roundsC.R.S. §§ 18-12-301, 18-12-302
Connecticut10 roundsC.G.S. § 53-202w
Delaware17 rounds11 Del. C. § 1469
the District of Columbia10 roundsD.C. Code § 7-2506.01(b)
Hawaii10 roundsHRS § 134-8(c). Reaches magazines designed for or capable of use with a pistol; that language is broad enough to catch AR pattern magazines usable in AR pistols, so no rifle safe harbour is assumed
Illinois10 rounds720 ILCS 5/24-1.10. Statute is 10 long gun and 15 hand gun; the lower bound applies until SKUs carry a classification
Maryland10 roundsMd. Crim. Law § 4-305. Detachable magazines only. Possession is lawful, the sale is not
Massachusetts10 roundsM.G.L. c.140 §§ 121, 131M
New Jersey10 roundsN.J.S.A. 2C:39-1(y), 2C:39-9(h). Struck down by the en banc Third Circuit 17 Jul 2026, mandate stayed 4 Aug 2026, so still enforceable
New York10 roundsN.Y. Penal Law §§ 265.00(23), 265.10(1)-(3). Transport and shipment are named expressly and are a class D felony
Rhode Island10 roundsR.I. Gen. Laws § 11-47.1-3
Vermont10 rounds13 V.S.A. § 4021. Statute is 10 long gun and 15 hand gun; the lower bound applies until SKUs carry a classification
Washington10 roundsRCW 9.41.010, 9.41.370. Possession is lawful, the sale is not
Sunnyvale, California10 roundsSunnyvale Mun. Code § 9.44.050. Redundant while California bans statewide, kept so the locality survives a change in state law
Buffalo, New York5 rounds, centerfire rifle magazines onlyBuffalo Code ch. 180. Stricter than New York's statewide 10, so it still binds where the state rule would not

Checked

Places we do not block

Each of these appears on somebody's list of jurisdictions to refuse. We checked them against the primary source and they do not belong there. Refusing an order for a rule that was struck down, never commenced or never existed is a cost to you and to us, so they are recorded here rather than left to be re-added by the next person who reads that list.

  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    § 10-837 is printed but dormant. It was conditioned on state authorising legislation that never arrived, and 18 Pa.C.S. § 6120 preempts it independently.

    Source: COMPLIANCE-RESEARCH.md §6.4

  • Tacoma, Washington

    The ammunition tax never took effect. The ordinance is marked effective date to be determined. Any list saying Tacoma collects is wrong.

    Source: COMPLIANCE-RESEARCH.md §6.4

  • Montgomery County, Maryland

    The in-person ammunition rule is still printed in the code but was held invalid in 1985, and the code's own editor's note says so.

    Source: COMPLIANCE-RESEARCH.md §6.4

  • Sacramento County, California

    There is no Sacramento County ammunition ordinance. A full-text search returns one hit, inside a rail explosives definition.

    Source: COMPLIANCE-RESEARCH.md §6.4

Unsettled

What is still open

Anything marked under review above appears here with the question that is open. Each one still binds our checkout in the stricter direction while it is unresolved, so nothing on this page is waiting on an answer before it takes effect. We publish the questions because a compliance list with no gaps in it has usually just stopped looking.

  • Massachusetts

    Whether § 123(k) reaches an out-of-state seller holding no Massachusetts licence. Two research passes disagreed; the FFL-routing claim rests on retailer pages and carrier contract, not statute; § 131E is repealed and no successor section was identified. Do not open Massachusetts without a written opinion.

    Source: M.G.L. c. 140 § 123(k); M.G.L. c. 140 § 131E repealed by St. 2024, c. 135, § 59 · COMPLIANCE-RESEARCH.md §2.8

  • Connecticut

    The research records the Connecticut credential requirement and an age floor of 18 in its decision table only, with no statute cited and no state section of its own. Ask counsel for the section before this is relied on.

    Source: COMPLIANCE-RESEARCH.md §2.1 decision table (no statutory section recorded)

  • Cook County, Illinois

    Whether the tax survives. Struck down unanimously in Guns Save Life v. Ali, 2021 IL 126014, re-enacted, reportedly struck again on summary judgment in January 2025, no 2026 appellate disposition found, registration still demanded.

    Source: Cook County Code § 74-666 · COMPLIANCE-RESEARCH.md §6.2

  • Photo ID checked at the door, and a signed acknowledgment of receipt

    Whether the rimfire carve-out at § 18-12-117(1)(e) reaches the delivery duties at (2) and (3). It is written as applying to subsection (1), so on its face it does not. No agency guidance resolves it, and the conservative build requires the 21 plus signature delivery even for rimfire. That is what this engine does.

    Source: C.R.S. § 18-12-117(3)(a) · COMPLIANCE-RESEARCH.md §2.2, §3.1

  • Bulk handgun ammunition transactions reported

    No retention period could be confirmed for the New Jersey record, only the duty to maintain a system and to report.

    Source: COMPLIANCE-RESEARCH.md §2.9

  • A Connecticut ammunition certificate, pistol permit or eligibility certificate

    No Connecticut statutory section is recorded in the research.

    Source: COMPLIANCE-RESEARCH.md §2.1 decision table (no statutory section recorded)

  • Cook County retail dealer registration and per-round tax

    Whether the tax is collectable at all. The prior version was struck down unanimously in Guns Save Life v. Ali, 2021 IL 126014; the county re-enacted and resumed collection; a circuit judge reportedly granted summary judgment against it again in January 2025; no 2026 appellate disposition was found, and the county still demands registration. The research says not to decide whether to collect without Cook County counsel, so the engine flags it and computes nothing.

    Source: Cook County Code § 74-666 · COMPLIANCE-RESEARCH.md §6.2

  • Maryland

    Which calibres are ammunition solely designed for a regulated firearm. Needs a per-SKU classification from counsel before it can be applied as written.

    Source: Md. Code, Public Safety § 5-134(d)(1)(i) · COMPLIANCE-RESEARCH.md §2.10

  • Connecticut

    No Connecticut statute section is recorded in the research for this age floor.

    Source: COMPLIANCE-RESEARCH.md §2.1 decision table (no statutory section recorded)

How this is applied to your order

Your delivery state, city and ZIP are checked against these rules at the address step of checkout, before any payment is taken and before a card is charged. If something on this page reaches your order you are told which rule, what it needs and what to do about it, at that point rather than after you have paid. City and county ordinances exist that no list is ever finished with, so you remain responsible for the law where you live and where the parcel is delivered.

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