S |
M |
T |
W |
T |
F |
S |
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
11
|
12
|
13
|
14
|
15
|
16
|
17
|
18
|
19
|
20
|
21
|
22
|
23
|
24
|
25
|
26
|
27
|
28
|
29
|
30
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4 members (al, LeFusil, lagopus, 1 invisible),
434
guests, and
4
robots. |
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
Forums10
Topics38,931
Posts550,844
Members14,460
|
Most Online1,344 Apr 29th, 2024
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 14,211 Likes: 224
Sidelock
|
Sidelock
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 14,211 Likes: 224 |
The two Canadian gunsmiths mentioned on this site would be my choices for a couple of Parker restocking projects, depending on their availability. Can a pre 1898 shotgun be sent to them in Canada with less than the normal hassles or is "a gun a gun" when shipping across the borders.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 7,085 Likes: 462
Sidelock
|
Sidelock
Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 7,085 Likes: 462 |
Pre-1898 guns can legally be shipped across borders without an importer/exporter according to US law. I am not sure of the specifics for Canada but you still need to clear Customs on both sides and that at times requires a Customs agent which adds a fair bit of cost. You might try contacting these fine fellows and see what they would charge to clear the border, they have been very cost effective for my to use bringing guns out of Canada: https://www.borderview.com/
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 7,715 Likes: 114
Sidelock
|
Sidelock
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 7,715 Likes: 114 |
Just got a Fox (modern gun) I bought here and seller shipped it through Borderview from Canada. Paid the first of February. Five months is a long wait...Geo
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 6,513 Likes: 408
Sidelock
|
OP
Sidelock
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 6,513 Likes: 408 |
George, I have had one wait like that with a gun headed to our friend Gil a couple years ago. The other times I have used them it has been more like 60 days start to finish, which is fine. However, I spoke to someone today who just did one or two and it was under three weeks.
I don't like it when they are slow but they are the best at marking discreetly the required engraving of importer.
The world cries out for such: he is needed & needed badly- the man who can carry a message to Garcia
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 7,715 Likes: 114
Sidelock
|
Sidelock
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 7,715 Likes: 114 |
...I don't like it when they are slow but they are the best at marking discreetly the required engraving of importer. For what it's worth, the Fox I just received has no import mark at all. That's plus to me...Geo
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2018
Posts: 370 Likes: 98
Sidelock
|
Sidelock
Joined: Apr 2018
Posts: 370 Likes: 98 |
kudos to both of you for a job well done!
"it's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards." lewis carroll, Alice in Wonderland
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 496
Sidelock
|
Sidelock
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 496 |
Truly a piece of art. congratulatons
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 6,513 Likes: 408
Sidelock
|
OP
Sidelock
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 6,513 Likes: 408 |
...I don't like it when they are slow but they are the best at marking discreetly the required engraving of importer. For what it's worth, the Fox I just received has no import mark at all. That's plus to me...Geo George, Borderview did one that took the new owner six months to find. LOL I think we all think it's a bonus.
The world cries out for such: he is needed & needed badly- the man who can carry a message to Garcia
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 14,211 Likes: 224
Sidelock
|
Sidelock
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 14,211 Likes: 224 |
I sounds like sending a pre 1899 gun to Canada and getting it back is not any more simple than if it were a modern gun. Am I mistaken?
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 7,085 Likes: 462
Sidelock
|
Sidelock
Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 7,085 Likes: 462 |
No permits, FFL holders, back ground checks or markings required for pre-1898 guns. You still need to clear Customs though, which may or may not require a broker.
|
|
|
|
|