Exporting Reloading Equipment from the States

DiabeticKripple

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Anyone here ever bring any reloading equipment back from the States?

after the exchange rate i could save $150 on the RCBS Rock Chucker Supreme Master Reloading Kit. Id have to mail it home as i dont have room in my luggage.

I understand that bullets, brass, primers, powders, scopes, firearms and firearm parts are not allowed to be exported, but from what i have read, reloading equipment is exempt and legal to export.

i emailed the US Customs but it said it could take 2-3 business weeks to reply.
 
I'm pretty sure it's considered machine tooling, and not a problem, but wait until the US Gov get back to you, if concerned. Also, the company/vendor may have info about it.
 
DiabeticKripple said:
Anyone here ever bring any reloading equipment back from the States?

after the exchange rate i could save $150 on the RCBS Rock Chucker Supreme Master Reloading Kit. Id have to mail it home as i dont have room in my luggage.

I understand that bullets, brass, primers, powders, scopes, firearms and firearm parts are not allowed to be exported, but from what i have read, reloading equipment is exempt and legal to export.

i emailed the US Customs but it said it could take 2-3 business weeks to reply.
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Those things you mentioned are imported all the time from the us or am I missing something
 
I buy a lot of my reloading tools from the US. I don't think customs has ever looked at a package and they're all clearly marked by the shipper as to what they are. There are no restrictions on it.
 
Reloading equipment and tools are not regulated for export in USA. Ammunition components are.
You don't need any permits to export press, dies etc from USA.
 
I bought most of my equipment from FleaBay when the Canadian Peso had some value. No problem except when I bought some used powder tubes. These seemed to hang around in customs for a month. I'd imagine they had set off some machines, and so got 'forgotten' for a while.

Bullets / cartridges and powder is not possible.

Candocad.
 
got a reply back from the CBP.

They said i need a license to export the reloading kit, then they quoted the legislation that says no handguns, rifles, parts or ammunition.

so none of that is included in the kit so why would they say i need a license to export it?
 
They are 100% wrong. Bull sh1t. I've done it and even carried stuff in hand luggage. Shipping is no problem either. The person who answered you didn't know so they went with No as the answer.
 
DiabeticKripple said:
got a reply back from the CBP.

They said i need a license to export the reloading kit, then they quoted the legislation that says no handguns, rifles, parts or ammunition.

so none of that is included in the kit so why would they say i need a license to export it?
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You got a reply from a government employee who either doesn't understand what you asked or hasn't a clue what the applicable laws involve.

Reloading presses, dies, scales, powder measures, etc., are completely unregulated tools, NO DIFFERENT than a hammer or socket wrench. Declare them at the border, pay your taxes and any duty owing and you're done. If the tools were manufactured in the USA, you'll only need to pay the taxes, as they're duty free thanks to NAFTA.
 
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