Thread: parts in baggage

Originally Posted by hunter308

If that is the case. How the hell did that tipple feller from gunshitty manage to keep his dealers and firearms license when he got done in the USA

From memory and Im sure someone will correct me if I am wrong. He did lose his Firearm / Dealers license and his Wife or son took application for the required License and endorsments.

eh thought is was worth posting - I travel through the USA around 5 times per year currently, had a crack mid 2012, with a hogue stock few spare mags and other bits, the USA team grabbed me had a winge about the mags so i gave it up, only value $700, hoping at this end it would be as simple if i declare. and would a sufficient licence suffice if second hand goods. reading further mags i can understand but the stock parts? im sure some parts should be ok?, the rules are not clear enough, what about front posts? fixed sights? rails? hand guards? how far does it go? scopes are ok, rings? muzzle breaks?

For the risk of $8 front posts, couple of handrails, troy fixed sights, magpul adjustable and fixed stocks $70 each (here nearly $400) i was curious.

Saying its as cheap here as buying in the USA is rubbish. Permit over internet thats the next step but in the mean time as i leave tomorrow i was fishing for experiences. I also understand the clowns that have tried bringing in tracking gear in the first instance surrendered the gear only.

This is a forum, we are free to express and avoiding an ass raping in prison its easier to talk with you pros than waiting in cue at the cop shop and talking to a local PO that has no idea.

i carry and suit and a small bag of clothes therefore i have space.

If you want a hand with the Paperwork side of things I would be happy to help you.. Have done it many times. Not hard. I always used Brownells.

ITAR § 123.17 Exports of firearms, ammunition,
and personal protective gear.
(a) Except as provided in § 126.1 of
this subchapter, Port Directors of U.S.
Customs and Border Protection shall
permit the export without a license of
components and parts for Category I(a)
firearms, except barrels, cylinders, receivers
(frames) or complete breech
mechanisms when the total value does
not exceed $100 wholesale in any transaction.

What's a category I(a) firearm, to save me looking it up

CATEGORY I—FIREARMS, CLOSE ASSAULT
WEAPONS AND COMBAT SHOTGUNS
* (a) Nonautomatic and semi-automatic
firearms to caliber .50 inclusive (12.7 mm).

so in short i can bring in parts not totaling more than $100 each item. so here lies my query, does a rear stock no tube of an AR15 at $70 mean i can bring it in? if no tube it should technically be ok?

No, $100 total.

You'll need an Nz import permit.


E: depends how they choose to define it at customs. You could read it as you can have as much as you want if you paid less than $100 per purchase

Originally Posted by gimp

You could read it as you can have as much as you want if you paid less than $100 per purchase

That's how I read it and I think that's how it is. Club president brought a heap of stuff back from the states without export permits, including parts that cost more than $100.