Brass Cross Border Shipping?

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Looking for advice on shipping three brass cases to L.E. Wilsons to get a custom case holder made.

I know there is a custom issue but was wondering if I drilled out the primer pocket can I bypass this custom restriction?

Anyone with experience in this area?

Bob
 
I'd call US customs if I were you. The consequences for getting your simple transaction wrong might be way too problematic to risk acting on the assertive speculations of a bunch of CGN experts. That would be my assertive, speculative advice ;).
 
HKMARK23

Thanks for the advice, was looking for to see if anyone had experience with ordering custom dies from Wilson. The thought of drilling out the primer pocket came to me when I received hornady LNL modified brass from across the border.

Bob
 
This isn't a question for US Customs. It is a question for US Dept of State. Brass casings fall under ITAR.

Call or e-mail US DOS and ask them the question. You might just be able to if you 'deactivate' the brass by drilling out the primer pockets and flash holes. DOS is the source of the real answer.

Damn good question though.
 
I mailed fired cases to RCBS to have custom dies made. They made the dies and mailed them back, with the cases...

never occurred to me that there could be a problem.

The idea of drilling out the primer pock seems like a good idea. No longer a case.

You could always use a phony name and address in the package, and then phone them alter to 'correct" the address.
 
Rifle and pistol brass are treated the same as ammo, powder, guns etc...in the states for export. Try and order rifle brass from Sinclairs, you'll see. Do not get caught in the states with brass in your possession either. If the proper paperwork is filled out and the fee paid, Sinclairs will then ship brass to you.

The best recommendation here is to disable the brass and eliminate any possible legal hiccups. Calling as stated would be prudent. I would bet you can mail the brass to them, but when they export it back is most likely where the issue would arise.
 
Sending brass to the US is no problem and there is no legal restriction, it is all about the EXPORTATION from the US. Brass cannot be exported without the proper DSP 83 and state department license. You can send cases down for customs dies, you just can't have them sent back.
 
Ruger Bob said:
HKMARK23

Thanks for the advice, was looking for to see if anyone had experience with ordering custom dies from Wilson. The thought of drilling out the primer pocket came to me when I received hornady LNL modified brass from across the border.

Bob
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I have that Hornady tool also. If you decide to wing it, maybe drilling and tapping would be a good idea. That way you'd have the Hornady COL gauge setting a precedent for you. Also, would L E Wilson still be able to make your case holder if you just sawed a little horizontal cut through the side of the cases ? At that point, surely they are scrap. You might also want to include a little note in the package stating the steps taken to transform the cases into parts unusable, except as toolmaker's templates.

I'd still call US customs if I were you Bob. I think you'd find them helpful. I travel extensively and, for what its worth, my impression is that US Customs and Immigration are frying bigger fish these days and are unlikely to care much about what you're doing. What you really want to avoid is committing some minor infraction which, thanks to the attentions of some sniffy little beagle, gets blown all out of proportion making a lot of extra work for an already busy border security. They will loose their sense of humor if that happens.
 
ANY brass casing needs proper export paperwork to export from the US.

Send them a couple of cases, they can keep them. Problem solved.

Or you can submit the necessary paperwork to Dept of State to indicate items sent to the US which will then be exported back to Canada. Just leave the cases at Wilson...


Jerry
 
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