I find there is a lot more scrutiny on items crossing the US/Cdn border than items from overseas. It is a bit of a crap shoot, which I don't like playing on items that are hard to replace. I believe it comes about as part of the US/Cdn arms smuggling initiatives.
An example of this is ebay, where many Canadian buyers will bring items in from Europe rather than the US. Apparently on occasion the US has even seized Lee Enfield stocks in the mail that were leaving the country without the required permits.
Now if we were in Mexico, we could have just added the goods to the "Fast and Furious" manifests.
Mike's idea is a good one. If the HJ purchase comes to fruition this upcoming summer, it can easily be added to the load.
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