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3 hours ago, phaedra1106 said:

As has been said above as a visitor (non-resident alien) you can't buy firearms in the USA.  You can have them exported to the UK but the export license can take up to 3 months to process and costs around $350.  There's also a per use charge and of course your agents handling charge, shipping, import duty, VAT etc. and of course the proof house fee.

Unless it's something extremely rare or a complete bargain there's no advantage in doing it for an off-the-shelf rifle.

Look for a Tikka TAC-A1, my 6.5 Creedmoor was only £1342, a friend just bought a .308 for £1450, it's a lot better made than the Ruger PR (I know as I have one in 6.5 Creedmoor).

I’ll look into this thanks. Are they any other other ‘tactical’ looking ones similar that you know of? Similar price range up to £2k. 

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Howa do a few tactical stocks and Highland Outdoors (importer) do some good package deals, but don't sell to the public.

http://www.highlandoutdoors.co.uk/HCR-Stocks-Products/  prices are RRP so don't go by them.

https://www.legacysports.com/catalog/howa/howa-hcr-chassis-rifle/

https://www.legacysports.com/catalog/howa/howa-australian-precision-chassis-rifle/

But many rifle manufacturers do tactical versions.

I've ordered the aussie chassis version full package, scope, bipod, sound moderator, hard case all for well under £2K

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