shipping gun parts to europe

dane62

are their any problem in shipping gun parts to another country? small parts, not receivers.

Spider7115

There are a lot of countries in Europe. You would need to check that specific country's importation laws.

nmyers

The Arms Export Control Act of 1976, administered by the US Dept of
State, established the United States Munitions List. This list, with frequent updates, indicates what parts for what type of firearms can be exported to what countries.

It would be a grave error for anyone not intimately involved in the firearms export business to attempt to ship any gun part or accessory to another country. That is especially true for scopes & lasers.

Serious foreign buyers always have a US agent; that should be the only way that you export parts, as the US agent is responsible for all laws. One is:
www.etssincusa.com

Neal

mark christian

What exactly are you shipped and exactly where and to whom (is it a private party?) is it going to?

cbyerly

I sold some Garand clips to an Italian and our customs people confiscated them. It's not worth the effort to try and sell gun parts abroad.

ruger41

Forum member Locust Fork sold a expensive scope of all things to some foreigner and Customs confiscated it too. I don't know if she has even gotten it back. Take neals advice!

dane62

i have some 1892 winchester action parts on the auction side. a guy from belgium wanted to bid on some of them.

gunut 1

I send a model 12 Winchester butt plate and screws to a chap in England....No problem with that...

beantownshootah

quote:i have some 1892 winchester action parts on the auction side. a guy from belgium wanted to bid on some of them.
Way above my pay grade here to make any comment on Belgian law. I do know that while Belgium does allow private ownership of guns, like many European countries, the process to get them legally is onerous, and every single gun is registered.

My *guess* is that importing such parts would require paperwork (anjd subsequent delay) to get through Belgian customs legally. Don't know how legally exportable they are either, and that's another issue.

If the parts in question aren't obviously gun parts, they might squeak through anyway with no paperwork, but I wouldn't want to take that chance with expensive parts.

Probably not worth the hassle here unless you're talking serious money for the parts.

lew07

I think you had better make it clear to this Belgian guy that once he has purchased his parts from you and you have mailed them to him that the matter is out of your hands.If customs seize the parts in Belgium then it is his problem and not yours.If you have done nothing illegal by sending from U.S.A of course.Largely speaking it is pressure bearing firearm parts which cause problems ie barrels,cylinders,frames,

Spider7115

I wouldn't chance it. When the Feds confiscated Locust Fork's scope, she had to refund the money to the buyer and the Feds wouldn't give it back to her unless she picked it up personally in Miami.