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Originally Posted by Skeenabilly
So I cannot go on a holiday to Montana, pick up a box of ammo? That is an offense? Pardon my ignorance but wasn't that allowed in the past unless border services has really clamped down lately. Well I guess the forum did it's job again.
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Its plenty legal on Canada's end, last time I checked you could bring in
around 4000-5000 rounds of ammo, 8 lbs of powder and similar amount of primers as ammo, but as noted, there is the legality of
exporting it from the USA as well as being in
possession of it while there. One can possibly make legal arrangements with US Border Security first, such as possessing a hunting licence for one of the States you'll be in, and checking you have all other t's crossed and i's dotted, and getting things in writing before attempting your crossing. Most border services are happy to assist people who wish to stay within the law, its when you try to get sneaky they will make your day a really bad one. Usually a number of other bad days follow, and then you're not welcome to visit anymore either.
I studied the heck out of Canada's laws before a trip down there; I even printed them off to have with me. I did make some ammo & powder purchases while completely unaware of the US laws surrounding that. I got lucky, but absolutely won't repeat the mistake. I was all ready to declare at the Canadian border with a written post-it note on my steering wheel, but I was never asked the entire barrage of questions and was waved through.
Oddly enough while entering the US on that trip I recalled that I had two boxes of .30-30 Winchester ammo under my back seat (no firearm). Upon remembering this I turned more white than usual and I offered to surrender them to the US border guard, he smiled cheerfully and told me not to worry about it. I guess gangsters and terrorists don't use .30-30 Win, probably a Montana thing.....