Originally posted by barondla So what is the real law in Canada? If one company can legally ship you a red dot anyone should be able to- if they want. Have you tried any other US companies? Pentax US also sells to hunting/shooting stores ( red dots are in their sporting division price list), try a few of them. Firearm dealers dealers will have a better idea of what can be shipped to other countries. They deal with these laws all the time.
good luck
barondla
I suppose the USA-Canada "free trade agreement" has been updated since Homeland Security came into force ?? Anyway, I have no idea why this is such a pain to get a "Pentax" branded item that is available everywhere on the planet except here.
We must be some tough people or something like that!?
This one outfit I mentioned in the earlier post (selling this item for an astonishing $120.00) ... I didn't even bother to pursue the matter about shipping here ... shipping costs ... etc . Not interested to pay twice the amount.
And yes, I did try some other US online sellers carrying the Pentax RD10 ... again ( and I am not kidding): "Item cannot be shipped to Canada".
Now this is very interesting:
You can find all sorts of RedDot's sighters out there, available in different brands but not Pentax (in Canada).
I checked at online stores where they sell to hunters (firearms, crossbows, ...): they all have some brand(s) of RedDot's, but no Pentax.
I even checked, get this, where they sell paintball "fight" supplies: RedDots galore ... no Pentax.
So, I went to a "little store" down the road here where they sell sporting equipment of all kinds, especially for hunting/fishing: again, some brands of RedDot's available ... "never heard of Pentax" they say !! (well, I am not really surprised).
I still want to get the Pentax brand (the RD10), so while discussing this with a friend of ours, she mentioned that her brother in law has an address in the USA, not very far from here actually ... and you know the rest of the story.
I will find out early next week ... empty-ended story ,,,
JP