Just a heads up not all scopes or optics are importable.
Make sure the scope or optic is not ITAR controlled or it may not make it here and you will be stuck with an optic on the other side of the border.
Just a heads up not all scopes or optics are importable.
Make sure the scope or optic is not ITAR controlled or it may not make it here and you will be stuck with an optic on the other side of the border.
As an example, look up Optics planet's and Cabelas and Basspro's prosecutions for exporting scopes, that is why they are nervous about it. And there are certain classifications of scopes that you will have to go thru the wringer for, to get them out of the US. A couple of yrs ago, Leupold had those models of scopes marked on their website, I don't see them there now, maybe they now have licences to export those models under specific circumstances. If the mfgr doesn't have that licence, and you don't supply the right end user certification to make them happy, it won't make it past US customs. Doesn't matter who other than the mfgr is selling it down south, the mfgr has to have the clearance/licence from State to export it to begin with.
If the item is marked as export restricted the transaction will very likely get flagged by your IP address or credit card info. I had this problem with some reloading equipment that was to be shipped within the US. They'll send you some forms to fill out which may or may not allow the order to proceed.
I cant see why optics planet or anybody over there would care. As long as it has the ITAR number it should be treated any different than shipping to anybody else in the states. Just put down shipping info for Prophet River and done. PR is great to deal with, just wish they had stuff little cheaper.
They'll red flag it if you pay with a CDN credit card, and they sometimes recognize the address to ship to as a "freight forwarding" address....
I've purchased scopes rom the states, they always marked the box as binoculars