I've twice gotten antique barrels sent to me from U.K. They were labeled as 'iron pipes'.
Yes exactly. Call the flask a "Brandy Flask".I've twice gotten antique barrels sent to me from U.K. They were labeled as 'iron pipes'.
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." Apparently OK on the outside of an envelope but prohibited on the inside.
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?FYI Just thought I would post this for those in the US planning to planning to purchase muzzleloading accessories from the UK:
Last month I ordered a replica bag flask from a larger antique dealer in the UK. They tried to send it to me via Royal Mail. It sat at the "National Return Centre" for 3 weeks as "Suspected Dangerous or Prohibited Items.". It was just sent back to the dealer, thankfully not destroyed and I was refunded. Vendor instructed me they are not licensed to export "firearm accessories" to the USA and apparently the authorities now consider a bag flask to be a dangerous item that cannot be shipped to the US.
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.Goal is to control any and all firearms and related accessories, can’t have the great unwashed getting ideas about freedom in their heads…
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.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"
Thanks for the generous offer of assistance! I'll PM yaOh 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.
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.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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