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Sidelock
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The September Holt's sales include some outrageous guns. I wish I could be there. Does "being there" simplify the import of antique shotguns?
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I have wondered the same. It comes down to the question if it is an antique could I bring it back with me? The shipping cost is not cheap anymore. There was a time I could get a true pre 1898 gun mailed directly to my door for $55.00 postage. Not any more. Why I didn’t buy more then I sometimes ask myself.
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For a cartridge guns an export permit is required and Holt's will take care of that, not likely in time for you to bring back as baggage though unless you are taking an extended trip.
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Wonder if the Queen would like a house guest for a month or two? I’d hunt for my keep. She could supply the guns, ammo and birds and I would do all the hard shooting.
I would like to do the preview before the auction. There seems to always be a few guns that I would just love to see in person. Perhaps if Covid ever ends I’ll take a timely trip there to do it.
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Scotland for Stags and walked up Grouse sounds like a fine way to kill some time after the auction.
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Steve, are you saying that the antique guns can be imported without all the ATF import hassle and without the additional cost?
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Woodreaux, I can answer that. Holt's did ship a pre 1989 gun to my airport. I had asked them to use HGSS or who ever they normally use, thinking it wold get added to the next shipment for SKB. Getting it through customs ended up requiring me to use a customs broker. Technically I should have been able to do it without a broker I was told, but nobody seemed to know how. Also it was shipped Fedex and they require a broker if the value is over $750 Fedex said. In the end it cost about the same and I wasted an entire day getting more and more frustrated by bureaucratic paperwork and runaround. Perhaps you might have a different experience depending on local personal but I would rather use an importer and pay his well worth it fees. Now small cheap items like gun cases and the like are easily shipped directly to your home but again shipping cost have doubled with COVID.
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Jon is correct, the exporter I use is HGSS.
I charge 450$ for an antique because I do not need to do all the paperwork required on modern guns, post 1898 guns are 650$ each. Steve
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Jon is correct, the exporter I use is HGSS.
I charge 450$ for an antique because I do not need to do all the paperwork required on modern guns, post 1898 guns are 650$ each. Steve Since you advertise that import service here, does Dave get the customary $12.00 fee when someone here employs your services? I'm asking for mc, since he is concerned about people selling things here, and stiffing Dave.
A true sign of mental illness is any gun owner who would vote for an Anti-Gunner like Joe Biden.
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Good morning Bill. I donate to Dave regularly, often when I am inspired by certain events such as when you complain about your muzzle. Heck my last donation was even made in your honor billie. The things I do for you.....
Happy two year anniversary to you and frAnk.
Steve
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