Years, and I mean YEARS ago, I brought over a couple of antique shotguns from England. The process was fairly simple with no Form 6 required. I had a working relationship with a kindly woman who worked at Customs in JFK, and a bloke on the other end (now sadly passed on) that took care of that end. It all was pretty straight forward and took about 2 weeks total.
Fast forward to 2022.
There are a HUGE number of really pretty old double guns up for auction the past year or two. Holts in particular seems to have gobs of them. Damascus proofed barrels, well known and lesser known Makers...all wonderful looking. The next Holts auction is in September. Has anyone done this lately? I’ve poked around a bit, and it seems that things aren’t quite as easy (or cheap) as they were to get them into the States.
Anyone???