Exporting from the US

[gixxerdims]

Hey guys I know this is Australian gun laws but I thought I'd ask in here.

I was looking at purchasing a stock for my Remington 700. So rang up Australian Customs, they said I would have no problems at all, as long as it wasn't wood, not collapsible or foldable stock, and it was under $1000.

Sweet. Went and placed my order, and since most places in the US don't export directly to Australia, I set up a US exporting company mailbox, and got it sent to one of their warehouses. Now the problem is that I found out after, that its US Customs that will seize it while its trying to leave the country.

I've tried emailing US customs to find out what forms there are to be completed and what other requirements there are, but haven't heard back.

Has anyone had any luck with getting anything across?

I know that if its under $100 you don't need to worry and you can get whatever you want, but the prob is this stock is $350.


Any help would be great. I tried contacting one Gun Exporter who has a licenced but apparently he only has a permit to export Bell and Carlson parts...

[gixxerdims]

And also thought about doing a dodgy and declaring my item to only be say $88 and call it under "Furniture". But worried if it does get seized not only will i lose it, but i might get fined as well.

[chilliman]

contact the exporter and discuss with them. chances are they send these items to Oz on a regular basis and will know what to do. I contacted redhawk recently and they said they could ship $249 stocks down under no problems.

[1290]

I think you'll have to write this one off.....

[Khan]

Yeah, the issue is the US International Traffic in Arms Regulations which stop them exporting them to Joe Blow.

I thought you can do it through a dealer though? Obvious they *are* shipping weapons out internationally to our local distributors and dealers. So it's done somehow.

Contact your LGS?

[Fujix]

Check out this topic mate.

Has anyone imported a rifle from America

Some discussion on it there and a place that does importing as well.

[gixxerdims]

I got this delivered to the exporting warehouse for $360US dollars. The shipping from there is another $30US dollars.

I contacted my LGS and they quoted me, ready for this? $695. Blatantly a rip off which is why i did some quick research (obviously not enough) and just for Australian importing Customs and thought i'd be fine.

[Norton]

$695... What a crock

[gixxerdims]

Found something, but its adding up very quickly ;(
http://www.borderview.com/pricing/prici ... d-kingdom/

[Sloth]

Have you tried getting the sender to put warranty exchange on it as a description?

Just a thought

[gixxerdims]

Hey sloth.

Nah, I didn't think of doing that, but even then I'd rather play it a bit safer and pay an extra bit of money.

Ok so I ended up using that borderview.com which redirected me to a guy called Robert from http://www.thevicarm.com

He has roughly quoted me $150 to bring it across. So yeah, all up its going to be around 550-600. Rang another gun shop today, got a quote for the same thing, my one said $695 this other one said $745.

I think it's worth the headache after all.

[Seik]

Found something, but its adding up very quickly ;(

Mmm, still $199 through them

[Norton]

I think it's worth the headache after all.

At least you got it sorted. That's good news.

[1886]

There always seems to be no consistency in responses from some authorities as only a few months ago my mate wanted a fancy hunting stock for his Mauser actioned 30-06 and checked with Customs and they said no problems and it was wood!

The US seller posted it and he collected it from his local post office!

[von_klitzing]

There shouldn't be a problem if the wood is treated. I don't see why customs would hold it up on our end...

[Fry]

There always seems to be no consistency in responses from some authorities as only a few months ago my mate wanted a fancy hunting stock for his Mauser actioned 30-06 and checked with Customs and they said no problems and it was wood!

The US seller posted it and he collected it from his local post office!

There shouldn't be a problem if the wood is treated. I don't see why customs would hold it up on our end...

Depends on the customs agent you get.

Between a bit of travel and ordering things from overseas I've had the same things get picked up or let through in both cases.

At the airport security and in the mail.