Thread: International order seized in Australia

Hi, I only have 1 mag for my 22lr which makes competitions really hard, but these mags aren't even sold in NZ, so I had to order them from Brownells in the USA.

But a few days ago I got a letter from Australian Border Force saying it was seized in Australian customs, that I need to fill in a form to request to have it released.


I filled in the form and included my import permit but then got a rejection email saying that my request is invalid because I'm not a resident of Australia.


I emailed Brownell support (who's always given me useless answers and always takes 2 days to reply) but they just gave me a one sentence reply of "We would have no control over customs seizures."

Does anyone understand this?
It makes no sense to me that Australia just intersects packages to destroy that's not even for Australia, but if that's what they do, then should Brownells have made sure not to use a shipment that goes through Australia?