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Lear31MX
10-19-2010, 03:57 PM
So i'm putting toghter a bomb for my buddy in Kandahar Afghanistan and I was wounding if butane bottles and cutters would be a problem getting over there and getting in there?
CigarNut
10-19-2010, 03:59 PM
Seems like you would not be able to ship butane bottles -- the customs forms required to ship to military bases prohibit anything explosive. The cutters should be no problem...
Lear31MX
10-19-2010, 04:02 PM
thanks michael, thats what I was worried about.
cmitch
10-19-2010, 04:07 PM
You say you're shipping a bomb so a butane bottle would be appropriate.:D
bobarian
10-19-2010, 04:09 PM
Seems like you would not be able to ship butane bottles -- the customs forms required to ship to military bases prohibit anything explosive. The cutters should be no problem...

:tpd: Shipping butane by air is definitely a no-no. Even in the US, vendors ship only by ground.
icehog3
10-19-2010, 04:10 PM
:tpd: Shipping butane by air is definitely a no-no. Even in the US, vendors ship only by ground.

It could also get the recipient in some hot water with his superiors. :2
Lear31MX
10-19-2010, 04:12 PM
It could also get the recipient in some hot water with his superiors. :2

Good thing I asked first. :D
Lear31MX
10-19-2010, 04:14 PM
So this was the one thing he did ask for, any ideas on what I should send him?:confused:
Bill86
10-19-2010, 04:59 PM
Can you send matches or 6-10 Ronsons filled with butane? Or is that a no-no as well...
68TriShield
10-19-2010, 05:46 PM
I've sent many cans.
Bill86
10-19-2010, 06:14 PM
You could always do what I do with switchblades, I put them in a larger container and bubble wrap it then duct tape the piss out of it. No one wants to spend the few minutes to attempt to get it open. However whoever you are sending it to just knows to take a knife and slit the thing open.
SNKBYT
10-19-2010, 06:31 PM
received a can or two while I was deployed
CigarNut
10-19-2010, 07:10 PM
I've sent many cans.

received a can or two while I was deployedI was not trying to say that it cannot or is not done. Just pointing out that the customs forms required by the military disallow it...

It's illegal to purchase cuban cigars too... :rolleyes:
Lumpold
10-19-2010, 07:15 PM
You could always do what I do with switchblades, I put them in a larger container and bubble wrap it then duct tape the piss out of it. No one wants to spend the few minutes to attempt to get it open. However whoever you are sending it to just knows to take a knife and slit the thing open.

I would kinda hope the military would take the time!
markem
10-19-2010, 07:24 PM
I would kinda hope the military would take the time!

I'm fairly certain that the military owns knives and are not afraid to use them. I know from experience that customs and the postal service own them and seem to relish their use.
Bill86
10-19-2010, 07:26 PM
I'm fairly certain that the military owns knives and are not afraid to use them. I know from experience that customs and the postal service own them and seem to relish their use.

You are most certainly correct.

I would kinda hope the military would take the time!

Well think about all the packages in the world.....some people are lazy. I'm sure the military isn't but I've mailed knives that shouldn't be mailed and every time it works. So maybe? Also several people mention its ok anyways....so meh why not give it a shot.