Canadian HK Distributor
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hey not to hijack this thread but I was interested in purchasing an HK pistol. Where would I get parts for it if I ever needed them? R Nicholls?
If you want to wait 10 years, best ways is to buy from states. HKparts.net is where I go. Or check around other places in canada. R Nicholls is notorious for leaving civvies high and dry.
They're not that great for LEO's either
So is there anything they are good for? Haha. I wonder why HK or any of these guys go with these clowns, why not someone else that would actually bring some money in for them?
Taurus added Freedom Ventures - I bet they've sold more guns since then than they did in the previous ten years.
jcameron1973
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I'm only a newbie (on this site), but if your purchase doesn't need a FFL (U.S. pal/rpal), I think you could send it to a US mailing address, then go cross border and pick it up.
and run the risk of violating ITAR - after all your car isn't worth that much, and you don't mind being on the watch list, do you? And the cavity search and 5 hours in detention at the border isn't that bad. You don't need an FFL to get a lot of things in the US that can cause huge headaches due to ITAR - barrels, sights, uppers, slides, scopes, ammunition -get the drift? Picking up ANY gun part in the US as a non-US citizen is very risky unless you have it in writing from both the manufacturer, and the retailer that BOTH of them are registered with US DOS as weapons parts exporters, and that the parts involved aren't listed as critical or restricted weapons parts by US DOS. Discussion of 'self importing' parts is a no-no on this site.
woooooooooowwwwwww...slow down turbo....
Asking questions in perfectly ok, discussing on how to break the law is another story. I think this is not the case.
What are you so paranoid about? I am not on 'het let's break the law' or anything but hey, you sound a little bit too scared of life.
People cross the border to pick up things ALL THE TIME, EVERY DAY. No need to be a 'law nazi' scattering fear on a public forum.
A LOT of these people get caught trying to cross, self importing items just because they are EXTREMELY stupid, self importing things that are obviously not allowed. That seems to be accompanied by a very stupid excuse, like for instance, I know someone who crossed the border to get a cat, fancy breed, and their excuse was, 'someone just gave me this cat and I am taking it home'. Really? do you think the people at the border are sucking their thumbs?...please.
They will go through your emails, phone calls, voice mails and credit card statements just to see the accounts activity, recent purchases, etc. (this is true, not fear scattering). In most cases these days, there is always an email confirmation for shipping or something, so it is really easy to find those in people's cell phones. See the trend?
One thing is breaking the law, the other thing is understanding the law and browse through it. Don't be stupid:
I can't imagine someone self importing a barrel, a slide, a frame or similar, although I am sure someone have tried it and got caught doing so, trying to do such thing, is EXTREMELY stupid.
Now, as I said before, people cross the border to pick up things and self import things for others & themselves EVERY DAY. There are UPS stores all over the country that even advertise this as a service and they are EXTREMELY popular among Canadians.
I don't understand why are you trying to impregnate fear on this forum. There are certain gun parts that are TOTALLY OK to pass through the border`, and are not even necessarily to declare, first, due to their value, and second because they are not affected under ITAR. This of course, will be very hard to explain to a border officer, so just DON'T! if it does not look like a gun part, then it's not a gun part! it could be anything. How about a motor part? press part? reloader part? lawn mower part? ANYTHING!
Stop your arguments right now and stop feeding the pigs with rules that do not exist.
Some parts can be put in the mail, the reason why the manufacturer does not do it's due to a license they have to have and they have not. Not having it immediately revokes their exporting privileges and although the part might not need one, due to them being a gun manufacturer it is obvious that any box or envelope might contain a part, hence, they will not take the risk for a 5 dollar part.
What the $$$$ with all the paranoia! ....unbelievable. You are probably a good law-abiding citizen and that is perfectly fine, but some people just need to think outside the box a bit more! use common sense.
Asking questions in perfectly ok, discussing on how to break the law is another story. I think this is not the case.
What are you so paranoid about? I am not on 'het let's break the law' or anything but hey, you sound a little bit too scared of life.
People cross the border to pick up things ALL THE TIME, EVERY DAY. No need to be a 'law nazi' scattering fear on a public forum.
A LOT of these people get caught trying to cross, self importing items just because they are EXTREMELY stupid, self importing things that are obviously not allowed. That seems to be accompanied by a very stupid excuse, like for instance, I know someone who crossed the border to get a cat, fancy breed, and their excuse was, 'someone just gave me this cat and I am taking it home'. Really? do you think the people at the border are sucking their thumbs?...please.
They will go through your emails, phone calls, voice mails and credit card statements just to see the accounts activity, recent purchases, etc. (this is true, not fear scattering). In most cases these days, there is always an email confirmation for shipping or something, so it is really easy to find those in people's cell phones. See the trend?
One thing is breaking the law, the other thing is understanding the law and browse through it. Don't be stupid:
I can't imagine someone self importing a barrel, a slide, a frame or similar, although I am sure someone have tried it and got caught doing so, trying to do such thing, is EXTREMELY stupid.
Now, as I said before, people cross the border to pick up things and self import things for others & themselves EVERY DAY. There are UPS stores all over the country that even advertise this as a service and they are EXTREMELY popular among Canadians.
I don't understand why are you trying to impregnate fear on this forum. There are certain gun parts that are TOTALLY OK to pass through the border`, and are not even necessarily to declare, first, due to their value, and second because they are not affected under ITAR. This of course, will be very hard to explain to a border officer, so just DON'T! if it does not look like a gun part, then it's not a gun part! it could be anything. How about a motor part? press part? reloader part? lawn mower part? ANYTHING!
Stop your arguments right now and stop feeding the pigs with rules that do not exist.
Some parts can be put in the mail, the reason why the manufacturer does not do it's due to a license they have to have and they have not. Not having it immediately revokes their exporting privileges and although the part might not need one, due to them being a gun manufacturer it is obvious that any box or envelope might contain a part, hence, they will not take the risk for a 5 dollar part.
What the $$$$ with all the paranoia! ....unbelievable. You are probably a good law-abiding citizen and that is perfectly fine, but some people just need to think outside the box a bit more! use common sense.
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The US DOS has raided non-export licensed firearms businesses in the US, run the credit card numbers of their customers, and fined (very severely) those businesses who have sold products to Canadian credit card holders, on the grounds that the business should have known that the parts they were selling would be illegally exported from the US. Like, or don't like it what is happening is very much on the grey edge. A person who doesn't understand the level of enforcement that is being put into this by DHS might just step in it deeply - there are lots of people who have never heard of exit checks, or even ITAR, those people need to know what can go wrong when your personal interpretation of US law turns to sh*t.
Incidentally lying to a federal law enforcement official in the US is a felony.
Incidentally lying to a federal law enforcement official in the US is a felony.
Jason at IRunGuns might be of help..
I know that I've got a parts order list from HKparts.net waiting and ready for him for the day he'll tell me he can do it.
Absolutely true!
The thing is there is big grey area in between, that is sometimes just TOO SILLY.
For instance, I ordered I complete shell carrier for my shotgun from a gunsmith in the US, they put in the mail and got it here. No problem.
The thing is there is big grey area in between, that is sometimes just TOO SILLY.
For instance, I ordered I complete shell carrier for my shotgun from a gunsmith in the US, they put in the mail and got it here. No problem.
