Thread: Crazy US shipping regulations

I have had a few annoying cases over the years, where a US retailer wouldn't ship something to NZ. But this recent one is the most head scratching.

Wanting to buy a few gun things and been looking at different US sites, among these this is some ear plugs, a Harris S Pod lock and some Burris Zee ring inserts.
Found all the things I wanted on two websites, Natchez and Brownells. Sent an email to both sites to see if all items I wanted were available, pretty normal thus far.

The two responses I got were:
Brownells: Yes all available, but the Burris inserts cannot be shipped from the US, the Pod lock is ok.
Natchez: Yes all available, Pod lock is restricted from export but the inserts are ok.

Now I have heard before that bipods are restricted, but didn't expect the pod lock to be, yet Brownells will ship a whole Harris but also said the ear plugs were restricted!

Not really a complaint against either store, but more that it seems every single online retailer seems to have different things restricted, to the point where I think the US regulators make up a different rule everyday just to keep their lives interesting.