I know we covered a "manufacturing" question previously however, I found this germane to the subject overall.
Interesting thing happened on the way to work today. Was checking emails "and found one from "Track of the Wolf". Since I have a customer who wants a barrel relined I checked their sight for barrel liners and found this:
"Not for Export. Until recently, we supplied the best barrel liners to refresh the bores of antique rifles worldwide. Homeland Security now requires a expensive license, plus a additional permit (per order). Sorry, we can no longer afford to export barrel liners. We ship to any U.S. address!"
So, it seems some parts distributors are now enforcing "manufacturing" permit requirement that some thought would not be enforced under the current administration... If that becomes industry wide it will put many "gunsmiths" out of business.
Since my shop does both retail sales as well as gunsmithing I am posting this notice here for all FFL's.
Interesting thing happened on the way to work today. Was checking emails "and found one from "Track of the Wolf". Since I have a customer who wants a barrel relined I checked their sight for barrel liners and found this:
"Not for Export. Until recently, we supplied the best barrel liners to refresh the bores of antique rifles worldwide. Homeland Security now requires a expensive license, plus a additional permit (per order). Sorry, we can no longer afford to export barrel liners. We ship to any U.S. address!"
So, it seems some parts distributors are now enforcing "manufacturing" permit requirement that some thought would not be enforced under the current administration... If that becomes industry wide it will put many "gunsmiths" out of business.
Since my shop does both retail sales as well as gunsmithing I am posting this notice here for all FFL's.

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