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Mike: You won't need to get BATF involved since they don't consider a muzzle loader to be a gun. It should not cost more than $200.00 for someone to collect the gun, box it & ship it to you. As Ken said, getting someone to bring it as checked baggage could be a pboblem. A couple years ago I went to England and bought several guns from Holt's and Bonham's. I took along two big suitcases thinking that I could bring them all back. WRONG! I did bring back a muzzleloader 12 bore marked "RADCLIFFE & GUIGNARD, COLMBIA, SC" which is my hometown (bought it from Holt's) I had no trouble getting it on the airplane at Gatewick. When I landed in NY at JFK I thought they were going to send me to Riker's Island. I had to wait at U.S. Customs for over an hour until they could get a cop out of N.Y. to come and tell them that it was an antique and could not be fired with modern ammo. I just sent two antique SxSs to England by U.S. Mail and the cost was $89.25. Smallbore would be a good choice or John Farugia at Cheshire Gun Room, Stockport Telephone 011 44 161 480 8222.

Best Regards, George

I could probably get it to you at the end of June. I have a client going back who I may be able to load up with your gun if he does not have too many of his own.

Thanks to all for the replies.

Dig I emailed you.

Best,

Mike

The problem is that guns can not be shipped by mail like they could five years ago. A muzzle loaded gun should be fine to send by mail. Ship a item by mail for a hundred or as we now have to ship most guns for four or five times that much. I had two guns shipped to me last year and the shipping cost more than the guns. Had I bought the same guns five years ago both would have cost less than a hundred total to ship.