Butch,
Sorry didn't see this till today. I am fairly sure that exactly the same issues apply to a complete second hand rifle as to any new rifle or major firearm part. Therefore a US State Department permit is required.

This is the main issue. Arranging and getting the permits to get it out of the USA is the biggest problem. Nearly all countries including Australia do have their own importing requirements but generally this is less trouble than the US exporting requirements. For importing into Australia the general form is known as a "B709a" simply because that is the file name of the form.

Anyway to cut a long story a little shorter the buyer (in Australia) would have to arrange his own Australian permit first and then send it to you. You will have to go through a whole process to get a US State Department export permit which will include having the original copy of the receivers authority. In this case that is the Australian B709a form.

Alternatively you could arrange a third party to do all the work for you like Leroy's Big Valley Gun Works in Montana (I think this is them but I need to confirm) and they arrange the export permit for you. This is a service they specialise in doing.

You could also talk to Jerry Stiller.
Anyway it a whole big mess to get any firearms parts out of the USA. The rules change about every other month. Just recently the US State Department requires any firearm part to be exported has to have the manufacturer of that part also registered with them. I am fairly sure BAT machine are registered but if they were not......

All in the name of anti terrorism. Good eh? :)

Stuart

whats the $1000 this end for.Unless things have changed in a year the import agent I used was about $150?For new gun with 3 barrels.Or do different states have different rates,I'm curious.
Jim

unless things have changed in 12 months there is no duty on sporting goods but they want GST.Jim

Hi Butch

I've recently imported an action and several triggers from the States,and whilst trying to sorce info on importing firearm parts etc, I herd many tales of the dramas that those bringing gear into Australia had to go through.If you do all the correct paperwork you won't have any problems this end.As mentioned before the problem is in the USA the rules seem to always be changing.This is what I had to do for an import via New South Wales

Apply for B709A Import Permit from the NSW Firearms Registry, and on application delegate an import agent/firearms dealer also request a certified copy of the B709A,also on make sure you list everything you are bringing in.Agent received the origional and I got the certified copy.Then posted the certified copy to Kelbly's who used it to obtain an export permit there end.It's important that the origional permit stays in Australia as it is required by customs.The export permit took 4 to 6 weeks to clear.When it landed in Sydney customs notified the agent,who then posted the origional B709A to customs the order was cleared and then allowed to complete its journey to my agent by post.

A complete firearm may have to be collected by your agent,this shouldn't cost more than $150,providing that the agent isn't located too far from customs.

With taxes and extra costs,up to US $999 there isn't any GST.Customs may elect to test a complete firearm and this could add to the costs involved, for this reason I would have it stripped down with the trigger and barrel removed.

Cheers