Thread: Importing firearms

Yes, it will cost an arm and a leg - and possibly your left testicle !

I have looked at the numbers and the economics of importing a single rifle from the USA do not work out for a private individual.

Originally Posted by KiwiinSeattle

Yes, it will cost an arm and a leg - and possibly your left testicle !

I have looked at the numbers and the economics of importing a single rifle from the USA do not work out for a private individual.

Cheers for the info. What a shame, aye. There's some really cool stuff up for grabs on the 2nd hand market overseas.

The firearm needs to be very very cheap or special & not available here to make it worth while to import.

Before the changes the process wasn't overly difficult, that may have changed now especially for restricted firearms.

You need to factor in USD $250-400 for an export permit & or a percentage of the value of the item for the exporter, this varies depending on who is used.

Also around USD $4-500 for freight to get it here, then $40-50 Kiwi to get it delivered to you once it is cleared.

Don't forget GST & customs fees & if you are commercial a brokers fee as well.

Obviously if you bring in two or three the fixed costs are spread across them which makes it easier to swallow.

Finding an economic exporter who is willing to do a one off transaction isn't as easy as it sounds either.

All of a sudden cheap US firearms aren't so much once they get here

Originally Posted by Kiwi Greg

The firearm needs to be very very cheap or special & not available here to make it worth while to import.

Before the changes the process wasn't overly difficult, that may have changed now especially for restricted firearms.

You need to factor in USD $250-400 for an export permit & or a percentage of the value of the item for the exporter, this varies depending on who is used.

Also around USD $4-500 for freight to get it here, then $40-50 Kiwi to get it delivered to you once it is cleared.

Don't forget GST & customs fees & if you are commercial a brokers fee as well.

Obviously if you bring in two or three the fixed costs are spread across them which makes it easier to swallow.

Finding an economic exporter who is willing to do a one off transaction isn't as easy as it sounds either.

All of a sudden cheap US firearms aren't so much once they get here

Sounds like someone's been there done that, Got the tee shirt?
KH

Originally Posted by Kiwi-Hunter

Sounds like someone's been there done that, Got the tee shirt?
KH

Yep quite a few times now, first one in 2010, no T-shirt yet