Importing bullets from Europe

[WelshShooter]

I have used Ballistic Service 24 in Germany for ordering Lapua products. End of February I ordered:
- 1,000 x 155gr .308 Scenar's (£222.22 vs UK price of approx £35 per hundred)
- 100 x 123gr 6.5 Scenar's (£22.42 vs UK price of approx £35 per hundred)
- 100 x 6.5x47 Lapua Brass Cases (£71.08 at the time vs UK price of approx £110 per hundred)
Poastage was 17 Euro for the above, bargain.

Total shipment time was around 1 month for the .308 bullets and about 2 months for the rest. Reasoning for late delivery on the latter was down to miscommunication from Lapua.

I saved a ton of money by buying the above from Germany, and unless I urgently needed bullets to load up for the following weekend I wouldn't bother buying locally. We're not talking a few quid here, we're talking around £180 saved on an order worth £300! Just over 30% saving.

Did you get hit for UK import tax?, or does that not apply for goods from the EU

You are correct, it is within EU so no import charge. What I paid to Ballistic Service is all I paid.

[knewmans]

Plus 1 for Alpinhunting. Rapid email response, good estimate of delivery, good price. Will use again. These were Norma bullets I can't get in the UK. If I can I use my local RFD. He's too good and I give him what support I can.

[knewmans]

Another name for the list www.grauwolf.net. Stock item arrived in a week.

[artiglio]

+1 for grauwolf, they supplied a die in 6 weeks , for which the best time scale offered in the uk was 3-6 months. And it was considerably cheaper. The die was an rcbs stock item.

[phaedra1106]

Well my last order from WR Schiesssport via eGun.de turned up last Saturday just before me going away, 1000 x Nosler CC 140gr 6.5mm. In total £232, a bit more due to the current poor exchange rate but still about £100 cheaper than I can get similar quality bullets from here in the UK.

I just look at Grauwolf, very expensive for Noslers!, €379.50/1000 compared to €266/100 from WR Schiesssport