Thread: Importing a Rifle. What does it cost.

Thanks, for all your responses.

So it sounds like I would be looking at $50 (or abit more) for a customs entry fee, plus 15% of the rifle value and postage. So all up it would be just shy of $500 to get it into the country.

The rifle I am looking at is a LMT AR15, none have been sold commercially in NZ, though I see four are on the police approved list as MSSA’s (and one of the not approved list (though that is a piston gun, not Di like the others). I hold only a A cat license (currently) and would want to purchase this as a A Cat.

What is the process for the police approving a firearm that is not on the approved list. I assume I can get a a import permit from police, and customs just ship the rifle to the police when it arrives. Then the police leave it in their armoury for a few months until they decide to look at it, realise it is the same as every other Ar15 (just abit nicer than most of them) and then they add it onto the approved list and release it to me?

I assume bringing it in without a pistol grip or stock would be ok, or would I need to ship an approved A cat shock to the US before exporting the rifle (just to show it is in-fact in A cat configuration)?

Cheers for the advice re watching the currency conversion rates.