Thread: "Exporting" to USA

Good morning everyone!
Please a little help. Someone want to buy one of my rifles and he is from America, so, what are the procedures for such thing? Can someone give me advise and what kind of paperwork is needed?
Thank you in advance.

Mac

Make sure you get the money for it first!

its a royal pain in the bum, especially if the rifle is american made. its not a problem to export from here its the importation at the other end.

Originally Posted by gonetropo

its a royal pain in the bum, especially if the rifle is american made. its not a problem to export from here its the importation at the other end.

Thank you for the input, the rifle is a Tikka super varmint, and "it is not american", LOL! The person is interested because this model is not available in their market.
Cheers.

Mac

Exporting is not the problem, finding a freight company that will ship a rifle will be next to impossible. I cannot find a freight company that will ship my stocks overseas, let alone a whole rifle. Maybe talk to some of the importing companies and find out what companies they use.

When I inquired about some blaser barrels from Germany a while back I was told the only airline that would freight them was Korean Air, maybe flick them and email and a phone call.

I have exported a rifle to Aussie, its just a bit of hassle & paper work.

The States may be the same or more difficult, make sure he can get an import permit first....

Originally Posted by PERRISCICABA

Thank you for the input, the rifle is a Tikka super varmint, and "it is not american", LOL! The person is interested because this model is not available in their market.
Cheers.

Mac

What caliber,I might be able to save you the hassle.

Originally Posted by mayfly

What caliber,I might be able to save you the hassle.

7MM REM MAG

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I hope you are getting big money for this rifle. I would be inclined to tell the buyer to sort out a broker to make the arrangements.

I have used these guys to export several rifles and they also do import, slow and not cheap but they get the job done

Simpson Ltd

Seems like a lot of effort for a tikka

Originally Posted by Nibblet

Seems like a lot of effort for a tikka

Thats true but its "only a Tikka" to us here in NZ.

When I imported my AR's they were over 10K each here and the selection to choose from was limited.

The export fees I paid was more than 1/2 the cost of the rifles but even then landed here cost was about $2100 all up for a new rifle better than a used POS parts gun at 4 x + the price from a certain gunshot that shall remain nameless. (this was in 2000 - 2001)

Its all relative to where you are at the time and whats available

You buy me the return ticket and I ll take that tikka for a "hunt" over there for you ! :-)
Air nz take passenger with guns, I guess they would take guns with out passenger ,wouldn't t they?