Imports

[Jeff langbehn]

Mike, I’m simply trying to find out how it’s going to affect my hobby of over 60 years. I shoot and own lots of really fine doubles that come from America and from England and from Spain and from Europe. The choice of “ Europe trash “ is simply inappropriate and makes you sound ignorant. It has also created a nightmare in the stock market that has cost me and many people around the world a fortune, including many of my farming friends, before you take off on some kind of a tangent I have been a Republican my entire life. Jeff langbehn

[Mike of the Mountain]

I refer to all guns made across the pond Eurotrash, so don’t get your undies in a twist. Brownings I call J.A. Pan gun co. �� If one plays the market, I’m sure one has patience. Fortunately we don’t delve into the stock market. That’s a good thing because patience is not one of my spiritual gifts! ���� My wife’s retirement took a big hit in the 2008 bubble burst. As the saying goes, fool me once….

It’ll all bounce back. I hope for you and your friends that it’s as painless and short lived as possible.

[Jim McKee]

In the late 1990s I purchased a Holland & Holland .500 Black Powder Express double rifle with steel barrels (mint bores) with underlever and an oak & leather case from Australia (for an excellent price). When it arrived in Columbus Ohio, I received a notice it had arrived at the importer's company.
Drove to the Columbus airport and importer's office gave me a paper to take to the custom office. That office was located in what was once know as Rickenbacker Air Force base south of Columbus.
Drove there and walked into the office and presented my paper work to the custom official. As I remember I was only asked one question- is this for my personal use? I said yes it is a black powder rifle made in the late 1880s.
It was stamped approved -no tax (I was very surprised).
This was the 2nd firearm I personally imported -the 1st was a H&H hammer shotgun made in the 1880s. it arrived via USPS mail and was delivered to me with no import tax -handed to me by postal carrier at my school where I worked in 1988.
Sometimes, maybe it depends on the officer/agent on duty???
I am optimistic that the tariff issue will help us in the long run.