Import Laws and Rules

tudorbug · 02-13-2004, 09:14 AM

When I was a soldier stationed in Germany in the mid=1980's (in Mannheim) you could buy a Luger at a Rod & Gun Club, for example.

But, as I then understood it, you could not bring it back to the states because it was an implement of war.

Can anyone tell me what the rules really are? If I am in Germany again, under what circumstances may I come back with a Luger purchased there?

Thanks, I'm grateful.

Edward Tinker · 02-13-2004, 11:27 AM

If you take a gun over and can prove later via paperwork that you took one over, that is the easy way to bring one back.

Otherwise, you have to apply to the former BATF and request to import one. If it is a military weapon, you might have problems. I didn't take or bring anything back while I was over there, but could have and wished I had checked into more (I was there 1993-99).

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Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,912 Thanks: 1,989 Thanked 4,502 Times in 2,077 Posts	If you take a gun over and can prove later via paperwork that you took one over, that is the easy way to bring one back. Otherwise, you have to apply to the former BATF and request to import one. If it is a military weapon, you might have problems. I didn't take or bring anything back while I was over there, but could have and wished I had checked into more (I was there 1993-99). __________________ Edward Tinker ************ Co-Author of Police Lugers - Co-Author of Simson Lugers Author of Veteran Bring Backs Vol I, Vol II, Vol III and Vol IV