Ammunition delivered in Maryland

Maryland requires no permit to buy ammunition, so orders ship by ground to your home, whether that is a rowhouse in Baltimore or a farm outside Salisbury. What you need depends on where you hunt. Chesapeake and Eastern Shore waterfowlers must use non-toxic shot: steel in 2s and BBs for geese, smaller sizes for ducks, or bismuth for older barrels. Deer hunters in shotgun counties buy rifled or sabot slugs, or straight-walled rounds like .350 Legend that meet the state energy rule. Rifle-county hunters want .243, .308 or .30-06 soft points. Check the DNR guide for your county before ordering deer loads. Rimfire and target loads serve the ranges around Frederick and Hagerstown. Federal law sets the ages: 18 for long-gun ammunition and 21 for handgun calibres.