Ordering Polymer80 parts and pistols: state shipping rules
Parts and pistols travel by different rules. A slide, a barrel, a trigger or a spring is not a firearm under federal law and ships to your door in every state. A complete Polymer80 pistol is a serialized firearm and ships only to a federally licensed dealer, where you pick it up after Form 4473 and a background check. Between those two poles sit magazines, ammunition and a few features that some states regulate. This guide sorts it out state by state as of September 2026. It is general information, not legal advice; confirm with your state police or attorney general. We are not affiliated with Polymer80 or Glock.
Ships to your door everywhere
Slides, barrels (with the threaded-barrel exceptions below), triggers, connectors, springs, pins, locking blocks, rail modules, slide locks, slide stops, magazine catches, extractors, strikers, sights, optic plates, holsters, lights and cleaning gear. None of these are firearms. A few states require ammunition to go through a dealer or to be preceded by a background check; see below.
Ships only to a dealer
Complete pistols: PFS9, PFC9 and PF9SS. Under federal law you must be 21 to receive a handgun from a dealer, a resident of the dealer's state with photo ID showing your current address, and you must pass the NICS check. Dealers charge a transfer fee, commonly $20 to $75. Choose your dealer before you order and ask the fee. The process itself is described on the shipping page.
State additions to the pistol transfer
- Waiting periods: California 10 days, Colorado 3 days, Florida 3 days for handguns, Hawaii 14 days, Illinois 72 hours, Maine 72 hours, Maryland 7 days for handguns, New Mexico 7 days, Rhode Island 7 days, Vermont 72 hours, Washington 10 days.
- Permits or cards before purchase: Illinois FOID; Massachusetts LTC or FID; New Jersey Firearms Purchaser ID plus a handgun permit; New York pistol license; Connecticut pistol permit or eligibility certificate; Maryland Handgun Qualification License; Hawaii permit to acquire; Minnesota permit to purchase or permit to carry; Iowa permit to acquire or permit to carry.
- Rosters: California and Massachusetts allow dealers to transfer only listed handguns. Polymer80 pistols are not on those lists, so we cannot sell them to buyers in those states.
- One-per-30-days: Virginia limits handgun purchases to one per 30 days.
Magazines
Standard 15- and 17-round magazines ship to your door in most states. These states and districts cap capacity and we ship only compliant magazines to them: California (10), Colorado (15), Connecticut (10), Delaware (17), Hawaii (10), Illinois (15 for handguns), Maryland (10), Massachusetts (10), New Jersey (10), New York (10), Oregon (10), Rhode Island (10), Vermont (15 for handguns), Washington (10) and the District of Columbia. Some cities add local limits. If a magazine does not appear at checkout for your address, that is why.
Threaded barrels and other features
A threaded barrel is a part and ships to most states without restriction. California, Connecticut, Maryland, New Jersey and New York regulate threaded barrels on semi-automatic handguns as an "assault weapon" feature, and Delaware, Illinois and Washington have added feature-based restrictions since 2023. A threaded barrel for a pistol you already own may still be lawful to buy in some of those states and unlawful to install; that is a question for your state's statute. Compensators and muzzle devices follow the same logic. Unthreaded barrels ship everywhere.
Ammunition
Most states let ammunition ship to your door to buyers 21 and older (18 for rifle ammunition under federal law, though many carriers require 21). Exceptions: California requires ammunition to go through a licensed vendor with an eligibility check; New York requires a background check through a dealer; Connecticut requires an ammunition certificate or permit; Illinois requires a FOID; Massachusetts requires an LTC or FID; New Jersey requires a Firearms Purchaser ID for handgun ammunition; and some cities, including Chicago and New York City, add their own rules. Where we cannot ship ammunition, the checkout will say so.
Frames without serial numbers: not sold anywhere
Frames, partially complete frames and kits that can readily be completed are firearms under the ATF's 2022 rule, upheld by the Supreme Court in March 2025, and several states ban them outright. We do not sell them to any state. Everything we sell as a firearm carries a factory serial number.
Moving between states
Parts you own travel with you freely. Magazines over a state's limit generally may not be brought into that state even if you owned them legally elsewhere; check before moving to a capacity-limited state. A handgun moving with you needs no paperwork under federal law, but New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Illinois and Hawaii have registration or licensing rules for new residents.
Gifts and buying for someone else
A pistol must be transferred to the person who will own it; you cannot buy a handgun for another adult and hand it over, which is a straw purchase under federal law. A genuine gift is lawful when the recipient completes the transfer at the dealer in their own name, so the simplest route is to have the recipient order or pick up themselves. Parts and accessories have no such rule and can be bought for anyone.
Carriers and signatures
Pistols ship by common carrier to the dealer's licensed premises with adult signature. Parts ship by ground with tracking; magazines and ammunition may require an adult signature at delivery. We ship free over $999 and for a flat $29.99 below that.
When in doubt
Ask before you order through the contact page and we will tell you what can ship to your address. Our city pages summarize purchase and carry rules for each state. For the parts themselves, start with the small parts guide and the compatibility guide, then browse Polymer80 parts and pistols.
General information, not legal advice. Current as of September 2026. Laws change; check the official source before you act.
