How the hell did this make it into the country?

One possibility would be a U.S. Citizen was moving to Canada, and took it with them. AFAIK, you can get a one time export permit to take your guns with you if leaving the country permanently.

Might be wrong about that though, it's hearsay info.
 
Mr. Spectacular said:
http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=620960

I thought that Larue wasn't a registered exporter and that they had no ambition to do so?

I want a billet Larue lower!
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Larue may not be a registered "exporter" but he is a registered ITAR "manufacturer" and that's all that's necessary for anyone who is a registered exporter to make the export permit application.

Larue only needs to be a registered "exporter" if his company wants to do the exporting... however... other company's who are registered with US State Department as "Exporters" can submit export permit applications for his products.

Questar did have an export license approved for Larue products about 2 years ago but Mark Larue did not want to sell to us for export to Canada so the permit went unused and expired. We won't bother even trying again.

Also, US State Department has been getting more and more restrictive on what items, models and features can't be exported to civilian end-users... so this may also be a factor now for anyone trying to get an export permit approved.

Mark
 
eg23 said:
Why is Larue so anti-Canadian? Or is it that the company is too "busy" to sell to Canada?
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+1- i'd like to know this as well.

I always try to support the manufactures that take the time do go the extra mile for Canadians, when it comes to barrel length,exporting etc. (CZ, RA, Keltec, Benelli.... any more?)
 
50calshooter said:
Although it is nice kit, every time I see that logo I think, "hater"

Larue is a douche, typical arrogant American.
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"Typical arrogant American???". Pretty broad brush don't you think?? I guess you're a typical socialist leaning, government dependent Canadian...

He's a business man and is free to buy and sell to whomever he wants - if he doesn't feel that selling to Canadians because he's already moving everything he turns out is no reason to descend to ad hominem attacks.

It would be pretty cool if folks could act grown up...
 
Its part of the US agenda to starve the Canadians of suitable guns and ammo. Then when the timing is just right.....
BLAM!!!!! they'll take our Tim Hortons,maple syrup,oil and hokey players for themselves. And there won't be a beaver damn thing we can do about it.
 
ciphery said:
Its part of the US agenda to starve the Canadians of suitable guns and ammo. Then when the timing is just right.....
BLAM!!!!! they'll take our Tim Hortons,maple syrup,oil and hokey players for themselves. And there won't be a beaver damn thing we can do about it.
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I think you're on to something - the great Beaver Coup Conspiracy...
 
ciphery said:
Its part of the US agenda to starve the Canadians of suitable guns and ammo. Then when the timing is just right.....
BLAM!!!!! they'll take our Tim Hortons,maple syrup,oil and hokey players for themselves. And there won't be a beaver damn thing we can do about it.
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First they came for the Timmies... but I was silent as I don't drink coffee.
then they came for the maple syrup, but again, I did not speak up cause I hate pancakes.
then the came for the Hockey Players and I applauded, as NHL is to hockey, what WWE is to wrestling.
 
eg23 said:
Why is Larue so anti-Canadian? Or is it that the company is too "busy" to sell to Canada?
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Someone correct me if I'm wrong but the reason Larue doesn't sell to Canadians is because he doesn't want his products to be sold to dealers at a discount so they can sell them. He'd rather sell it himself and not lose any profit.
 
mudgunner49 said:
"Typical arrogant American???". Pretty broad brush don't you think?? I guess you're a typical socialist leaning, government dependent Canadian...

He's a business man and is free to buy and sell to whomever he wants - if he doesn't feel that selling to Canadians because he's already moving everything he turns out is no reason to descend to ad hominem attacks.

It would be pretty cool if folks could act grown up...
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Haha clearly you don't know how he operates. Furthermore, I take great offense to anyone calling me a socialist so you can drop that #### right now.

This guy gives the cold shoulder to any Canadian asking about his products or exporting. At SHOT he sluffed off any Canadian inquiring at his booth, he's an elitist #### head pure and simple. Your right though, he can sell to whom ever he wants and thats fine but he doesn't have to be a jerk about it.

So the brush I painted him with is pretty accurate.
 
na1lb0hm said:
+1- i'd like to know this as well.

I always try to support the manufactures that take the time do go the extra mile for Canadians, when it comes to barrel length,exporting etc. (CZ, RA, Keltec, Benelli.... any more?)
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I don't think Mark (Larue) is "anti Canadian". Two and three years ago Mark told me that he simply couldn't keep up with demand in the US... that he had added more CNC machines and operators but he was falling more and more behind the demand for product. His exact words at the time (@ 3 years ago) were that even if he agreed to take an order from me he already knew that he wouldn't be able to deliver and couldn't even guess when he would.

In talking to some of the companies we do business with in the US (and some of the people know Mark personally) they told me that he rarely sells product to dealers (only a handful of accounts he setup a long time ago that he knows) and the reason is simply that his business model is to sell direct to end users at full retail pricing (no discounts means more profit for Larue). He spends a bundle on retail advertising and drives his sales that way... and it's been working very well for him.

Frankly I doubt that he gives Canada a second thought... we simply aren't worth the time or trouble for him, he's too busy selling to US customers at full markup... Canadian sales would be less profitable for him and a whole lot more time consuming so why bother?

Mark
 
Questar said:
I don't think Mark (Larue) is "anti Canadian". Two and three years ago Mark told me that he simply couldn't keep up with demand in the US... that he had added more CNC machines and operators but he was falling more and more behind the demand for product. His exact words at the time (@ 3 years ago) were that even if he agreed to take an order from me he already knew that he wouldn't be able to deliver and couldn't even guess when he would.
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Thanks, its good to hear a dealer perspective of everything and that he doesn't want to make promises that he can't deliver. I didn't realize the size of his operation (thought they were way bigger) and that they were hard pressed to keep up with the production in the States. The full retail pricing makes sense as well.
 
I think the CIA and the Commies are behind it all. They are obeying the instructions they get in Wheaties boxes from the Hidden Masters and the International Bankers.

Now, that thing is black, it's got a gen-you-wine Picatinny rail that's darned near half a mile long AND it even has "TACTICAL" stamped right into it! How utterly KOOL do they get?

What I don't understand is the fascination with "tactical" equipment. It isn't armed services stuff because that's called "military". It is specifically designed for killing civilians. Being a civilian myself (my Service days long in the past, along with the rest of the Cold War), this does tend to make me just a little bit nervous.

Or am I on the wrong track again?

I still think it's the Commies.
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