r/canadaguns • u/AutoModerator • Feb 12 '23

Weekly Newbies & FAQ Thread - Post your questions here for PAL/RPAL application, timelines, CFSC/CFSRC, references & requirements, or general new to firearms ownership -type questions

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u/King-Moses666 Feb 12 '23

Does anyone have experience buying gun parts/accessories from american distributors? There are some parts I want for a custom p320 and there is not much available in Canada for them. If I was to order say a slide and barrel from an american distributor is there a bunch of hoops I need to jump through? Hidden fee’s?

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u/The_Crover Feb 12 '23

Some stuff can be shipped over the border, but a lot is subject to ITAR (look up what that is). That means you're not getting most if not all gun parts unless you import them, something that is complex and prohibitively experience for a one-of order. You'll probably want to get an importer business to bring in what you want. IRunGuns, Prophet River, Aztec Armory are some of the well known business that import for Canadian gun owners.

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u/King-Moses666 Feb 12 '23

Thanks for the explanation. I will look into this!

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u/chillyrabbit Feb 12 '23

To expand on The_Crover's comment, some american distributors/retailers can export stuff to Canada besides the major importer businesses.

It just depends on if they have the permits, and are willing to do the paperwork etc. to legally ship it. But typically yes they would charge a little extra if they can export it directly to you, an example would be Opticscamp based in the US, they can export techsights to Canada but charge an international shipping fee on top of their normal shipping cost.

I would suggest contacting/emailing the distributor/retailer directly to ask if they can ship to Canada, and then it's on them to legally do it if they can.

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u/King-Moses666 Feb 12 '23

Thank you for expanding on the previous explanation.

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u/anythingbutontarget Feb 13 '23 edited Feb 13 '23

iRunGuns has a Canadian storefront and seems to specialize in importing firearms and parts from the US. They have a system if you want to purchase a handgun where they will strip everything that requires transfer of ownership and import the rest. So for a P320 you can order parts, or a whole gun and get pretty much everything but the FCU.

I'm a little confused by the cost of it though, may require reaching out to them. Their post on CGN suggests it's 25$ flat rate for this process, but their site also says $250 for firearm imports.

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u/King-Moses666 Feb 13 '23

I think its worth taking a peak at. Thanks!

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u/anythingbutontarget Feb 13 '23

I've been trying to do the same thing so best of luck. I've got an AXG grip on backorder for almost 3 months now, and I'm looking for the compact optics ready slide and threaded barrel. It's barren out there.

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u/King-Moses666 Feb 13 '23

Right! Haha. I am just trying to be ready to immediately jump on an Agency Arms barrel and slide when black box restocks.