Legal to import backup sight from the US?

[kiltmonkey]

I recently bought an EOTech for my AR-15 and decided that I should get a rear back-up sight.

I know that the US prohibits the export of scopes without a permit but does that apply to iron sights too?

 

[tiriaq]

It would be legal to import into Canada.
The export of gun parts - including sights - from the US is regulated. Entirely legal if the US exporter complies with US law.

 

[Fusilier]

Tiriaq has it right but to belabour the point, you cannot easily or cheaply export the part from the US yourself. If you can find a US vendor who has their paperwork in order (e.g. Brownells perhaps), they can ship it (i.e. export it from the US) to you.

Sights are treated like any other firearm part by the US DOS - exporter permits are required, shipment licenses are required, manufacturer registrations are required.

 

[kiltmonkey]

Thanks for the info, guys. For some reason I thought an iron sight would be treated different from a rifle scope.

 

[xman111]

I'm importing a scope from the US right now, it's actually not that hard, just takes a month and $15. The hardest part is finding a retailer on the US side willing to donthe paperwork.