AR Parts through the border

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Hey guys. I’m finishing my crypto build soon, I’m waiting on one more package to come my way. It’s going through Canadian customs now. AR15 BCG, a buffer tube, and a barrel nut. I ordered through Arms East. I had previously ordered a bunch of parts from Brownells and a few other U.S business, many parts having M16 or AR15 directly in the name. None of those packages were seized or held by customs very long. Now, what are the chances that this package is gonna be held or seized or what have you? I’d really like to put this thing together and take it to the range before it’s banned.
 
I’d just use a licensed exporter/importer instead of trying to do it yourselr. There’s less chance of items getting seized by CBSA that way.

In October of 2023 i placed brownells order for a ar barrel and some small lower parts magazine catch, castle nut and some cleaning rod adapters those sat with CBSA until January 2024 where I was sent a notice that I needed an import certificate and had 40 days to provide one. By the time I got that letter I only had 20 days left. This was also around the same time there was a security breech at Global Affairs canada and all my calls to global affairs canada went un answered and there was no response to my excol online application. Needless to say that brownells order was forfeited.

Knowing what I know now it wasn’t worth trying to save money by ordering it through brownells and dealing with the delays with CBSA. There are much better options for importing parts irunguns/that armory place out of Yucca Arizona that also has a presence in Penticton. If you use the same exporter/importer they’ll deal with CBSA and any import permits so you don’t have to and there’s a higher chance you’ll get your parts.

Arms east also provides the same service except you are the importer but they’ll provide all the information needed for an import certificate and they’ll be able to help out if you CBSA determines an import certificate is required. This is just my take on Arms East based on the information they’ve provided. I currently have an order with them and am waiting for an export license. I also have orders with the two other exporter/importers I’ve mentioned and am confident I will receive those parts without any issues or CBSA delays
 
terBC said:
I’d just use a licensed exporter/importer instead of trying to do it yourselr. There’s less chance of items getting seized by CBSA that way.

In October of 2023 i placed brownells order for a ar barrel and some small lower parts magazine catch, castle nut and some cleaning rod adapters those sat with CBSA until January 2024 where I was sent a notice that I needed an import certificate and had 40 days to provide one. By the time I got that letter I only had 20 days left. This was also around the same time there was a security breech at Global Affairs canada and all my calls to global affairs canada went un answered and there was no response to my excol online application. Needless to say that brownells order was forfeited.

Knowing what I know now it wasn’t worth trying to save money by ordering it through brownells and dealing with the delays with CBSA. There are much better options for importing parts irunguns/that armory place out of Yucca Arizona that also has a presence in Penticton. If you use the same exporter/importer they’ll deal with CBSA and any import permits so you don’t have to and there’s a higher chance you’ll get your parts.

Arms east also provides the same service except you are the importer but they’ll provide all the information needed for an import certificate and they’ll be able to help out if you CBSA determines an import certificate is required. This is just my take on Arms East based on the information they’ve provided. I currently have an order with them and am waiting for an export license. I also have orders with the two other exporter/importers I’ve mentioned and am confident I will receive those parts without any issues or CBSA delays
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Thanks for the info. I’m staying hopeful that nothing will happen with my package but if it does I’ll just reach out to Arms East. I got some AR parts from brownells come in a few weeks ago without any issues from CSBA. Best of luck getting your packages
 
We can ship without a Import Certificate, and theoretically it should be ok, but there does seem to be one CBSA officer at least who stops packages of firearm parts without an IIC, and demands one. So we get IICs. We see it in reviews of AR parts from Brownells, and last year we did have one customer with a package stopped with a request for an IIC, while several other packages containing the same part shipped successfully at the same time without request for IIC. In the case of the item stopped, it was shipped before the Canada Post strike and got caught up in that backlog. The customer communicated with us and we applied for the IIC for them will send it to CBSA on their behalf. That situation is part of why we like to send everything with an IIC now.
 
Years ago I order shirts and the Cbsa actually stole shirts out of it. I called the us retailer who assured me that they do that. Fortunately he sent out more free of charge. So I don’t know if they’ll get held, sent through or returned. But they could very well end up in the garage of a Canadian border security agent. Next to my shirts.
 
Bigcrigger said:
Thanks for the info. I’m staying hopeful that nothing will happen with my package but if it does I’ll just reach out to Arms East. I got some AR parts from brownells come in a few weeks ago without any issues from CSBA. Best of luck getting your packages
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Thank you for your business. We guarantee that if you order from us, you will get what you ordered. We haven't actually had a situation where it was needed, but we can always import to our Canadian office and then ship to our customer if required. Fastest/cheapest for the customer is direct shipping though.
 
