Son drove back from Alaska to Oregon with the 870. You'll recall Canadian customs gave him a hard time last June and four days to get out of Canada. He was not carrying the shotgun and indeed might not have been able to cross if he'd had it. His wife brought it up to him on the plane....all anyone talks about in Alaska apparently are bears and salmon.
https://www.doublegunshop.com/forums/ubb...3789#Post573789Anyway, return trip....he had the shotgun with 18" slug barrel and 28" bird barrel and two different magazines...a 5 round and 10 round. Problem is when he got to the border he'd misplaced the key to the case. He spoke French to the customs lady and she let him across with just providing the serial number without having to tear open the case.
He reached the US border in 2 days driving non-stop - Canadians seem to be extremely paranoid about Americans these days. No problem crossing back into Washington State...did not have to open case and the US customs people seemed to like it that he was carrying a shotgun coming back from Alaska. Hopefully a harbinger of better times to come.
