I ordered a Glock 17 magnesium slide and barrel plus a magazine from eHobbyAsia.com and it came through without problems. It's once you start getting into the metal outer barrels that would be prohibited length where customs might make a seizure, if they believe the barrel to be usable on a real gun. The fact that outer barrels now sometimes come with faux rifling at the tip won't help. Best to have an importer get you short barrels.
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Originally Posted by BC_K
Metal bodies, Stocks & AEG magazines are a no no.
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Correct on metal bodies, but stocks are not a controlled item and will pass. Only AEG mags
with visible fake cartridges will pose a problem. Customs doesn't seem to have an issue with any other AEG magazines.
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Originally Posted by BC_K
Pretty much if you can instantly find a use for an item on a real gun, its usually not allowed through customs.
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Completely false. Hundreds of airsoft gun accessories (scopes, sights, rail covers, vertical grips, bipods, cheek pieces, slings, etc.) can be used on real guns, especially those with Picatinny rails like AR-15s. Importation of REAL gun accessories is not covered under a blanket ban, only specific gun parts cannot be imported - short handgun barrels, and fire control parts for automatic weapons. Civilians are even permitted to import handguns themselves as long as they are verified and registered prior to being picked up by the importer. Getting them out of the host country is usually more of a pain than getting them into Canada!