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Exporting Rifle USA to Germany
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Anyone have recent experience exporting a rifle from USA to Germany? I would like to know what the process is on both the USA and German sides.
Curious how long it takes to get the proper export paperwork. A German manufacturer with offices here in the USA is going to send one of their rifles back to Germany for warranty repairs . I would expect this is a somewhat common process for the manufacturer. It is now going on three weeks, still no paperwork. I also posted this inquiry in Gunsmithing.
 
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A proper export from a USA to German license holder would take a couple of months. Lots of paper work, export and import license etc.

If it’s going back for warranty you need to remember c19 closed many businesses in Europe. Normally a rifle would go back to the main country distributor via a dealer then once they have a bundle they’d be shipped back to Germany but often warranty work would be carried out in country to stop the horrendous courier charges
 
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It seems very strange that it would go back to Germany.

The cost of doing this would be prohibitive, unless it was something like a Heym I am doubtful that Blaser/Mauser/Sauer, Krieghoff or Merkel would do something like that as they would have the Ferlach, Ulm or Suhl trained buchsenmachers here to be able to take care of the situation.
 
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Originally posted by Hunt Inter:
A proper export from a USA to German license holder would take a couple of months. Lots of paper work, export and import license etc.

If it’s going back for warranty you need to remember c19 closed many businesses in Europe. Normally a rifle would go back to the main country distributor via a dealer then once they have a bundle they’d be shipped back to Germany but often warranty work would be carried out in country to stop the horrendous courier charges



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Thanks for the information. They are telling me once they have the export paperwork they would simply put it on a plane (DHL?)and fly the rifle back to Germany for the repairs . Today is starting week four of waiting for the export paperwork. The manufacturer said I would have the rifle back to me after being repaired in Germany by June 30th. I am sure they send back rifles to Germany on a somewhat regular basis. We will see.
 
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Originally posted by Hunt Inter:
A proper export from a USA to German license holder would take a couple of months. Lots of paper work, export and import license etc.

If it’s going back for warranty you need to remember c19 closed many businesses in Europe. Normally a rifle would go back to the main country distributor via a dealer then once they have a bundle they’d be shipped back to Germany but often warranty work would be carried out in country to stop the horrendous courier charges



Hunt Inter:
Thanks for the information. They are telling me once they have the export paperwork they would simply put it on a plane (DHL?)and fly the rifle back to Germany for the repairs . Today is starting week four of waiting for the export paperwork. The manufacturer said I would have the rifle back to me after being repaired in Germany by June 30th. I am sure they send back rifles to Germany on a somewhat regular basis. We will see.


What rifle is it, and whats wrong with it?
 
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