Export to Britain

[IanMiller]

I'm trying to get my Euroarms 1853 Enfield to Britain for a re-enactment summer. Found a friendly Brit gun dealer to ship it to, and got the visitors permit from the UK police. Now I find that I need a US gun dealer with an export licence - my local gun shops in Central Pa have never exported.

Ideas? Contacts?

Thanks

 

Try a google search on penn. export gun dealers Bill

 

[Slowpoke]

Although I'm not a dealer, I'm pretty sure that you can take the lock out, ship them separately, and not run into any trouble. Basically, if you take the lock out you make it "non-firing" and basically emasculate it into being

 

[Gary]

I shipped centerfire cartridge guns to a friend in Germany and that was my contribution for reducing the total # of firearms in this country (and rearming the Germans in case they're attacked by anyone mit bogen und pfeil). Anyhow, the one-time export permit was issued by the State Department (and not ATF). Why State Department? Because they want to make sure you're not sending the latest technology overseas that can be used against our interests. The guns I shipped were lever action Marlins and a Ruger Mini-14.

My point, I don't think you need an American dealer to send a blackpowder gun over to the U.K. You do however have to have British approval to bring it in. If you plan to shoot it, it has to go to a proof house where it's tested. I don't know the procedures for that but we had one British gentleman who built a mountain gun in Hershel House's class and had to wait a couple of years to bring it in. He didn't take my advice of removing the vent liner and installing an electrical cord for his "lamp." Peter got permission and his home made gun now has a British proof makr.