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    Ordering items from abroad- risks/ alterations

    Hi,

    New to Airgunbbs but have spent quite a while reading many of the posts on this forum and they're really great. Was wondering if I could get some help from the community.

    I'm looking to order a gun from abroad (almost certainly Germany- Sportswaffen Schneider) and I wondered firstly if many of you have any experience with this? What are the risks (in terms of the likelihood that it will be seized by customs but also the legality of what I'm doing). I can't seem to find anything on this topic specifically, so genuinely don't know if I'd be breaking the law or not. I wondered if it fell into the same caveat of gunbroker websites where airguns can be mailed to one another without the face-to-face approach.

    Secondly, as far as I'm aware, the laws in Germany are something like under 6 ft lbs. for both rifles and pistols is that right? So pistols should be unaffected (no power detunes conducted for overseas models)?

    I'd appreciate any advice any of you may be able to offer.

    Cheers,

    Oli

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    ordering pistols from there is fine ive done it quite alot there is a zero percent change it will sized by customs i promise you they put paperwork with the package saying what it is and its legal, ive just recieved my new Ruger superhawk from there and it came a little later but it got here i always order spare mags from there and they also get here fine ,

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    Quote Originally Posted by customcrosshair View Post
    ordering pistols from there is fine ive done it quite alot there is a zero percent change it will sized by customs i promise you they put paperwork with the package saying what it is and its legal, ive just recieved my new Ruger superhawk from there and it came a little later but it got here i always order spare mags from there and they also get here fine ,

    I would agree with that. I bought a Gletcher P08 which was faulty and they replaced free of charge without a quibble. They even provided the pre-paid label to send back by Parcelforce.


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    As above, no legal issues at all, providing you don't try and order things that are forbidden over here i.e. RIFs, TAC guns, powder burners etc...
    Good deals with these members

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    Versanhaus Schneider are great, very reliable and efficient. Just to echo the above though, while it's unlikely that you'll come across something illegal it is worth checking that it's also for sale here.

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    Thanks so much for the feedback guys, it is much appreciated.

    Yeah I'm looking to an Umarex 586 and possibly an HW45 and they're for sale here at £220 and £260 respectively at my local gunshop whilst they're £156.40 and £196.50 respectively when converted into sterling so that really is a colossal saving . Are there any other hidden costs in the purchase? Is the quoted tax rate (of 19% VAT) included in the listed price? Also, how much can you expect to pay for shipping?

    Thanks in advance.

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