Boyds Stocks import question

[Wapiti]

Does anyone know if I can bring/order a Boyd's stock in to Australia myself?

Pro-tactical, the distributor here, won't bring in what they don't want to, even if in the US it's a commonly off-the-shelf item, NOT a special build or order.
It appears they are trying to keep everything simple and easy.
Back when Gold Coast Shooters Supplies were around and the importer, they would get you anything even a special order. Alas, they are no more.

Has anyone brought their own in lately, and you wouldn't need a B709 for a stock would you?

[Fester]

Back in the better times, about 10 years back, I got my Thumbhole delivered to my door in about 2 weeks from the Boyds factory for about $220.

Didn't that change. A few years later, the best way to buy one was get whatever Qld shop it was to send one they had in stock for about $440.
Didn't Cleavers also have them on sale fairly regularly?

I don't think you would need anything like permits and stuff, but still likely cheaper to get one through an Aussie shop that has some in stock, I reckon.

[bladeracer]

Does anyone know if I can bring/order a Boyd's stock in to Australia myself?

Pro-tactical, the distributor here, won't bring in what they don't want to, even if in the US it's a commonly off-the-shelf item, NOT a special build or order.
It appears they are trying to keep everything simple and easy.
Back when Gold Coast Shooters Supplies were around and the importer, they would get you anything even a special order. Alas, they are no more.

Has anyone brought their own in lately, and you wouldn't need a B709 for a stock would you?

I don't think Boyd will export. My brother wanted one and had to get it from the Oz importer for a lot more money.
To import it you would probably need a B709 import permit but if it's just a standard fixed stock there won't be any restrictions on it. I imported a standard timber stock nearly ten years ago that got grabbed by Border Force. I had to write and explain that it was just a basic wooden stock and they allowed it through.

[Wapiti]

Thanks guys.
The stock is just a fixed, one piece wood stock, they have a few models in walnut to exact-copy originals that came out from the factory.
It's not one of the standard range here, but in the US it's normal and quite common.

I've given Pro Tactical a request to order one specially, part number and all so they have no responsibility for any stuff-up, all they have to do is add it to any order they do.

Don't things change huh, not for the better I reckon.
I get that manufacturers must get thousands of orders from all over the place and this costs them money and would rather consolidate to one buyer per country, but then we hit these distributors wanting to do it their way and not wanting to waste time with individual orders from the little people.
They know best what we want, apparently.

Pro Tactical branded stuff out this way is associated with cheap Chinese-made copies of reloading tools made from cheese and plastic accessories that self-destruct under a flouro-light.
I'm getting quite discouraged by the way businesses spring up in this country, take away our individual wants to make it simple for themselves. Someone convince me that's not right but it seems that way.

[Wapiti]

So great news, the boss at Pro-Tac will bring one in for me after picking this up, I must tell everyone about this great service. That the owner has popped up to help me.

The price is twice the US price plus $80 but that's sending to me too, so I know US postage is huge nowadays, exchange rates and an extra company needing a profit margin.

Yeah I know it's not quite the great market there is in the US, but at AU$350 to my door for a walnut stock, not a laminated one, I can't complain.
So good news.

And I can use this stock to beat up, not the irreplaceable original one. As this stock is a direct pattern copy of the original unobtanium one.