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Hi folks on the gunnutz forum.

First of, English, American, or Canadian, sorry to say that neither is my spoken language, so my English will be filled with spelling errors, and grammar mistcakes <-- phun inteended... Hopefully, it isnt on the edge of so bad that i cant make myself understood.

My name is Ted and i have registerd here to see if i might be able to get some answers to a couple of what im guessing is fairly easy questions for people on this forum.

Ive been whats comonly known among my friends, that i think we can translate to "Huntard" ( hunter + idiot ) for some years now.
Me and some friends have come to the conclusion that speending days on a shooting range trying to put small parts of copper and lead into papper with dots on and occasionaly a fox or fawn ( think they are called fawn for you folks ). Is on the side of the most life qualety money can buy.

Thing is thou, that the amount of shooting we do, is expensive. So the thoughts on starting to reload for our selvs is now here. Well it was here a couple of years ago, but now it must happen.

Thus comes another problem.
The equipment choosen ( hornady ) is here in Sweden priced with a fork dipped in ink compared to midwayusa where i was trying to order from.
But they wont send to me, they did charge my visa 400$ thou and then said no, so thanx for that midway.
With the answer that i had to order from "midwaysweden"... Yes, the ones with the forks on the desk...

Questions is thus.

Does midwayusa send to canada ?

or/and

Is there a canadian "alike" similar to midway in canada ?

Asking because one of my huntard friends has a girlfriend ( im still belliving that the girl is a coverup, hes most defenently ### ) whos brother live in Canada.
Thinking that he could make the order and the just send it to us here.


Hoping to get some answers from you nice folks here to help a fellow hunting brother out.

Best regards from Sweden.
Ted

p.s
bring me one of thoose canadian elks and ill ship you my first born son.


p.s-2
registering on this forum was a pain in the A*s !
Prime ministers last names first letter. The Ottawa NHL teams name in one word ? the provincial name of the ON say what ?
Thank you lord for google so that huntards that doesnt watsh hockey when they can shoot at papper can google things like this.

cp:
 
Midway USA will not ship to Canada.

Sinclair International and Brownells ship to Canada, but not everything in their catalogs is exportable, and not every manufacturer of the products they sell has an state department export permit. The closest thing we have in Canada I suppose is Higginson Powder. Cabelas, Wholesale Sports, and Epps are our largest mail order outlets.
 
Other options to try, whether shipping to Canada, or directly to yourself, would be Cabelas and Natchez Shooter Supply. Both are big-box stores who would likely have most of what you require.
 
I agree, Midsouth shooters supply in the USA, or Grafs, or Natchez Shooter's supply in the USA ship to Canada and maybe even Sweden....they can ship reloading equipment including presses, dies etc. just not components like powder, bullets, cases, primers.
 
Check into the availability and costs of components in your area before you order up equipment.

I've talked to guys in sweden, who say reloading doesn't pay because of the cost of components there.

So unless you can find a source for powder, primers and bullets, either locally or overseas, that can ship to you, and do so at a reasonable price, you probably don't want to invest in reloading equipment.

Best of luck.
 
Lee Precision ships to Canada and I would think they would ship to Sweden. They had a 15% out of country charge. Call them and ask.
 
Zejtan said:
Does midwayusa send to canada ?
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Nope, their dinks to us.

Is there a canadian "alike" similar to midway in canada ?
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Wholesale Sports and Cabelas are the big retailers. A great source of reloading gear is P&D Enterprises in Edmonton. Send them an email or a phone call.

Asking because one of my huntard friends has a girlfriend ( im still belliving that the girl is a coverup, hes most defenently ### ) whos brother live in Canada.
Thinking that he could make the order and the just send it to us here.
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Yup...### guy's girlfriend's brother can but you stuff and mail it over, unless you Swedes don't allow import of such stuff.

p.s
bring me one of thoose canadian elks and ill ship you my first born son.
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Send me a Swedish nanny and we'll call it even.

p.s-2
registering on this forum was a pain in the A*s !
Prime ministers last names first letter. The Ottawa NHL teams name in one word ? the provincial name of the ON say what ?
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Obviously we need more strenuous controls to keep the Swedes at bay!
 
