Anyone with an FFL (not an importer's license) can import guns on an "occasional" basis. That cuts your fees down to shipping, customs, and duty, plus whatever your FFL guy charges you to do a transfer. I did one that way several years back, with the help of a friend with an FFL and using myself as the person to whom the import permit should be sent. Gun came directly to me, at my post office. Paid customs and duty fees there, out the door with the gun, did the transfer paperwork with my FFL guy. There is more risk involved doing it that way in case something goes wrong, and I don't know that I'd take that route on a $10K gun. The gun I imported would be more in the $2K range today.
If you do it that way, the most significant increase in charges is shipping. My gun came via Datapost, which was OK with British regulations back then. Apparently that's now changed, and it costs a lot more for the Brit dealer to ship the gun.
Last edited by L. Brown; 06/03/12 07:03 AM.
