I would not have thought that international trade between two countries, and more specifically, a licensed distributor such as Gamaliel Shooting Supply selling ammunition to a licensed retailer, and then sold with all due process to a bonafide customer, would be considered illegal activity in Canada. Where do Canadians buy any ammunition, and where does it come from?
JR
John, it is not illegal activity in Canada. It is illegal in the United States. I don't know how much clearer I can be about this. I have tried to be explicit in this thread.....The Canadian authorities are fine with individuals importing up to 5000 of properly documented shotshells. It is getting the authorization from the American authorities to export them that is the difficulty.
We buy ammunition made by the companies that have either set up shop in Canada or from those in the US that have spent the money and jumped through the regulatory hoops demanded by the US government. Those that come to mind are Winchester, Remington, Federal, Kent and Rio. Sadly neither RST or Polywad has seen fit to join that club. Now, just because a specific load is available in the USA from one of these brands does not mean the same load is available up here. It is a smaller market (think California with more restrictive gun laws) and the laws of commerce mean smaller markets get less selection as the more esoteric and specialty markets may not have enough volume to support a specific product.
When consumers do go to buy ammunition in Canada, like you, we go to our hunting and fishing stores, some general sporting good shops, big box guys like Cabelas and Bass Pro, etc.. But remember Cabelas for example, can't take ammo from a store or One of their distribution centres in the US and ship it up to Canada. They source from distributors in Canada.
This is now a little off topic and I appreciate everyone's attempts to help me out with getting useful loads but just bringing some in from the easily accessible pile in the USA does not work.
