Nagant revolver
- Thread starter JasonGTA
- Start date
Very bad idea.
Always got to the the positive side if things, eh?
OP, you need to plan this out a bit further. You seem to think you can just go and get a firearm in the US; you can't. What about the registration, or the ATT when you get back? What about the export process from the ATF?
No. You can't buy or be in possession of any firearm or ammunition as a non-immigrating alien unless you're Stateside to hunt or shoot a match and have the proper U.S. government forms.
The ATF has nothing to do with exporting anything.
The ATF has nothing to do with exporting anything.
- Location
- Behind a large rock
Take a spoonful of salt, boys...
I THINK some of those guns are antiques on both sides of the 49th... If what some dud on the Internet thinks is correct AND the individual gun you wanted to buy was an antique by law (on both sides of the line), you'd be fine... With a locked box, of course.
I THINK some of those guns are antiques on both sides of the 49th... If what some dud on the Internet thinks is correct AND the individual gun you wanted to buy was an antique by law (on both sides of the line), you'd be fine... With a locked box, of course.
- Location
- East of Home, West of the Rest
You can buy, but you can't possess. You can have it shipped directly from point of purchase by the seller to an importer and your FFL. The importer can then do the work to export it out of the US and import it into canada.
The ATF does very much concern itself with itar, and US exports.
If the nagant is an antique, it is a whole other matter.
Thank you for this. I was thinking about making a few purchases over gunbroker sometime next year and despite people from here doing it, I was wondering how it was legal stateside. I didn't want to get anybody down south in trouble for selling to somebody who I didn't think could buy it.
Cheers.
Phat Eagle
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Fraser Valley, BC
You could use a service like irunguns or Prophet River... IRG is a FFL and can accept and import purchases off gunbroker.
^ That's what I thought. (Nagant isn't an antique by definition) but I wasn't sure. They are uber cool revolvers if found in good shape. (and I doubt the $100 ones are, but you never know.)
gewehr76
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
Yes they probably have the billboard markings of import company right across Tula star
Those $100.00 Nagant have been sold out for a while, I doubt very much that even in the USA you will ever such a low price. Now the prices are between $250.00 to $400.00. US Importers are not fools, any pre-1898 guns are set aside and sold at a much higher price. Frankly, I have never seen offered for sale any of those pre-1898 Russian Issue Nagant made revolvers. After WW1, the Russian Revolution, the Russian Civil War and WW2 I doubt many have survived!
Last edited:
student of history
CGN Regular
If you'd like to purchase a firearm in the United States, you're free to do so but will need to have it legally imported through a 3rd party. IRG and Prophet River are both decent companies to deal with. Before you purchase it's advised that you explain your citizenship to the US seller so that they don't feel blindsided when you tell them you'll be exporting the firearm from the United States into Canada. There is a degree of paperwork involved but it isn't extensive. The real factor you've got to take into account is the cost. When importing, you're going to have to pay the importer's base fee, freight to and from the American FFL as well as to Canada. You'll also need to factor currency conversion and tax at the boarder into the equation. The average import costs at least $500 when it's all said and done - and takes at least a couple months to have all the paperwork processed. SO... long story short, I'd really only advise going through the process if the item(s) is/are totally unattainable here in Canada. For something like a Russian revolver, the cost/time involved in importing would far outweigh the benefit of following through.
