I finally got an answer to my question about shipping charges from Holts (before bidding). Hard to pin them down but for 3 guns weighing 30 lbs total they quoted about GBP450-500 which is now $1K. I buy guns from Italy and can get a dozen guns airfreighted over here for USD500. So someone in the chain is really gouging foreign bidders big time.

I hear there are only two brokers who can now export guns from the UK.

And a real problem with shipping..nobody wants to handle guns it seems.

So bottom line, unless you go over there and bring the stuff back with you (another can of worms), bid low!@

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