Alot of answers, here, thanx alot in advance. Will try to go thru them to see what we can confirm here.

Boomer: Typical, to bad thou, pricing on midway is among the best ive found so far, Sinclair International and Brownells prices are they in Canadian dolalr or Us ?

caustic: ok, thnx.

Dmay: looking into it !


just having some fun: will try to look into them aswell.

ben hunchak: will defenently look into them.

Scar270: Belive me, have been looking into it for some time now, and "yes" prices are "high" and if you compare to your prices they are insane. But even if price per reload = store bought. The precision differs.

3macs1: Check !!!

sail32: ok, well 15% compared to prices over here probably still makes it alot cheaper, will have to look into it some moore thou.

Pathfinder: looked at their homepage quickly. Didnt look "cheap" thou. althou qualety looke nice.

BigUglyMan: will my sister do ?
"at bay" ebay ?
 
My Grandfather came from Falun area in Sweden. Your English is just fine.

There is no Midway Canada like there is Midway Sweden. Midway won't ship to Canada at all. Midway doesn't like Canada because Midway got in trouble for shipping restricted items to Canada many years ago, and Midway blames Canada for their mistake.

Lee Factory sales, Sinclair International, and Midsouth Shooters Supply will ship reloading tools.

Export license is needed to ship brass, bullets, primers, and powder outside USA. Sinclair International will apply for export license for shipping brass and bullets to you. They charge some extra $$ for this service.

You probably have to buy powder and primers locally, I don't think any retailer will send it to you across international borders.
 
Välkommen!

I know little ('nothing' would be more accurate) about your situation in Sweden, but one thing to consider is compatibility.

For instance, regardless of how expensive the stuff is, are North American sized primers available? If not, you may have to figure out how to adapt NA reloading gear.

Is Swedish ammo Boxer or Berdan primed? If the latter, it's something that our equipment is unsuited for and you will need to get some special equipment. The other option would be to import Boxer-primed brass and Boxer primers.

Swedish dies may be a different thread size than NA ones, so you might be stuck having to import any dies you subsequently decide to buy.

Again, all just speculation, but you might want to do some research before investing large amounts of money.

BTW - your English is fine; better than some of the Canadians on this forum. It's certainly better than my Swedish.
 
jethunter said:
My Grandfather came from Falun area in Sweden. Your English is just fine.

There is no Midway Canada like there is Midway Sweden. Midway won't ship to Canada at all. Midway doesn't like Canada because Midway got in trouble for shipping restricted items to Canada many years ago, and Midway blames Canada for their mistake.

Lee Factory sales, Sinclair International, and Midsouth Shooters Supply will ship reloading tools.

Export license is needed to ship brass, bullets, primers, and powder outside USA. Sinclair International will apply for export license for shipping brass and bullets to you. They charge some extra $$ for this service.

You probably have to buy powder and primers locally, I don't think any retailer will send it to you across international borders.
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Nice, i know wery well where Falun is, Not to hard to know, sweden is a small country. And Falun beeing a mid/awerage sized city.
I have been looking at lee equipment but there is something with it that i dont like, dont know what it is, just dont like it :confused:
Depending on what cost the export license is, im still guessing it would be worth it. Cant be "to bad" after all, its still just small pellets of copper, powder might be harder so im kinda sure ill buy that at home.



ATOM said:
Välkommen!

I know little ('nothing' would be more accurate) about your situation in Sweden, but one thing to consider is compatibility.

For instance, regardless of how expensive the stuff is, are North American sized primers available? If not, you may have to figure out how to adapt NA reloading gear.

Is Swedish ammo Boxer or Berdan primed? If the latter, it's something that our equipment is unsuited for and you will need to get some special equipment. The other option would be to import Boxer-primed brass and Boxer primers.

Swedish dies may be a different thread size than NA ones, so you might be stuck having to import any dies you subsequently decide to buy.

