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  • ubet
    Senior Member
    CGN Contributor
    • Feb 2011
    • 1557

    Argentina/guns

    Not sure where to post this....

    My wife and I might be taking a trip to Argentina next year, and was wondering if its possible to take a pistol with you (although I doubt it). But if it is, what are the regs, does anyone on here know?

    Thanks
  • #2
    dwtt
    Calguns Addict
    • Oct 2005
    • 7470

    You can ask at your nearest Argentinian consulate or the embassy in Washington, D.C. The biggest problem would be getting the proper paper work so your gun doesn't get confiscated by customs in Argentina. If you do get permission to bring a gun, fill out a CBP Form 4457 and have it signed by US Customs -before- you leave, otherwise you will have a hard time bringing your gun back into the US when you return. You can get the form signed at any major international airport in the US, just head to the international terminal where they have a Customs office.

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    • #3
      socalblue
      Senior Member
      • Feb 2010
      • 811

      Shotguns are easy (Rifles a bit more difficult) if you have the proper hunting permits. Handguns are a major no-no. Used to be able to hire local security pretty cheaply (most are retire LEO who can carry). Not sure anymore.

      That being said, if you have connections to a wealthy land owner almost anything is possible ...

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      • #4
        Cato
        Calguns Addict
        • Apr 2006
        • 5659

        ...if I may chime in, Argentinian women are hot!

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        • #5
          yellowfin
          Calguns Addict
          • Nov 2007
          • 8371

          Good wines too, LOVE Mendoza Malbecs. Going dove hunting? My friends tell me dove hunting down there is AWESOME.
          "You can't stop insane people from doing insane things with insane laws. That's insane!" -- Penn Jillette
          Originally posted by indiandave
          In Pennsylvania Your permit to carry concealed is called a License to carry fire arms. Other states call it a CCW. In New Jersey it's called a crime.
          Discretionary Issue is the new Separate but Equal.

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          • #6
            ubet
            Senior Member
            CGN Contributor
            • Feb 2011
            • 1557

            No, its through a deal that my wifes brother (I refuse to call him my brother in law) and his wife could get, but we would have to go with them. I cant stand spending 3 days around him, more or less having to be on an airplane and stay 2 weeks in a foreign country with him.

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            • #7
              ubet
              Senior Member
              CGN Contributor
              • Feb 2011
              • 1557

              Welp, I will call an argentine embassy, it seems like I have read that firearms arent a big deal down there. But alas, I have no idea, I just dont like going anywhere unarmed.

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              • #8
                CHS
                Moderator Emeritus
                CGN Contributor - Lifetime
                • Jan 2008
                • 11338

                A long time ago I was looking at Argentina as an option to move to and/or have a very long vacation to. At the time I remember reading that their gun laws were basically some of the most open in South America (as far as structured gun laws are concerned).

                I don't know what, if anything, has changed. You may actually be able to simply purchase a gun down there while you're visiting. If it's a long enough visit it may even be worthwhile and then you just sell the gun before you leave, OR, you talk to the BATFE about importing the gun back to the US (probably easier than exporting a gun TO Argentina).
                Please read the Calguns Wiki
                Laws that forbid the carrying of arms...disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes...Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.
                --Cesare, Marquis of Beccaria, "On Crimes and Punishment"

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                • #9
                  ubet
                  Senior Member
                  CGN Contributor
                  • Feb 2011
                  • 1557

                  chs, that is something else I was thinking of.

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                  • #10
                    BigDogatPlay
                    Calguns Addict
                    • Jun 2007
                    • 7362

                    It's an anti site so take it for what it's worth.... link here. A call into the consulate would be a good bet.

                    I know guys, as well as Argentine ex-pats, who head down in the summer months to hunt. Bird guns are pretty easy, so long as your paperwork is in order at both ends... or so I'm told.
                    -- Rifle, Pistol, Shotgun

                    Not a lawyer, just a former LEO proud to have served.

                    Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms. -- James Madison

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                    • #11
                      Glock22Fan
                      Calguns Addict
                      • May 2006
                      • 5752

                      From what I've seen in the hunting and gun magazines, in some places the doves are so thick that you can literally shoot hundreds, maybe thousands, in a day, depending upon how much ammo you can afford. The pictures show the skies so black it would be hard to identify any one bird to aim at, and the possibility of hitting several in one shot is quite likely.

                      The locals collect them all up and feed the local villages for several days.

                      Don't know about handguns though.
                      John -- bitter gun owner.

                      All opinions expressed here are my own unless I say otherwise.
                      I am not a lawyer and this is not legal advice.

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                      • #12
                        ddestruel
                        Senior Member
                        • Nov 2009
                        • 887

                        Originally posted by Glock22Fan
                        From what I've seen in the hunting and gun magazines, in some places the doves are so thick that you can literally shoot hundreds, maybe thousands, in a day, depending upon how much ammo you can afford. The pictures show the skies so black it would be hard to identify any one bird to aim at, and the possibility of hitting several in one shot is quite likely.

                        The locals collect them all up and feed the local villages for several days.

                        Don't know about handguns though.


                        1500-2000 in 5-6 hours of shooting in the brush is pretty norm you get into the fields and oofda it makes my shoulder throb without even pulling the trigger......... rifles and shotguns were easy, call the consulate fill out the paperwork spend 3-4 hours in customs and you're good to go. i dont even dabble in handguns
                        NRA Life member, multi organization continued donor etc etc etc

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                        • #13
                          Lionsfeast
                          Junior Member
                          • Apr 2011
                          • 25

                          I heard that the main obstacle is paying a hefty fee ($100+) for every gun you take. If you have cheap rifles, it's probably better to rent them down there.

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