The joys of dealing with the USA

[JSC]

JSC, there won't be any problems with UPS or Fedex for that matter. It's only the Post Office over here that's refusing to carry firearms parts.

It''s not always trouble free using the couriers. I had a large order of Berger bullets held up in a courier's bonded warehouse last year because someone didn't understand the different commodity codes.

Okay, but was that on your side of the pond or this side? I ask because most of the problems I read or hear about seem to stem from the UK side.

Thing is and lets be honest here, the US gun parts market is huge over here and losing customers in the UK which is a relatively small market isn't going to bother or hurt the US sellers. The UK market being the size it is I guess a lot of the sellers here just don't see it as worth the time and headaches involved.

This was the UK side, naturally

Oh yes, I realised long ago that the US aren't bothered about the UK market. A lot of them probably don't even know we have guns in the UK.
It's frustrating and will probably only get worse as time goes on so we just have to find different ways to deal with the problems...

[Blu]

You are totally right Blu, which is why its such a PITA that the UK government restrict the import of non pressure bearing parts.

Ginge, it's not just the UK government mate. It's also the anti gun US President and administration that signed us to ITAR along with them ordering the US Post Office to stop carrying gun parts. Hopefully come the next election we'll get rid of the Democrats and get a Republican President and Congress in so we can get rid of this ITAR crap.

[Chuck]

blu

It's only the Post Office over here that's refusing to carry firearms parts

. or "Machine parts"?

[Blu]

blu

It's only the Post Office over here that's refusing to carry firearms parts

. or "Machine parts"?

Nope machine parts are fine.