Thread: Boyds have restricted Prairie Hunter stocks to NZ

In that case they might of been covering their arse regarding ITAR, but in the former I suspect one of the Boyds importers has approached them and asked them to shit can private sales to NZ.

Originally Posted by Beavis

In that case they might of been covering their arse regarding ITAR, but in the former I suspect one of the Boyds importers has approached them and asked them to shit can private sales to NZ.

It could be, I done some experimenting last night. They will still ship items that normally retail for under a hundy, but not any of the rapid fire.
Last stock I got from them was wrong sized action. Happy with the end result (shipping refunded) but the barreled action , rail and scope kind of left the finances a tad short.

Originally Posted by Beavis

In that case they might of been covering their arse regarding ITAR, but in the former I suspect one of the Boyds importers has approached them and asked them to shit can private sales to NZ.

In the case of the Tacticool stock (now called pro varmint) Customs NZ stopped one as it was a "tactical" stock and asked for police import paperwork even though it is A cat. Boyds then assumed ALL stocks required import paperwork and were restricted and for abut 6 months refused to ship ANYTHING to NZ because a stock got sent back / refused. In part this would have not been an issue if Customs had someone who actually understood NZ firearms law with a bit more detail. (NB the stock that caused it all was for a BOLT action so that simple piece of information would have meant it was not E cat...)