GBS Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 Dear All, Whilst selling a gun recently I had some interest from Russia. I did in the end sell it to a local chap but was wondering how difficult it would have been to export it to Russia. Has anyone done this before? Cheers, gb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjhono Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 Dear All, Whilst selling a gun recently I had some interest from Russia. I did in the end sell it to a local chap but was wondering how difficult it would have been to export it to Russia. Has anyone done this before? Cheers, gb So long as your potential buyer in Russia had his import paper work in place, their would have been no problem arranging to send your gun over to him. Should the possibility ever arise again please feel free to drop me a PM as I have arranged the export/import of quiet a few firearms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayman Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 The only practical way to export, is for the buyer to come over with an Oversea Visitors Permit sponsored by a dealer / shooting organisation that has an authority to acquire on it. They then take the gun back. If you want to send a gun by transport, you need an Export License through the SPIRE system ( about 5 hours online work, and expect several weeks for the grant). To get this the exporter also needs all the import licenses in place at the other end. Normal carriage will not work, specialist dangerous goods carriage arrangements will need to be made, and expect them to start at about £350-00. I am a dealer and have tried to send guns overseas, but given up because the bureaucracy is so involved - no wonder the British gun industry died. Unless the gun has sufficient value for the time / effort and carriage costs - ie a pair of Purdys at £100k or the like, exporting just is not worth the effort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjhono Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 (edited) The only practical way to export, is for the buyer to come over with an Oversea Visitors Permit sponsored by a dealer / shooting organisation that has an authority to acquire on it. They then take the gun back. If you want to send a gun by transport, you need an Export License through the SPIRE system ( about 5 hours online work, and expect several weeks for the grant). To get this the exporter also needs all the import licenses in place at the other end. Normal carriage will not work, specialist dangerous goods carriage arrangements will need to be made, and expect them to start at about £350-00. I am a dealer and have tried to send guns overseas, but given up because the bureaucracy is so involved - no wonder the British gun industry died. Unless the gun has sufficient value for the time / effort and carriage costs - ie a pair of Purdys at £100k or the like, exporting just is not worth the effort. As you say a lot depends on the value of the firearm being sold or the quantity. I will be happy to quote you a price to export and complete the export license should you ever wish to try again in the future. Out of interest clayman, what part of the world were you looking to send guns to? Edited August 20, 2008 by mjhono Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudpatten Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 Ask a gangsta from Manchester where he got his AK 47 and simply reverse the process. Easy, no paperwork involved. Nick. ( Sorry, not very helpful I know.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBS Posted August 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2008 The only practical way to export, is for the buyer to come over with an Oversea Visitors Permit sponsored by a dealer / shooting organisation that has an authority to acquire on it. They then take the gun back. If you want to send a gun by transport, you need an Export License through the SPIRE system ( about 5 hours online work, and expect several weeks for the grant). To get this the exporter also needs all the import licenses in place at the other end. Normal carriage will not work, specialist dangerous goods carriage arrangements will need to be made, and expect them to start at about £350-00. I am a dealer and have tried to send guns overseas, but given up because the bureaucracy is so involved - no wonder the British gun industry died. Unless the gun has sufficient value for the time / effort and carriage costs - ie a pair of Purdys at £100k or the like, exporting just is not worth the effort. As you say a lot depends on the value of the firearm being sold or the quantity. I will be happy to quote you a price to export and complete the export license should you ever wish to try again in the future. Out of interest clayman, what part of the world were you looking to send guns to? Thank-you for the responses. I have got all of the details abou the SPIRE system but got bogged down trying to work out which bits I did and did not have to comply with. Just out of interest what sort of "ball park" figure are we looking at to export guns to Russia? The person interested in the gun would have covered the cost of the export as I believe he was looking to sell the gun on in Moscow. Cheers, gb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted August 26, 2008 Report Share Posted August 26, 2008 exporting to Russia sends shivers down my spine thats before you mention it being firearms. Just don't bother we have trouble getting exhibition gear in let alone anything else. Paperwork takes an age and everything declared over $250 gets looked at pretty carefully before they try and extort as much money out of the recipient as possible. I've even had replacement bank cards for someone who had his stolen valued and duty levied by customs. To me there are too many scam artists out there to be worth doing anything other than a straight face to face sale, even RFD to RFD entails agro with shipping and possible damage etc etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlander Posted August 26, 2008 Report Share Posted August 26, 2008 The only practical way to export, is for the buyer to come over with an Oversea Visitors Permit sponsored by a dealer / shooting organisation that has an authority to acquire on it. They then take the gun back.If you want to send a gun by transport, you need an Export License through the SPIRE system ( about 5 hours online work, and expect several weeks for the grant). To get this the exporter also needs all the import licenses in place at the other end. Normal carriage will not work, specialist dangerous goods carriage arrangements will need to be made, and expect them to start at about £350-00. I am a dealer and have tried to send guns overseas, but given up because the bureaucracy is so involved - no wonder the British gun industry died. Unless the gun has sufficient value for the time / effort and carriage costs - ie a pair of Purdys at £100k or the like, exporting just is not worth the effort. looked into it and quite frankly if you've the time, patience and have a pocketful of money to spend it can be done but hell life's way too short! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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