Importing flintlocks?

[eaglesnester]

Flintlock long arms are not firearms in the US, they are not firearms in Canada. Flintlock pistols are not firearms in the US they are restricted in Canada. Caplock long arms are not firearms in the US. They are classed the same as any other center or rim fire long arm in Canada. No export license required from US, PAL required in Canada for caplock long arms or side arms.

 

[Ol' Flinter]

All muzzle loaders are totally free of any border restrictions, either export on the USA side or import on the Canadian side. You will need a PAL and Canada Customs will likely require HST. Why anyone would go through an import service is beyond me. For any of us who are close to the border it is a short trip to buy and bring back. All muzzle loading equipment is also included.... You can even import up to 8kgs of black powder in one pound containers for each trip across. Make no mistake, BP firearms and BP are much cheaper in the USA. Dave

Not quite correct on the powder limit: it is 7 kg in containers not larger than 0.5 kg so in USA measures - the way we buy it - that translates too not more than 15 lbs in 1 pound containers.

If Numrich won't ship to Canada then they, like Brownell's, don't have an Export Permit and won't pay the exhorbitant fee for one from their own gov't. I have bought about ten M/L rifle and pistol barrels, breeched and otherwise, along with all the other parts necessary to build a M/L from Track of the Wolf and other suppliers over the past 5 years with no hassles whatsoever. They ship US parcel post to my home address and I pay GST when I pick up the parcel at the Post Office. A kit or bunch of parts is not a gun until it is capable of being discharged so there should not be a problem with rifle or pistol kits although I have always just bought a bunch of parts, not a kit-in-a-box as such. I have never been asked for my PAL by the post office when receiving or mailing gun parts. No need to use a border broker - they are a rip-off.