I think the year 1896 is a important year in UK. Anyways that gun is pre 1898 so importing it should be a straight forwards thing. Holt's will state the DOM on the invoice and freight bills. You could even have a service import it to the US and have them ship it directly to you. I did everything myself on a couple 1870's doubles but it took half a day dealing with people, getting them to do their job and walking them through things that were in plain English if they ever looked at the regulations.
