Posted on 08/25/2019 1:14:03 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The parts sights, stocks, muzzles, buffer kits and grips arrived in three shipments and had a combined value of more than $378,000...
The parts arrived over a period of three months and were bound for a legitimate US-based gun parts seller and distributor...
The United States restricts imports from countries with which it has an arms embargo, including China. The US imposed an arms embargo after the deadly 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square.
The CBP didnt say to whom the parts were being shipped, who shipped them, and whether anyone would be charged in connection with the seizure.
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Ping!
The embargo should be on us selling them stuff not the other way around.
I just wonder who in the Federal Government they are trying to protect.
A bunch of Springs.
Five gallon bucket worth.
Huh? There was 52M parts, with a combined value of more than $378,000...? So about $7.27 per piece? OMG so glad the Feds are on top of this! Such debauchery!
Not all US companies. Many retailers, yes. But there are many made in the US sources for gun builds. You will pay more, but they wont be cheap parts the break when exercised.
Mak90s were the highest quality import builds in their day. Most accurate AK I’ve ever owned
If you don’t hold value for a Chinese Norinco mak90, I question your understanding of AK quality. Until fairly recently, they were top tier.
Honestly, since I got back into riding bikes a couple of years ago, I haven’t devoted much time into staying on top of all things firearms.
A lovely day - do I go to the range or do I spend the day getting wind therapy on the Scout? The Scout has been the winner most of the time.
Perhaps when it’s a little too cold to ride this winter I will spend some quality time with my other “friends”.
Maybe, but that doesnt make up for all the counterfeit parts sold on eBay. Try a counterfeit minimalist MFT ar15 stock for 10 bucks vs the real thing at 50 bucks as a quick example. They are sold as the real thing but they are like Mattel toys by some Chicom with a 3D printer. They get your 10 US dollars and you get a piece of crap that wont last 10 minutes at the range.
If I know I am buying a Chinese gun, its on me. Counterfeit parts are on them.
My point is not everything they build is crap, like the Norinco plant. Not many manufacturers square the barrels up to the action with a robot who presses it perfectly into place with .0002” of runoff. I was a competition shooter in my younger days, running almost exclusively the Kalashnikov platform. My mak90 has been rebarelled after I shot away it’s rifling over 16 or so years. Anyone who calls Norinco crap has no idea what they’re talking about. Polytech as well.
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