Again, all just speculation, but you might want to do some research before investing large amounts of money.

BTW - your English is fine; better than some of the Canadians on this forum. It's certainly better than my Swedish.
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Tackar !.

Hmm, havent even remotly considerd compatibility issues,
But im thinking/guessing that the press itself wouldnt become any problem, thou bullets etc might be.
Still, buying some bullets to try/test isnt a big cost even if it doesnt work, ill make makrell tackle or something out of them in that case.



Still, with alot of companys "not sending" to europe, or pointing at a retailer of their products already here.
Im kinda sure that be most easy way to get it sent to me is by finding a connection located in the us that could make the order, and then ship it to Sweden. Might cost some extra for the trouble but s**t, its probably most defenently worth it.

For comparision,The Hornady kit ive decided to "try" to get is on midways roughly 260$
Cheapest kit in sweden comes at 3995 Sek, 7 sek = 1$ 3995/7=570.ish. 570-260=310$ difference.
In other words, i can buy 2 kits from midway for the price of one in Sweden , And some bullets and still come out cheaper then Sweden. And the price sample here is the cheapest one ive found here... Second cheapest is at 710$.



Pathfinder: true. But even if something in this kit breaks, it will probably not happen in the first years considering the amounts i will be loading, and if it does, so be it. And also, every kit i have been reading about there is always one part in "this" kit that is bad compared to the same part in another kit, so im already kinda a planing that things will be switshed out as time goes.




Looking back in the middle of this post, regarding my comment on trying to find someone that could make the order inside US and then just shipping it forward to me.
Anyone here that might could consider helping a fellow gunjunki out abit.
Ofcourse some kind of compensation for your effort is at hand, maybe a box of bullets or similar that you need.
And yes, if someone feels the christmas spirit to help a brother out, and i feel comfortable with the one helping me, and maybe some people that can put in a good word for him/her helping me ill send money first so you are safe on the part of not getting scammed. In other words, no money at stake for you.



Cheers from Sweden.
Ted
 
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Hi Ted,

Have you tried any of the site sponsors here?

They are all friendly to deal with. Especially Budget Shooter Supply, Henry is very friendly and helpful and may be willing to help you, he is a Hornady dealer. Although, he will be closed from Dec18th until January 2nd.
http://www.budgetshootersupply.ca/

Also, http://www.reloaders.ca is another site sponsor and they have a large reloading inventory.

All of our site sponsors are easy to deal with by email compared to some of the larger big box stores and most of the time you are dealing direct with the owners and they will be very knowledgeable about their shipping policies and what they can and can not do for you.

Cheers,
thebaron
 
thebaron said:
Hi Ted,

Have you tried any of the site sponsors here?

They are all friendly to deal with. Especially Budget Shooter Supply, Henry is very friendly and helpful and may be willing to help you, he is a Hornady dealer. Although, he will be closed from Dec18th until January 2nd.
http://www.budgetshootersupply.ca/

Also, http://www.reloaders.ca is another site sponsor and they have a large reloading inventory.

All of our site sponsors are easy to deal with by email compared to some of the larger big box stores and most of the time you are dealing direct with the owners and they will be very knowledgeable about their shipping policies and what they can and can not do for you.

Cheers,
thebaron
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Thank you for that tip Baron,
i will look into them closer this evening.
 
Boomer said:
Midway USA will not ship to Canada.Sinclair International and Brownells ship to Canada
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but somewhere in a Brownells order amongst all the paperwork, isn't their a form with the name of whoever ordered the stuff,and it states they will be the end user of such gun parts?
 
ajayofcanada said:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but somewhere in a Brownells order amongst all the paperwork, isn't their a form with the name of whoever ordered the stuff,and it states they will be the end user of such gun parts?
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im clueless on the matter, but if that is so, that should meen that you cant buy it as a lets say christmas gift to someone, since you are not going to be the end user ?. Sounds a little "weird". I can see the point in this if the items where lets say gun powder and bullets maybe, but for "tools". As said, i have no clue. But hopefully someone have,
 
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