Shipping airgun parts out of the country.
I’ve already spoken to one member who said he didn’t have a problem but I’d like to hear some others experiences as well. Has anyone ever run into any problems with customs exporting airgun parts? I’m trying to get a barrel for a friend in Brazil and Woody @ Lothar is telling me I need an export license that costs $360… I don’t know if he’s thinking just for firearms or if it’s really an issue but I don’t want to end up with a massive fine or have the barrel confiscated, etc.
Thanks guys.
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No worries please do so, the correct spelling is “R”. 😆
R
Excellent idea.
I’ll use your name for the customs paperwork too! lol
Thanks Randy
I had a LW shipped to me in Canada just had it stuffed with grease inside and outside and marked drilled machine rod via USPS, no problems at all.
R
My M/O is to ship a gun, airgun, I declare it as a paintball gun.
Via UPS, as far as over seas or out of the country well never been there.
And get insurance, couple extra bucks and well worth it.
SAW
I mark it as a gift and cross my fingers.
I have sent things to Brazil, Portugal the UK and Canada. It is always a gamble if it gets there.
Yeah I was definitely going to send it USPS as they are about $100 cheaper than UPS even with my preferred rate through work. I was thinking of calling it a “machined bearing shaft” since I will have the bushings with it as well. I’ve already made it clear to the buyer that if it gets hung up in customs it’s not my problem I just want to make sure there won’t be any recourse on me. I honestly don’t know if it get’s checked here, or Brazil….
Dont ship it UPS or Fedex and just send it via the post office for the least hassle/cost.
I’ve sent gun accessories including barrels etc all over the world and only time I had a problem was sending a Night Vision Scope to Canada via UPS (because I wanted insurance, and they Post Office gave me a line about not being able to insure it with them which I later found was false), first they require you to use them as a Customs Broker and fill out a ton of export documents ($) secondly they returned it when they realised it was a rifle accessory (even though it was just Gen 1 and not subject to any export restrictions).
I sent it via the post office after UPS returned it and it got there no problems.
Something as obvious as a barrel I would mark as a pneumatic pipe 😉
Anything else could be…anyting??!!
I have shipped various things about the world with no probs… Just gotta package it right. As long as the buyer knows the possibillity of it not getting through customs if he really wants it sent….
Maybe you crazy yankees have super tight customs that check stuff on the way OUT ??
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Allow me to post a half cent message.
In Brazil we have very restrictive laws and regulations about “ANY” kind of gun. Unfortunatelly for us, United Nation policies for disarming the people (only honest citizens – of course) and Left Wing corrupt government in the last 25 years took us to a very beurocratic – China style status quo. You guys probably don’t know that we have 50K deaths by assassination a year (yep), no mistake, because the citizens are unprotected and large organized crime organizations (we’re a large country after all) are the only armed “civilian”groups. Police are submited to unreal rules of engagement and they don’t even train to shot an kill bad guys. All that said we also have to pay very expensive taxes on any import and a Condor usually will cost us some U$ 2,000 plus – no kidding!
And its plain – no acessories included.
Just to let you know where you could end up with those Left Wingers that are growing in power within USA.
Thats SAD and I’m sorry to say
Thanks for let me take that out off my chest…