Are scope bases and scope rings restricted from US export?

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I'm asking because I want to know if I can get a friend to ship over a scope base and rings from the US without causing the either of us issues.

It seems to be the case that people have been able to do this before, and I've seen a lot of people saying that scope bases are not restricted by either ITAR or the US Dept of Commerce, only scopes themselves. It also seems that big retailers like Brownells and Optics Planet are willing and able to ship them up here without doing paperwork outside of the customs, but I don't know if they can do that due to some sort of export license.

If this is allowed, do you guys have any recommendations for the specific verbiage used on the customs declarations? I don't know why I think this, but I'm worried that even if it is allowed, there may be people not up to speed on that fact in customs and that the package will be seized or something.

Thanks.
 
I'm not sure? Last items sent to my by a private person from Richmond, Virginia, USA (January 2023) required him to fill out a customs sticker on the package - I think is required for everything that gets sent USA to Canada or vice versa - big signs in local post office to that effect. Is not the same as mailing something from Manitoba to Vancouver.

As for your question about scope bases and scope rings - I do not know - from tracking, it appears that the parcel to me from Richmond guy went to USA Customs in Chicago, before it left USA - so as if they were "checking" what was allowed to leave USA - then to Canada Customs - as if they were checking what was allowed to come into Canada - then it went via Canada Post from Montreal (?) / Toronto (?) to me in Manitoba.

That parcel contained a band and a stock's spring for that band for a Swede Mauser m94-14. It has been at least 10 or 15 years since I ordered a scope mount base or scope rings from USA, although I did receive some scope rings from a guy in Australia in 2020.
 
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Recently I purchased Talley rings and bases from Henry in the USA.

The package arrived, stayed only 6 days at customs in Mississauga, where it was opened and resealed.
Did not even have to pay customs or taxes.
 
The only time you may run into the ITAR with rings and bases is if they are night vision specific or current issue military kit.
 
Things got a lot easier when they changed the rules a few years back. Unless it's military stuff it changed from the Dept of State to the Dept of Commerce and BIS. Rings and bases fall under the "EAR99" category and don't need a permit. Firearms, scopes, ammunition, and reloading components do though.
 
Jon87 said:
Things got a lot easier when they changed the rules a few years back. Unless it's military stuff it changed from the Dept of State to the Dept of Commerce and BIS. Rings and bases fall under the "EAR99" category and don't need a permit. Firearms, scopes, ammunition, and reloading components do though.
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Not reloading components
 
Focus909 said:
Not reloading components
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Brass, bullets, powder, primers are all ok? They told me those needed a permit when I did this a few years ago. It was on the same permit as a rifle and some scopes though so it didn’t really make a difference one way or another at the time.
 
Jon87 said:
Brass, bullets, powder, primers are all ok? They told me those needed a permit when I did this a few years ago. It was on the same permit as a rifle and some scopes though so it didn’t really make a difference one way or another at the time.
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0a505.x with a low value limit of $500
 
Focus909 said:
0a505.x with a low value limit of $500
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Ah, got it. I see that now. I’ll expand my search radius for reloading components then haha.

I just checked my old permit and they’re listed on there with that code. I think I originally had the rings submitted under that code too but when the permit came back they removed the rings and said it wasn’t needed because EAR99, etc
 
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