99Solutions said:
Years ago I order shirts and the Cbsa actually stole shirts out of it. I called the us retailer who assured me that they do that. Fortunately he sent out more free of charge. So I don’t know if they’ll get held, sent through or returned. But they could very well end up in the garage of a Canadian border security agent. Next to my shirts.
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Greasy. Real greasy.
 
dangertree said:
Thank you for your business. We guarantee that if you order from us, you will get what you ordered. We haven't actually had a situation where it was needed, but we can always import to our Canadian office and then ship to our customer if required. Fastest/cheapest for the customer is direct shipping though.
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Happy to do business with you fellas, crazy good deals! I placed my order a few weeks ago, maybe a month ago at the latest. Would it have shipped with an IIC? I’m not all too familiar with the ins and outs of all of this stuff. I’m confident it’ll be in my hands soon though
 
Bigcrigger said:
Happy to do business with you fellas, crazy good deals! I placed my order a few weeks ago, maybe a month ago at the latest. Would it have shipped with an IIC? I’m not all too familiar with the ins and outs of all of this stuff. I’m confident it’ll be in my hands soon though
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Hi,
I'm not sure who you are so can't comment on your order situation, but I am confident you'll receive your parts. :)
 
dangertree said:
We can ship without a Import Certificate, and theoretically it should be ok, but there does seem to be one CBSA officer at least who stops packages of firearm parts without an IIC, and demands one. So we get IICs. We see it in reviews of AR parts from Brownells, and last year we did have one customer with a package stopped with a request for an IIC, while several other packages containing the same part shipped successfully at the same time without request for IIC. In the case of the item stopped, it was shipped before the Canada Post strike and got caught up in that backlog. The customer communicated with us and we applied for the IIC for them will send it to CBSA on their behalf. That situation is part of why we like to send everything with an IIC now.
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This is exactly why I felt confident in placing an order with Arms East last month, as they include all documentation required for importing the parts into Canada so as an individual you’re not stuck trying to navigate both CBSA and Global Affairs Canada by yourself.

I’m just waiting on the export license now, I think I still have about 30 days to go for that to be approved as I ordered on January 17th.
 
For some reason when I tried to order a stock set (A1 style stock, handgaurd, pistol grip) from Numrich I got an email from them that said those parts were "export restricted". I assume it's just an over precaution because they were M16 take-offs therefor they are indirectly machine gun parts I guess?
 
DiMP said:
For some reason when I tried to order a stock set (A1 style stock, handgaurd, pistol grip) from Numrich I got an email from them that said those parts were "export restricted". I assume it's just an over precaution because they were M16 take-offs therefor they are indirectly machine gun parts I guess?
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They probably had shipments of AR parts blocked at the border and now aren't interested. Furniture isn't actually prohibited from either leaving the USA or entering Canada, as always, YMMV with the CBSA agent examining, but it's always work-out-able, because they aren't actually prohibited.
 
dangertree said:
They probably had shipments of AR parts blocked at the border and now aren't interested. Furniture isn't actually prohibited from either leaving the USA or entering Canada, as always, YMMV with the CBSA agent examining, but it's always work-out-able, because they aren't actually prohibited.
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That's what confused me. Now I'm scrolling your site seeing what I can scrounge together to try to make a Crypto rifle look like a 1970's A1 or A2....
 
DiMP said:
For some reason when I tried to order a stock set (A1 style stock, handgaurd, pistol grip) from Numrich I got an email from them that said those parts were "export restricted". I assume it's just an over precaution because they were M16 take-offs therefor they are indirectly machine gun parts I guess?
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Numrich is usually pretty good at listing what can be sent internationally. I had the same issue when I tried to order an A1 grip there wasn’t anything on the product page that said the A1 grip was export restricted so I thought there wouldn’t be any issues.

They sent an email after I had placed the order saying the grip was a restricted part and that they didn’t have a certain license to export it.
 
99Solutions said:
Years ago I order shirts and the Cbsa actually stole shirts out of it. I called the us retailer who assured me that they do that. Fortunately he sent out more free of charge. So I don’t know if they’ll get held, sent through or returned. But they could very well end up in the garage of a Canadian border security agent. Next to my shirts.
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Law enforcement can't possibly be doing that.
 
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