gas checks for canadians.

[Sasquatch-1]

I think you might have a point there... They really do look like freeze plugs...

http://www.jegs.com/i/Milodon/697/34040/10002/-1?CT=999

Would I lie to you?

[Sonnypie]

Would I lie to you?

What the hell!
You're a Sasquatch.
Of course you'll lie.
Lie and run away and hide in the woods.

[danyboy]

Never thought this topic would generate so many ideas and comments. In Europe, citizens cross from one country to another without any problems. Canada are neighbours for pete's sake and there is so much paperwork and tension at the border, especially since 2001.
I remember crossing with my father for a visit, a vacation or shopping at least once a year and don't recall this many formalities. I hope one day these government exagerations will ease up so citizens of both countries will become like good visiting neighbours. I don't have problems with my neighbours; we actually help out one another. May be I am an idealist or a dreamer but I think things are getting out of hands a little too much

[DrNick]

Anyone knows where to get gas checks in canada ? Obama won't let us import them anymore.

Funny...I've ordered them from Midsouth Shooters Supply serveral times....no issues exporting....

Higginson Powders in Ontartio (www.higginsonpowders.com) stocks them too...

[grumman581]

Never thought this topic would generate so many ideas and comments. In Europe, citizens cross from one country to another without any problems. Canada are neighbours for pete's sake and there is so much paperwork and tension at the border, especially since 2001.
I remember crossing with my father for a visit, a vacation or shopping at least once a year and don't recall this many formalities. I hope one day these government exagerations will ease up so citizens of both countries will become like good visiting neighbours. I don't have problems with my neighbours; we actually help out one another. May be I am an idealist or a dreamer but I think things are getting out of hands a little too much

The problem is that we have the dastardly Canadians coming down here and bringing their corrupt culture and ruining our way of life... This sort of excrement has resulted in some rather abhorrent abominations over the years (e.g. hockey teams in Houston, San Antonio, and Dallas)... So far at least, we've managed to restrict the spread of poutine so that as far as I know, it still stays north of the border or at the very worst is just a border state problem...

[geargnasher]

I'm not suggesting anyone do anything outright illegal, but one must think that if the burden of penalty is on the shipper due to US export laws, fabricating a name on the return address label and using the street address from a vacant lot somewhere should be sufficient insulation to avoid any issues if they did happen to come up. How are they going to know?

Gear

[DrNick]

Again folks...Midsouth Shooter Supply, a pretty big outfit, routinely ships gas checks to me....

This is all likely interperetation of regulations....it could be argued that a gas check, in and of itself, does not necessairly constitue reloading components.

[grumman581]

I'm not suggesting anyone do anything outright illegal, but one must think that if the burden of penalty is on the shipper due to US export laws, fabricating a name on the return address label and using the street address from a vacant lot somewhere should be sufficient insulation to avoid any issues if they did happen to come up. How are they going to know?

Gear

Just use rubber gloves when you handle the package so that they can't lift any prints off of it -- just in case...

A little paranoia is a healthy thing...

"I trust my government -- as far as I can throw Mount Rushmore!"

[hk33ka1]

This export permit stuff is not an Obama policy so it can't be blamed on him. The last administration wrote it.

Almost any gunshop in Canada that sells reloading gear can get gas checks. Hornady seem to be the most common. Many new online reloading suppliers too. There is a guy that sells Gator checks in Canada too. These guys all get the US/Canadian paperwork done for products that need it and bring them up.

[largom]

I have shipped "items" to Canada several times listed simply as machine parts.

Larry

[209jones]

If you look at the various store sites it becomes a little strange to look at. Canuck market is very small, export licence and permits are very expensive, and labour intensive as far as the paperwork issue goes. There is enough niche business for some stores to participate, and there are products which can be shipped without the licences being req'd.
Ie; Cabelas will not ship chokes, reloading presses, dies.
Chokes are an ITAR item, presses and dies are not.
Basspro will ship chokes.
There is now a sticky thread on canadiangunnutz showing how to deal with Brownell's and what paperwork that needs doing to get stuff that is ITAR restricted out of them. Which essentially is a guide for any US vendor.

[Sonnypie]

I shipped 20 bullets to Great Britain as "Cast Metal Art Forms".
No problem.



Oh wait... somebody in black suits are knocking on the door....

I don't think those are Jehovah Witnesses, Maude...

It's an Obamanation!

But, undocumented aliens are welcome! The DNC Welcomes your votes!

[arjacobson]

This is simple fellas.. they are aluminum carbureter WELCH plugs. Ever work on a tillotson carb? They have the little aluminum plugs inside?? Yep one shipment should rebuild every carb in Canada

[GRid.1569]

Gas checks must be regarded as reloading compoments... I've just had an order I placed with Sinclair (Brownells) bounced back for an export permit....

Expected turnaround, 30-45 days after they get the paperwork back from me...

Given I'm in the US next week and hoped to save on the shipping, this is now a non-starter....

Oh well.... guess I'll just have to buy in the UK @ inflated prices... equiv $45 per K

[DrNick]

Gas checks must be regarded as reloading compoments... I've just had an order I placed with Sinclair (Brownells) bounced back for an export permit....

Expected turnaround, 30-45 days after they get the paperwork back from me...

Given I'm in the US next week and hoped to save on the shipping, this is now a non-starter....

Oh well.... guess I'll just have to buy in the UK @ inflated prices... equiv $45 per K

NOBODY EVER LISTENS TO ME......

Midsouth Shooters Supply ships gas checks to Canada......why not the UK?

Given that you are in the UK, you might also consider buying them through either Higginson's Powders (www.higginsonpowders.com) for Hornady checks or Dragon Bullet Lube (http://dragonbulletlube.com/) for Gator checks. Both are located in Canada and can ship to the UK with NO export restrictions. I bought checks form Midsouth on a several occasions because I had an order being shipped anyway and it was a dollar or two cheaper....

[grumman581]

Given I'm in the US next week and hoped to save on the shipping, this is now a non-starter....

Buy a wide assortment of packages of beads and jewelry findings and put the gas checks in a similar package. When you go back overseas, just declare it all as assorted costume jewelry parts. Or take a few of them and glue them on a colored t-shirt as a design and declare the rest of them as "copper sequins".

You just need to "think outside the box"...

[Sasquatch-1]

Or maybe for around a hundred dollars he buys a gas check maker and never has to worry about it again.

[arjacobson]

Or maybe for around a hundred dollars he buys a gas check maker and never has to worry about it again.

PLUS 1

[grumman581]

Or maybe for around a hundred dollars he buys a gas check maker and never has to worry about it again.

That was suggested quite awhile back...