Hi Guys,

I need your help or suggestions, I'm after a specific rifle and have found several such rifles on some auction sites from the USA most of them in California.
I've never imported firearms from anywhere else than Austria so I'm a bit shallow with the knowledge here.

Do you know what the process looks like and what the cost of such an export is ?

Write your experiences please as any help and bit of information from a knowledgeable group like you guys would help me greatly to realize my search for that rifle.

Thank you in advance !

(I hold both a collectors and sportsman permit in my country and if needed i can verify via PM/email both of these claims)

The only firearms I've shipped out of the states were antiques under U.S. law (made in or before 1898) and didn't present any problems on my end. I know there companies in the U.S. that will assist with single firearm imports and exports, but I'm not familiar with their costs.

Yep I've had no problems with those, this is a more modern rifle and is under the FFL registration so there is quite a procedure to get it overseas...

If you guys know of a Californian FFL licensed gun shop that does exports please do share your information with me, I was quoted 999$ by a company I'd rather not name here and I do believe that is a bit too much to give for rifle that is around 2000$ in nominal worth.

Thank you in advance !

Here's a list I found on the web:
Borderview International
1718 NW 56th Street
Suite 304
Seattle, WA, USA 98107
Phone: (877) 947-4867
Fax: (877) 947-4867
email: [email protected]
web: http://www.borderview.com

Firearms Export
1008 S Center St
Mesa, AZ 85210
Phone: 602-490-0011
Fax: 480-969-9687
contact: Robert Bagnato
email: [email protected]
web: www.weexportguns.com


Irunguns, LLC
3509 N McCullouch Blvd
Lake Havasu City, AZ, USA 86406
Phone: (928) 706-7207
Fax: (780) 640-0708
email: [email protected]
web: http://www.irunguns.us

Philip C. Tong
High Bridge Arms, Inc.
3185 Mission St.
San Francisco, CA 94110
email: Click here to email me
phone: 415-643-9255
fax: 415-282-6520

Knesek Guns, Inc.
1204 Knesek Lane
Van Buren, AR 72956
Phone (479) 474-1680
Fax (479) 471-0377
website: www.knesekguns.com

Hurricane Butterfly Research Corp.
Tacoma, WA 98402
Phone: 253-414-6066
Fax: 253-272-4740
web: http://hurricanebutterflyresearch.com
email: [email protected]

Joe Andrean
Andrean Arms, Inc.
22 S. Main Street
New City, NY 10956
email: Click here to email me
phone: 914-634-7646
fax: 914-634-7829

ETSS LLC
International Exporters
110 S. 7th Street, #D
Hotchkiss, CO 81419
USA
Tel.: +(001)970/872 3770
Fax.: +(001)970/872 3757
email: Click here to email me
Web: www.etssincusa.com

Philip Tong is in CA. I know Simpons Ltd. offers exporting services as well.