i occasionally go to the states and hit gun shows... but mostly i have friends in the states that go for me. I have a friend with a p.o.box wharehouse just across the border from me. makes it handy for me to have things sent there, then i just go pick it up. As long as you declare it and it does not exceed the export values, i have never had a problem. Mind you, now there is a mandatory export permit for essential firing group parts.... barrels, bolts ect.
In that case I will now have to go through questar to bring that stuff in....
still trying to figure that one out. I have lot's of stocks, barrels and goodies that are waiting to cross the border