I don’t know if Les is still alive but I do know he’s been completely retired for a number of years now. Like a decade or so.
I have not imported from the UK. I have from France. One big reason I did that is because up until recently the French postal service was one of the few that would accept a firearm for international delivery. I’d get my IIC (free) and send a copy to the seller. He would use that to get a French export certificate (modest cost and hassle) and then pop the gun in the mail. Just that easy. Typically 5-6 working days later it would be at my door. And all for less than $150 Canadian.
Then the EU found out about that and decided that wasn’t nearly complex enough.
