What exactly is OK to bring into Canada from the USA?

[Rebes]

Hi everyone,

I am able to have stuff shipped to a US address, and I pick it up to bring across myself (Declaring everything of course)...

I understand that guns, gun parts, and reloading supplies (Powder, primers, casings, bullets) cannot be exported, but is there anything else?

I was considering ordering some stuff from down there...

Are other reloading tools/accessories allowed, like presses and dies? What about scales?

What about snap caps, ammo cases, and gun cleaning supplies like oil/solvents, brushes, patches?

As far as gun parts go, I'm assuming that any part of a gun can't be exported? Items such as magazines, sights, trigger kits, etc?

Thanks!

[tungngroove2000]

you answered your own question. what your said "can't", can't....and what you said "can", can. Tools, dies, presses, scales good to go. Snap caps, ammo cases and cleaning supplies are good as well. Basically if it can attach to a gun it "can't" come back. No mags, triggers, sights including scopes or even springs, pins etc. Silly as it may seem.

[superted]

"Anything in, on or through a firearm" can't be brought back from the US without the required permit/export licence. At least that's how the folks at Coutts, AB explained it to me a few years ago (just to keep it simple).

[Oddjob70]

holsters, mag pouches..belts..I bring back these everytime I come back..way cheaper down there..I buy whatever I can legally bring back on Amazon and have it shipped to house down there and then bring back in checked luggage

If youre into relaoding at all get your self a RCBS chargemaster from Natchez...best deal I could find down there..or sometimes Amazon has them on for same price plus free shipping if youre a prime member

Someone told me that paper targets are way cheaper down there as well..never checked into it but theyd fit nicely on the bottom of a suitcase

YMMV now with the exchange rate

[Smcx]

Yeah I grab targets every time I'm south of the border. Way cheaper.

[PlaidSon]

From an email I received from Brownells when inquiring about purchasing a slide or sights.

Regulated items must have an export license regardless of their value or quantities. Regulated items are: barrels, barrel liners, actions, receivers, frames, cylinders, flash hiders/suppressors. Also brass/bullets.

If the items listed on the order are gun component parts and their collective value is $100.00 to $500.00 an end-user statement can be required.

The export license application fee is now a flat rate of $250.00 regardless of the dollar value or quantities.

[Rebes]

Great replies! Thanks for confirming my suspicions... I just wanted to make sure if I order anything, I won't get in trouble bringing it across.

[FLHTCUI]

Great replies! Thanks for confirming my suspicions... I just wanted to make sure if I order anything, I won't get in trouble bringing it across.

Just because you read it on CGN does it make what people are telling you it is legal or safe to purchase while away in the US of A?
I would rather read someone telling you where to find the legislation and have a copy printed off from Uncle Sam's web site.
Targets are one thing, but some bullet tips might land one in some very hot water.
I would rather be a guest of the Crown in Canada for a week than a guest of Homeland Security for 24 hrs.
Be Safe and be Wise,
Rob

[kennymo]

Just because you read it on CGN does it make what people are telling you it is legal or safe to purchase while away in the US of A?
I would rather read someone telling you where to find the legislation and have a copy printed off from Uncle Sam's web site.
Targets are one thing, but some bullet tips might land one in some very hot water.
I would rather be a guest of the Crown in Canada for a week than a guest of Homeland Security for 24 hrs.
Be Safe and be Wise,
Rob

The OP had noted that bullets and other components are a no go, which I believe is correct these days. Tools such as presses, dies, etc....are good to go as far as I am aware. You're damn right on better safe than sorry though.... At the very least you could be looking at an extended period of time not travelling to the USA.....

[FLHTCUI]

The OP had noted that bullets and other components are a no go, which I believe is correct these days. Tools such as presses, dies, etc....are good to go as far as I am aware. You're damn right on better safe than sorry though.... At the very least you could be looking at an extended period of time not travelling to the USA.....

Kennymo, point well taken.
But again, just because I say something is good to go does one just take my word for it.
Sometimes I can unwnhittingly be an azz and sometimes I just make a point.
Today I was just making a point ... do a little research and have fun shopping.
Rob