Aus citizen, but have a UK firearms licence, live in UK and no Australian firearms licence. I’m in NSW at the moment.
I want to buy an elevating picatinny scope rail for extreme long range shooting. Vendor is in NSW and will be posting it to me in NSW. I want to take the rail with me back to the U.K. Rail would not be attached to anything, no scope attached, no rifle attached. It would just be a machined lump of aluminium.
Couple of questions.
1. Vendor has a note in their email that I am self-certifying that I am licenced to buy it. I thought rails were not controlled parts in Aus/NSW? It may be a generic note though as they sell other firearms parts besides rails.
1. Would there be any difficulty in taking this in hand carry baggage on an airplane, including a transit security check in Hong Kong? And can I claim the GST back at Sydney airport? Claiming the GST is why I want to take it hand carry; it’s an $800 rail.