I've twice gotten antique barrels sent to me from U.K. They were labeled as 'iron pipes'.
Now forbidden to send (empty of course) replica powder flask from UK to USA
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Harry Marinakis
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No wonder the British didn't win the AWI
They couldn't get powder sent over here
They couldn't get powder sent over here
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You have to be creative. A friend of mine is a knife builder. A European customer ordered a knife built it was rejected by the receiving country agency twice. My friend went to a garage sale and bought a cheap silverware set ,added the custom knife to the package and the customer received it with no problem.
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Here in Middle Earth, NZ Post has a list of articles which we are forbidden to send by mail. One article being "stamps."
Apparently OK on the outside of an envelope but prohibited on the inside.
Apparently OK on the outside of an envelope but prohibited on the inside.
Yes exactly. Call the flask a "Brandy Flask".
bpalbee
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I feel for ya, my one little brush with "The Royal Mail" left the unmistakable taste of out of control bureaucracy in my mouth. Next time I send something in UK I think I'll have it labeled Nunya. (As in Nunya @#&! business)Here in Middle Earth, NZ Post has a list of articles which we are forbidden to send by mail. One article being "stamps."
Not dangerous but as it says, a "firearm accessory". Assuming that IS the way the law reads then technically one couldn't ship a sling. butt plate, sights and so on. And of course it depends on how the thing is identified on the shipping label. Wonder if they would carry this to bullet molding supplies?
Sam squanch
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Goal is to control any and all firearms and related accessories, can’t have the great unwashed getting ideas about freedom in their heads…
I think the OP was referring to a 'Jobsworth' at Royal Mail, UK and the pedantic way he used a regulation to prevent this item being sent. I don't think he was helping to reach a goal so much as being ignorant or afraid of getting flack from his boss; he probably doesn't even know what a powder flask is.
thixotropy
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Buddy of mine got stopped with a forgotten can of caps in a coat pocket going through airport security. Quick thinking on his part he told them they were rendezvous accoutrements and they let him on the plane with them. When you can't stun them with brilliance, baffle them with B.S.
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I like buying mosaic tiles.
One edge is usually a bit square and sharp.
One edge is usually a bit square and sharp.
bpalbee
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I just heard back from the vendor (about making the purchase and having it sent to a UK address). Apparently, the kerfuffle with shipping the flask to me without the proper licensure brought the wrath of UK customs upon them, and they are no longer able to receive payments from the US for "firearms accessories"
Oh my what a bloody nonsense from my country of birth! How about I pay for it with my UK address and bank acount? Then all you have to do is paypal me, and when I finally get it I'll just send it to you listed as a sugar dispenser, or something.
bpalbee
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Thanks for the generous offer of assistance! I'll PM ya
Call it a "luxury gold plated woman's hygienic ******" on the shipping label.
I have within this year ordered 2 molds for making BB .18 cal shot from a fantastic mold maker in The UK with no problems. Pricy but well worth the money with great craftsmanship!
one time i sold a gun stock overseas. it had to go through customs of course. i marked it as walnut wood. no problems, but i bet if i had said GUN STOCK! it would have been a different story. people are morons all over. they allow the governments of this world to rule their lives, and in the good old USA we do too! ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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bpalbee
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You have to be creative that's for sure! No other sport I know of is as endangered as this one, at least the long established international trade part.
