NEF Barrel Accessory Program - Access from Canada

[Duck]

Hi,

I've been trying to figure out a way to participate in the NEF Barrel Accessory program from Saskatchewan. Everyone I've talked to says it can't be done, even H&R because of the laws between the two countries.
I thought that this was going to be a "Canadian Firearms regulations are screwing this whole thing up" kind of situation.

I was wrong.

I spoke with the Chief Firearms Officer here in Saskatchewan and was told that getting a new barrel for my Pardner shotgun shouldn't be a problem. If the new barrel was of a different gauge I'd have to amend the registration but if it was the same gauge (I'm looking for a sabot slug rifled barrel) there shouldn't be an issue.

All I'd have to do is ship the parts (receiver, stock, forearm) by Canada Post and there should be no problem getting it to NEF/H&R. He also assured me that once it came back to Canada Customs I shouldn't have a problem either because it'd be a registered firearm and I might have to pay some duty on the new barrel.

The hold up, he figured, would be with the export license that the US State Department requires of the manufacturers there. NEF/H&R would need to get an export permit to ship it out to Canada (because parts of firearms, firearms and scopes etc are required to be tracked by the State Department when shipped out of the country).

So if you're a NEF/H&R owner wanting to use the Barrel Accessory program it's time to email them (hr1871@hr1871.com) and tell them that they need to get the State Department export people on their side so they can offer this program to us.

Karl

[kevin.303]

a good person to ask about that here would be DoubleD. he seems to have pretty good knowledge of US import/export laws regarding firearms.

[aulrich]

Belive it or not it is the US laws not ours.  An export permit is required which adds at least a month to the process and 50 uds. It is just too much hassel for them to sell to us. They would have to store the orders while the paper work cleared. The logistics would eat up their margin.  I looked into it and have come up with two possible solutions. I have found a gun shop that has an import export arrangement with a shop in the US. here is the process

1. local Canadian shop ships to US shop
2. Us shop ships to H&R
3. H&R ships to US shop
4. US shop does paper work
5. Wait
6. us shop ships to Canadian shop
7. Wait

Canadian shop says don't hold your breath it could take a while (read months).

option two

1. Transfer registration to snow bird inlaw
2. While in US have US resident send to H&R
3. Amend paper work before crossing border
4. Transfer back

The down side is that I go without my 243 ultra for most of yote season and paper work screwups that get the gun impounded or worst.

I am pesonally think the best way is to pick up whole guns as they/money become available.

[ratherbefishin]

Of course, all this would be unneccesary if their manufacturing process made the barrels interchangable- I wonder if that is a possability-anyone heard?

[ratherbefishin]

the website basically says the program is for US residents alone.So...how dificult would itbe to simply take the new barrel to your own gunsmith?I realise it would probably invalidate the warrenty, but I'd probably want the trigger worked on anyway[ I was just inthe local gunshop looking at one and the trigger had to be at least 6 lb] Has anybody else done this?