South Africans purchasing rifles at DSC

[flatwater bill]

Do many South African operators attending the DSC or similar shows, buy a rifle in the US, and return with it? Is it easy? (nothing is, it seems) Or is it too difficult to be worthwhile? There are some excellent deals offered at the shows, and I wondered if it was possible for PH's to take advantage of them...................FWB

 

[Boela]

I baught myself a 458WM Mod70 State side with the idea to import to SA.

After a bunch of research, countless hours at the SAPS office and even with the help of a broker, it pretty much became clear that it is pretty much impossible to import a rifle by yourself as from this year.

I then opted for the option to have it shipped to SA from gundealer to gundealer, and after all the import tax, commissions and so forth, it was way cheaper to simply buy one from a dealer over here.

If anyone else have successfully done it as from mid 2021, I would also like to know please.

 

[Tally-Ho HUNTING SAFARIS]

I brought 2 wrapons in from europe not long ago
It was an absolute nighmare and all the taxes fees and waiting it was def not worthwhile !!! Easier to buy one here

 

[John Telford]

With the current exchange rate you are better off buying in SA at the moment but that being said the waiting time for a licence (section16A) PH is about 8 months…

 

[steve white]

It could be worse. Jim Shockey tried to buy a drilling from Cabela's in Allen Tx and NEVER DID GET IT EXPORTED TO CANADA. It ended up back on the shelf for sale after umpteen months. What is wrong with people in gov positions?

 

[Red Leg]

They do it because they can.

 

[Aaron N]

It could be worse. Jim Shockey tried to buy a drilling from Cabela's in Allen Tx and NEVER DID GET IT EXPORTED TO CANADA. It ended up back on the shelf for sale after umpteen months. What is wrong with people in gov positions?

I don’t understand this, I’m a nobody, and can have a rifle shipped across the border in a month of purchasing it. How can Jim Shockey have any difficulties, he should have a team around him to make life extremely easy.

You can even bring it across yourself if you have your PAL and the patience to deal with border security.

 

[sierraone]

Exporters from the U.S. and Importers from S.A. have to be used. And as somebody previously said, if becomes very expensive very fast.