I guess I'm still not clear on everything. If the cost of sending it to the US is $75 freight. . .where do all these other charges come from? Packing and handling? Paperwork? There should be none for a pre 1898 gun - you could put it in your suitcase. Are the charges mostly on the UK side?
I'm particularly stumped by the cost for the case. I bought a case on a UK eBay site and the UPS shipping charge was $20 or thereabouts.
There is a reason why when San Francisco wanted to put in one public toilet and a company said they'd do it for free, the cost for the taxpayer was still going to be $1.5 million - license fees, environmental studies, engineering feasibility, traffic use analysis, cost-benefit, permits for public buildings, side walk obstruction analysis,. . . . We built the Hoover Dam in 1931-36 in 5 years. Try doing that today.
Last edited by Argo44; 11/24/25 06:52 PM.
