Buying reloading equipment cross border

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Bart212

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Hey, Has anyone ever bought cross border reloading equipment. I'm looking at buying a press, tumbler, dillon 1200 trimmer etc.

Is there any difference from buying it domestic with contrast of duty/taxes?

Any problems?

I went to the local outdoors store and they wanted a lot for a Hornady Lock and Load AP and I've seen them alot cheaper elsewhere even domestically.
 
Reloading tools that are made and sold in the USA are usually much cheaper there. I buy a lot of mine in the USA. Duty at worst will be GST or HST on US made goods. A lot of times they don't even make you pay that.
 
You pay exchange, shipping, $8.50 per box customs fee, and GST/HST.

Reloading equipment has no duty and MOST companies will ship up here.

YOU CAN NOT BUY RELOADING "SUPPLIES" FROM THE USA.
 
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The exchange rate went back to close to 1:1 today.

What's the diff between Reloading Equipment and Supplies?

Equipment: presses, powder measures, dies, etc.
Supplies: powder, bullets, brass, primers?
 
I had no choice but to buy from the US. No one in Ontario that I called had a XL650 in .40 S&W in stock. They also had no complete stock to buy a caliber change (had the dies but no caliber change kit) and to my surprise I wasn't able to speak to anyone with reloading experience when I was in a very well respected shop.
I walked into a shop with $1500.00 in my pocket planning on spending it all and walked out with $1300.00 . I went home with some Hoppes #9, .40 cal dies and grips for a couple pistols. I ordered the rest direct from Dillon.
 
Reloading equipment and supplies (lubricants, cleaning materials, etc.) are not restricted from US export.

Reloading components (brass, projectiles, powder, primers) are specifically restricted and you cannot bring them out of the US yourself.
 
KDX said:
If you order from the States request shipping via USPS if you are given a choice.
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This is great advice! I avoid Fedex & UPS like the plague. They both charge outrageous brokerage fees, where USPS(United States Postal Service) charges a flat rate of $5. Fedex & UPS also charge you to collect the HST, USPS doesn't!

George
 
I ordered some Forster stuff from a big box retailer out west, and the response was 2items needed to be brought in from another store (14 days??) and the other 2 items were on backorder (from 6 months to a year????).....I canceled the order and went directly to Forsters website.....odered what I needed directly from them and was rewarded with cheaper pricing, shipping and no taxes.....yet.
It's very hard to support Canadian retailers if they don't have what they advertise in stock....end rant
 
glang1 said:
This is great advice! I avoid Fedex & UPS like the plague. They both charge outrageous brokerage fees, where USPS(United States Postal Service) charges a flat rate of $5. Fedex & UPS also charge you to collect the HST, USPS doesn't!

George
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Doesn't the US subsidize USPS? I heard that a while ago here on CGN and that's why their postage is so little.
 
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