It's a catch 22. Cheap guns don't pay to import while expensive guns are too risky to import. You buy a klunker for 500-1000, spend another 500 bringing it home and you have more invested in the gun than it's worth. Or spend 4-5000, plus 500 and hope you did not buy a gun with major problems because if you did you are going to loose even more money. Catch 22. Damned if you do and damned if you don't.