Antique 4 bore flintlock blunderbuss (resolved)

Brutus

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TOW has had this fine specimen of a original blunderbuss for sale for quite a while:

Antique Wall or Naval Deck-Rail Gun,
.95 caliber 26" steel barrel with flared muzzle,
English walnut, brass trim, steel swivel yoke,
flint lock marked Cooper & Goodman

In recent months the export warning has mysteriously appeared just below the sticker price.
IIRC controlled goods (40mm M79/M203 and such) were previously confined to more modern items.
Anyone with any insight into this strange situation??

Maybe all of us are scratching our heads in wonder on this one? :confused:
 
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Homeland security at work all barrel liners are now ilegal to export to Canada.
I was told this by a freind. so they are up to no good them festering Liberals.
We used to buy barrel liner from TJs not anymore apparently.
 
dingus said:
Homeland security at work all barrel liners are now ilegal to export to Canada.
I was told this by a freind. so they are up to no good them festering Liberals.
We used to buy barrel liner from TJs not anymore apparently.
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i know i used to buy barrel liner from track. but i still dont see why a antique could not be shiped
 
I suspect that Track has a policy of not shipping any guns to Canada because we are not a big enough market and they don't want the worry of being challenged on the legality of the export

cheers mooncoon
 
mooncoon said:
I suspect that Track has a policy of not shipping any guns to Canada because we are not a big enough market and they don't want the worry of being challenged on the legality of the export

cheers mooncoon
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The red warning that shows up on the Naval deck gun Brutus is referring to ("Not available for export outside the U.S.A."), doesn't show up on others I looked at, including some antique percussion pistols (I didn't go through the whole selection, basically the first page). So it may have something to do with ITAR or HS changing the game. I browse their antique selection from time to time but that is the first I can recall that I've seen such caution on an antique.

Hopefully there is some sort of explanation to this that doesn't involve a tightening of the export rules...
 
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Well I finally got through to them by phone.
Apparently according to them, this "banned for export" notification is a mistake from thier webmaster.
It took a little bit of research, because when they bring it up on thier PCs in the USA, this sticky notification does not appear on thier American computer screens.
When it will be changed? Who knows? Certainly not me. And the clerk on the other end of the line did not have this answer either.

done
 
They must have somehow dug up my email question from before. Even though it was supposed to be an auotmated non-human responce I just received this reply just minutes ago:

Why is it that the antique flintlock blunderbuss item AAK-273 is banned from export from the USA?

I am very curious?

Joe in Alberta
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Hi Joe--

This was a mistake in coding the item in our inventory system. I have fixed it and attached a price quote for you.

Cheers,
John
 
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