Importing firearms from France, is it possible?

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McCoy

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Hi
I see lots of deactivated MAC 50 9mm pistol on french firearms site, seems that the french government is dumping all of their old MAC 50 pistols on the market (in France)
Would it be possible to import them in Canada? not deact but in working condition of course.
Heard the french Governenment do not allow the export of those pistols, is this true?


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McCOY;
"Would it be possible to import them in Canada? not deact but in working condition of course."
Yes we can import them.... Yes we can import them in "live condition"

"Heard the french Governenment do not allow the export of those pistols, is this true?"
I have no idea, we can look into it.

John
 
As you are aware Marstar imports from all over the world,

in most cases it is complicated, paper and permit heavy, very time consuming, and you tie up a lot of capital for a long time....

We already import from numerous countries in Europe, if new production it can fo fairly quick, 2-3 months from time of order, if they are in inventory....

If surplus then there are many more steps to complete, it can take up to 18 months befoe you see your goods....

For example we have some firearms coming in shortly that were tendered on, approved, etc, etc.... By the time they get here it will be just under a year.
John
 
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This is a whole other "Mac"
Barrel is over 106mm
 
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Well for god sake John if you can do it lets import them, the one i saw on some of the firearms dealer web site in France they look like brand new !

See the Nolasco website you'll have an idea.

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[QUOTE="McCoy, post: 8270059, member: 11817"]Hi

McCoy said:
Hi
I see lots of deactivated MAC 50 9mm pistol on french firearms site, seems that the french government is dumping all of their old MAC 50 pistols on the market (in France)
Would it be possible to import them in Canada? not deact but in working condition of course.
Heard the french Governenment do not allow the export of those pistols, is this true?


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Do you have the website in France .
 
What is so special about these particular handguns? Not to rain on your parade, but are they worth all the hassle required to import them?
 
Nothing special if youre not a collector.
The main question is, is it possible to export them from France.


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McCoy said:
Well for god sake John if you can do it lets import them, the one i saw on some of the firearms dealer web site in France they look like brand new !

See the Nolasco website you'll have an idea.

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I was waiting for the punch line: Never fired, only dropped once.

Nice looking pistols for sure.
 
nolasco.fr/catalogue/mac%2050 htm

Interesting they would be unused MAC's, since it was the first run of these pistols...

A whole crate looks really good; I wonder what the CFC would say....
 
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The dewat FAMAS - F1 looks interesting as well, though the working model is explicitly prohib... not sure about the dewat version.
 
It is interesting to study the French website and be reminded of their category system. As I remember, 1st is military calibers; requires a permit. 4th is arms for defence (mainly non-military caliber handguns); also requires a permit. 5th is hunting weapons, but that means non-military caliber and ten shot mags for semi-auto; no permit, declare to police; 7th .22 rim fires; no permit; 8th black powder; no permit.

Military rifles are routinely converted to .222 Rem, 7mm-08, .243 or other calibers to avoid 1er categorie. Back in 1990's you could buy a Famas (.222, ten round mag) by mail, with a copy of your French national identity card. Full auto was available under 1er categorie. Single shot .22 pistols of over 11" in length were also 7ieme; think Contender or Reck, Gaucher. You could even buy a silenced, bolt action Gaucher without permit. I believe that these .22 pistols are now 4 ieme and you need to present a hunting licence or club membership to buy 5 ieme.
 
Ah crap, wish I hadn't seen this thread! These things are ugly but not hideous. Definite retro look. I must have one! If someone can bring these in and sell them for a 'surplus' cost I'd be in. Obviously not TT 33 cheap! but the cheaper the better!!!
 
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