exporting De activated bren to Australia

[snookyyyy]

Hi Guys,

Am wondering if anyone can recommend any dealers in the US or the UK who would be interested in selling a deactivated Bren to a licensed collector. I have all the bits and pieces (CES) for it and the transit chest which i have collected over the years. Now I am looking for the actual BREN to fill it!

As a licensed collector in Australia you can import a deacivated bren but even though it is deactivated it must be registered and stored in a safe as you would a live firearm! Lots of customs permits and paperwork to sort out too...but am quite willing to have a go. Have emailed a few dealers in the UK but none are keen ....any sugestions?

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[Peter Laidler]

Try World Wide Arms in Stafford or try one of the US dealers

[bigduke6]

Am wondering if anyone can recommend any dealers in the US or the UKicon who would be interested in selling a deactivated Bren to a licensed collector.

Have a look on the link below, its to do with mainly vehicles but has a section at the bottom for deacs etc, these are classifieds just members of the public selling on there stuff, but also the dealers who deal in these are at the right side in a colum.

One of them may help, cant see any probs with shipping from the UK (as its a Deac) it depends on your restrictions etc and if you have all the correct paperwork.

Deactivated Weapons - MILWEB Classifieds

PS ( one firm I wouldnt deal with is a firm who deal in vehicles and a lot of deacts, I wont mention there name as they are a bunch of complete w*****s.
pm me and will tell you who they are, reason I wont mention them here as I dont want to give them any free advertising).

[snookyyyy]

Thanks for the leads ....i have tried world wide arms but they aren 't interested. I have been in contact with Stringtown supplies who are willing and interested in exporting one. Now begins the process of geting the paperwork in order! wish me luck!

[Peter Laidler]

Befgore you do anything else or even buy one here (the UK....) contact David Thomas. Email follows on PM

[tbonesmith]

Any chance you could keep me informed of the legal process, I was under the impression that the import ban on military style weapons extended to deac's and anything containing any parts at all, yet occasionally I hear of it happening, or at least its intent. I'd been keenly interested in the process, for my own use at some stage... Cheers

[snookyyyy]

Hi T-bone,

have made contact with a reputable dealer in the UK. He is looking for a Lithgow made bren for me to import here into oz. I will let you know how it goes!

[Peter Laidler]

If anyone in the UK has a deact Lithgow Bren for sale, let me know on snookies behalf. I'm going to tuck myself in the crate with a bottle of pop and some sandwiches

[newbieDAN]

I'm also looking to importing a deact Bren into West Oz and would love to know what hoops to jump thru.

[tankhunter]

I dont want to Pee on anyone's Bonfire here, BUT. I was under the impression that it was Ilegal to import ANY MG class of Weapons into Oz? I will qoute an example of my own expiriernce for you.
Approx 15 years back, a good friend of mine in NSW, who is a Prominant & Well Respected high profile Bussinessman. Wanted an MP40 Deact sent into Oz.

He Got a live example Nicely Deactivated here in the UK from a major dealer & exporter. PRIOR to doing all of this, He enquired about, & GOT permisson to have it sent to oz.
It was sent & duly in the Postal system.
Whilst halfway accross the World, the Law changed in Oz reagrding Auto class Firearms. When it arrived, it was held at customs & he was contacted.
He went to customs with all his legal paperwork & permits ETC. He argued the point that it HAD indeed been granted permission & WAS authorised to be legaly imported.

The customs were NOT interested that it had been approved PRIOR to the law changing & that it was NOW illegal to imprort. This WAS indeed unfair & VERY Frustrating for my Friend.
The end result was that after TWO YEARS of lobbying MP's, Liasing with legal agencies Etc Etc. It was deemed Illegal to let it in the country.

soooooooooooo, it was sent back to the UK to me to sell it on my Friends behalf. You can imagine his attitude towards the authorities & how upset he was after doing everything he could to comply with the Law!

The long & the short of it was, he obtained another example through another method, already IN oz. It was deactivated & resides in his collection along with some VERY expensive restored German Wartime Military Vehicles!

I must confess, that was few years back now. Wether the Law has been recinded (Unlikley!) Or wether there has been an opening made in Law for collectors or not. I cannot confirm. I would advise enquiring with the authorities to see what the lay of the land is before embarking on a similar procedure. You MAY save yourself a LOT of potential Heartache & possibly legal hassle?..........

Just MY expireinece posted to prevent anyone unfortunate enough to possibly fall foul of Austrailias VERY strict Laws on Firearms. I SINCERLY wish you well with your 'adventure' & please DO keep all of us posted with how it progresses, if you are allowed to Import.