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Importing gun stock from US

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  • 09-05-2015 10:00am
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    Chucks17hmr
    Registered Users Posts: 50 ✭✭


    Hello,

    A relative has a rifle stock that I want imported to Ireland from the US... but I don't have the faintest idea of how to do it or if it's legal... can it just be popped in a box and posted? If so at time of posting you must put a description on the parcel, this is the bit that worries me, I would rather not put down firearm accessory as it sounds dangerous...

    Any info would be greatly appreciated..


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    #2
    Chucks17hmr
    Registered Users Posts: 50 ✭✭Chucks17hmr


    Also I have a licence for the rifle I'm going putting the stock on...


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    Witcher
    Registered Users Posts: 14,512 ✭✭✭✭Witcher


    Just put down 'stock' and post it.

    Customs might get it and request your licence to release it, I know they did for me anyway. They may be some rules about exportation state side, mine came from Boyds so they knew the score.


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    juice1304
    Registered Users Posts: 1,805 ✭✭✭juice1304


    I wouldn't just post it it could be in breach of the itar regulations which is a felony in america which is very serious. I would have your relative contact the atf check and have in writing that it dose not need an export licence. Itar regulations are no joke and are taken seriously which is why not so many places export.


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    meathstevie
    Registered Users Posts: 4,772 ✭✭✭meathstevie


    What type of stock and what type of rifle ? Over this side customs may be nosey but a stock is nothing but a piece of wood or plastic, same goes for the likes of conventional scopes, scope mounts, slings, sling swivels, bipods, shooting sticks and so on....they can be fitted to or complement the functionality of a firearm but as such they're not component parts of a firearm. Component parts are bits that are essential to the working of a firearm like firing pins, bolts, springs, barrels, extractor claws, trigger mechanisms and so on. If you don't need a licence to possess it you don't need a permit to import it into Ireland.


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