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WilliamS 
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Has anyone purchased from these folks before? In particular exports? They have a lot of early receivers listed for not a lot of money, I'm thinking of picking up a few if they are good to go. If no one knows I'll probably start with a single action just to be safe.
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Posted: July 18 2020 at 5:59pm |
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I looked into some early Metford stripped receivers out of the UK a little while ago. It was doable but... the fee for the UK shipping company to do the export was over four hundred pounds on top of everything, whether shipping one receiver or ten. That's roughly a thousand Canadian dollars. I didn't do it.
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WilliamS
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Posted: July 18 2020 at 7:38pm |
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Whew, didn't realize the export fees would be quite so high. That's going to dampen things considerably. Might have to see if there's a way to piggyback on a larger order.
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Posted: July 19 2020 at 1:04am |
Brian D ick (BDL Ltd) is regularly importing 'largish numbers' of rifles from the UK, I'd think for a 'small consideration' he might get one shipped in his consignment and then you just need to get it shipped internally in the USA |
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Posted: July 19 2020 at 9:07pm |
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Good idea, I will contact Brian. I'm bidding on a rifle right now that is nice except for someone having done some major cutting on the action body and welding the bolt in place. A new body and bolt and a few hours would give me a complete Rifle Club shortened Long Lee.
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WilliamS
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Posted: July 24 2020 at 7:15pm |
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Well, it's highly unlikely I'll be able to import just a receiver. Apparently as a military rifle, it must be C&R eligible to import and a stripped action does not qualify. Military barrels, actions and a couple other bits fall under this. I will have to file for a variance with the Technical Branch offices of the ATF to be allowed to import it. So, I'm going to wait and see if I win the parts rifle with the roached action. If I don't no sense in going to all that trouble for an action that's hard to get parts for.
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Posted: July 25 2020 at 5:58am |
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There's a girl in the UK who has an export licence for this sort of thing, and her fees are Much lower than most. Tracey (Walker, I believe) by name, and will look her up if anyone interested.
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Posted: July 25 2020 at 7:19am |
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I have sold Lee Enfield's to both Canada and the USA and used this company, absolutely trouble free. I simply ship to him and he sorts out the Export licence shipping and everything and ensures the buyer has the correct import licences. They are registered firearms dealers and exporters. Bob
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Road Ashford Middlesex TW15 1AX https://www.pdq.uk.com/firearmsshipping PDQ Freight have been a very long standing member of the GTA (Gun Trade Association). Providing members with guidance and logistics solutions for over 20 Years. Some of our firearms services include:
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Posted: July 27 2020 at 12:31pm |
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Yes I have used PDQ. Very handy to have someone in the UK that does the paperwork at that end. It's quite complicated.
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Posted: July 27 2020 at 5:16pm |
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That's funny. PDQ is only about a mile from whew I lived back in the day! I think I may even have done some photography work for them back then because the name rang an immediate bell.
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Posted: July 27 2020 at 11:55pm |
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Thanks for the tip! I will give them a try and see. Just to clarify Brian was more than happy to import complete rifles for me, it was just the stripped actions that he considered more trouble than it was worth.
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