Supaduke wrote:I've ordered and received bayonets from the states with no issues. I hope this was an error and not the start of some new regime.
Gaznazdiak wrote:I have had so many issues importing stuff customs don't like I have received notice that my next unauthorized import will draw a 6 figure fine and time as Bubba's new bitch.
There are quite a few retailers in Oz that are able to import double edged or military knives, so there is little need to run the beaurocrapic gauntlet.
I wasn't aware until my run-ins that Australia not only was anal about things like non-metallic or double edged knives but was also a book banning nation.
My first offence was the Black Medicine series of books, my second was The Anarchist Cookbook, my third was 2 grivory fight training knives.
After the ruckus raised by the knives, my importing days are over.
bladeracer wrote:Gaznazdiak wrote:I have had so many issues importing stuff customs don't like I have received notice that my next unauthorized import will draw a 6 figure fine and time as Bubba's new bitch.
There are quite a few retailers in Oz that are able to import double edged or military knives, so there is little need to run the beaurocrapic gauntlet.
I wasn't aware until my run-ins that Australia not only was anal about things like non-metallic or double edged knives but was also a book banning nation.
My first offence was the Black Medicine series of books, my second was The Anarchist Cookbook, my third was 2 grivory fight training knives.
After the ruckus raised by the knives, my importing days are over.
My difficulty is that I don't need or want collectible original bayonets, just a repro I can hang on the end of a rifle to do some shooting.
It's nice to be able to get several from a single supplier as well.
I don't know of anybody importing repro bayonets into Oz for resale.
No1Mk3 wrote:G'day bladeracer,
Repro or original, if it is a bayonet designed to fit the end of a rifle, it is good to go. Single edge or double, no difference. I have also recently acquired a repro S98/05 for a re-enactor I know, came straight through, inspected by customs tag and all. Just specify USPS as the carrier and avoid "issues", Cheers.
Gaznazdiak wrote:I don't know of anybody importing repro bayonets into Oz for resale.
bladeracer wrote:Gaznazdiak wrote:I don't know of anybody importing repro bayonets into Oz for resale.
Extac have a good range
https://www.extac.com.au/mtech-extreme-tactical-fighter
Gaznazdiak wrote:bladeracer wrote:Gaznazdiak wrote:I don't know of anybody importing repro bayonets into Oz for resale.
Extac have a good range
https://www.extac.com.au/mtech-extreme-tactical-fighter
I searched "bayonet" on their site and got zero hits.
Cryptic wrote:Were they double edged? Someone may have stuffed up and classed them under dagers not bayonet to attach to firearm. Daggers are on the restrictive list which require paperwork as been through that crap before.
bladeracer wrote:Cryptic wrote:Were they double edged? Someone may have stuffed up and classed them under dagers not bayonet to attach to firearm. Daggers are on the restrictive list which require paperwork as been through that crap before.
No, single unsharpened edge. We're thinking it actually through Customs okay and back into the hands of FedEx.
No1Mk3 wrote:Nice looking repro bladeracer, hell of a lot cheaper than the originals. The people who actually make these are an approved supplier to military and police forces in their country, as well as USMC dress swords through Atlanta, so the quality should be good. Shouldn't affect the Carcano as they were originally intended not to be removed from the rifle during use, like the Nagant, but I find the P'07 really pulls down my aim. Enjoy!