The Great Gun Control Debate- 2.0

[KevinB]

This, plus my understanding from a briefing a couple of years ago was that any firearm permanently exported from the US cannot be re-imported back to the US. Their rules. There are always exceptions, of course. Maybe @KevinB can weigh in.

US made firearms can be re-imported provided they meet certain eligibility requirements.
Cannot be a Lend Lease item (I ran into that with my 1943 Ithaca 1911A1 in Iraq) as the USG views them still as theirs.
Cannot be an automatic, (or CA - as we don't have CA laws here, we use once a MG, always a MG).
*certain exemptions exist - but not for individuals.
Cannot have any foreign parts installed (TBH not sure how they check that).
Foreign made firearms imported into the US, then exported from the US to a 3rd party cannot be re-imported (unless it's a curio/relic and importer needs to be a Museum or similar)

Foreign Made firearms imported into Canada direct - fall under the 1989 Import Ban, so pretty much a no go, unless they are bolt action rifles, or pump shotguns. Pistols have a lot of issues - requiring "target sights" and some other stuff, that I don't recall OTTOMH

Even if some firearms are legal to import, it is however a PITA, I ended up selling most of my collection in Canada rather than importing it, as the costs made it easier to buy new down here. OFC now most of that stuff would be prohibited up there -- so YMMV.