Takujualuk
CGN Regular
- Location
- Whitehorse, Yukon
How can a plastic magazine that costs 40.00 in the USA go for 100-115.00 at Cabelas Canada and elsewhere in Canada? Some kind of gouging going on! Shameful.
Tikka Magazines
- Thread starter Takujualuk
- Start date
Hopefully the recent directive to move "some" items out of ITAR and into the realm of the U.S. Department of Commerce will ease the restrictions on Furriners buying accessories like scopes, bipods/tripods, magazines, ammunition, reloading components, etc. in the U.S.
Whole goods (firearms - rifles/shotguns) won't be affected according to reports, but stuff which "can't" be used to move projectiles down range could well be loosened up by Spring 2018.
On my business trips to the U.S., I make it a point to drop into the local gunshops (big box or independent) to see what they've got on the shelves....the three things which spike my bloodpressure are (a) the quantities of everything available for sale and (b) the variety of products on the shelves and (c) the prices, which even when converted to Cdn $ are often 50% to 75% of what the costs are back home. I know some of that difference is for customs/international border clearance charges, a touch higher freight, but the rest is importer/distributor padding and possible additional markups by more third parties. Mags for my X-Bolt are about 65% of Canadian retailer pricing, Tikka about 50%, powder is approximately 30% to 35% less.
Ammunition, surprisingly, is not that much difference in price. That is probably because there is F.E.T. (Federal Excise Tax) on ammo and complete firearms in the U.S., which isn't applied on shipments to Canada.
Grrrrr.
O.N.G.
Whole goods (firearms - rifles/shotguns) won't be affected according to reports, but stuff which "can't" be used to move projectiles down range could well be loosened up by Spring 2018.
On my business trips to the U.S., I make it a point to drop into the local gunshops (big box or independent) to see what they've got on the shelves....the three things which spike my bloodpressure are (a) the quantities of everything available for sale and (b) the variety of products on the shelves and (c) the prices, which even when converted to Cdn $ are often 50% to 75% of what the costs are back home. I know some of that difference is for customs/international border clearance charges, a touch higher freight, but the rest is importer/distributor padding and possible additional markups by more third parties. Mags for my X-Bolt are about 65% of Canadian retailer pricing, Tikka about 50%, powder is approximately 30% to 35% less.
Ammunition, surprisingly, is not that much difference in price. That is probably because there is F.E.T. (Federal Excise Tax) on ammo and complete firearms in the U.S., which isn't applied on shipments to Canada.
Grrrrr.
O.N.G.
Takujualuk
CGN Regular
- Location
- Whitehorse, Yukon
I'll wait till I go to Alaska and buy a couple I guess. Terrible mark-up!
BrotherRockeye
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Rural Saskatchewan
I bought a couple of these in 7RM before they went up.
https://www.alflahertys.com/collections/shooting/products/tikka-t3-magazine-6-round-calibers-204-223-and-222-s5850376
Still pretty reasonable compared to others, and they showed up in Sako packaging, and are branded Sako.
Worthy!
Thanks Al
https://www.alflahertys.com/collections/shooting/products/tikka-t3-magazine-6-round-calibers-204-223-and-222-s5850376
Still pretty reasonable compared to others, and they showed up in Sako packaging, and are branded Sako.
Worthy!
Thanks Al
Canada tail
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
wow, that s even less than what I paid for. But most of the guys I run into only feed them one round at a time at the range so with price that high, I do not see any urgency for ppl getting them.
