The cross border horror stories abound and I live 60 miles from the border and it might as well be across the ocean instead of the Detroit River.....
Canadian/American Customs is amazing in the continual onslaught to confiscate tons of mechandise, especially gun related, that they know will never be claimed because if claimed, they will prosecure the sender.....
I imagine the Canadian and American customs officials have outfitted their personal gun safes very well at shippers expense.
Then we have the exchange rates and import/export duties. No wonder most business here refrain from selling cross border.
I don't but I always tell my customers that it may take longer for their items to travel to them (in Canada) than it takes for the items to reach Australia and it usually does, plus, it always arrives opened and rummaged through...... and of course in complete disarray.
What could be better.
Considering the grief associated with a sale (across border), the rifle is priced very well. The brass will probably wind up in the possession of some customs official however........