shooting in the USA..
- Thread starter Musky Hunter
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To shoot IPSC in the US in a sanctioned match you don't need to be a USPSA member, just a member in your home region.
To go down, you need a match invitation from the host orginization, and submit the invitation along with a Form 6nia application. They you need to blow the CFO for a border permit.
To go down, you need a match invitation from the host orginization, and submit the invitation along with a Form 6nia application. They you need to blow the CFO for a border permit.
Getting an invitation is only good for a single visit. A hunting license from any state enables you to get a Form 6 that is good for a whole year so you do not have to go through the hassle with the BATFE every time that you want to go south. I bolster my Form 6 with invitations to the particular event that I'm attending so that the U.S. Customs officials do not get wierded out by me showing up heading south at Blaine Washington with an AR-15 and a glock with my Alaskan small game permit.
If your firearm is restricted, your ATT will need to include border crossings. This is given by default to ATT holders in B.C.
This site is an excellent resource for Form 6 information.
http://www.losttarget.com/form6.html
If your firearm is restricted, your ATT will need to include border crossings. This is given by default to ATT holders in B.C.
This site is an excellent resource for Form 6 information.
http://www.losttarget.com/form6.html
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- Halifax - NS
Actually, they issue the Form 6NIA good for the whole year based on that one invitation too. You need to bring the relevant invite each time, though. I went to Florida in February on the Form 6 I was issued for a match in Vermont last summer...Mike K said:
That said, I'm looking into a hunting permit too, 'cause according to that guy crossing the country teaching the Utah concealed carry course, the hunting license is better backup because it's a law that says you can have a gun vs a regulation or something like that. Supposedly West Virginia also has a reasonably priced one too.
Note that if you want to be recognized for class awards in the US, you'll have to be a USPSA member and have got the class through USPSA classifers, also USPSA rules are different than IPSC - specifically in definitions of divisions. You can do a lot more to your gun in production, but you can't use race rigs; you can put your mags in front in Limited, etc...
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I received my ATT to the border(s), my NIA (6), my USPSA membership, and my invitation and it came together within 2 weeks of starting the process. When I got to the border, and then returned, they never even asked if I had a gun! I wasn't sure if I should volunteer the info....
Does anyone know if you have to volunteer that info? I had all the paperwork, was fully legal, but the asked about booze and cigarettes and so on, and then said have a nice day, so I drove off!
Does anyone know if you have to volunteer that info? I had all the paperwork, was fully legal, but the asked about booze and cigarettes and so on, and then said have a nice day, so I drove off!
Any time I've gone to the US they always ask 'Where are you going?' I reply 'To a pistol match in whatever city' Typically they ask if I have my form 6 but rarely ask to see it.kent23 said:
Coming back to Canada, a sign at the border says you must declare all firearms.
It's a good idea to get a temporary export permit (little green card) on your way out of Canada for each firearm. It shouldn't be necessary as all guns are already registered here....but....often it's the only thing our tax collecters, er..border guards asks to see
As mentioned in my other post:Musky Hunter said:
On your way out of Canada, stop and get a temporary export permit for your gun(s). They may tell you that you don't need it - INSIST that you want it. When you return to Canada it seems to be the only documentation they ever ask for. (left hand - meet right hand
)This info applys to the Niagara area bridges to Western New York. YMMV
pmt said:As mentioned in my other post:
On your way out of Canada, stop and get a temporary export permit for your gun(s). They may tell you that you don't need it - INSIST that you want it. When you return to Canada it seems to be the only documentation they ever ask for. (left hand - meet right hand
This info applys to the Niagara area bridges to Western New York. YMMV
For what it's worth....
I've never been asked for anything re. firearms when returning to Cananda.
Cross mostly at New York and Michigan....
The only thing I've been asked for (once) at the Peace bridge was my PAL.
Kinda irksome... going through the effort to obtain proper paper and then noone ever asks to see it.
