Policies & Procedures
Restricted Importation
NFA Firearms
Those firearms as defined in 26 U.S.C. § 5845, which include such firearms as machineguns, machinegun receivers, silencers, short barreled rifles, short barreled shotguns, destructive devices, smoothbore pistols, and certain other firearms (including certain unserviceable weapons).
Surplus Military Firearms
Those firearms which are generally not authorized for importation under 18 U.S.C. § 925(d)(3).
Nonsporting Firearms
… such as handguns which do not meet the sporting purpose criteria on ATF F 5330.5 (Form 4590), any rifle or shotgun with a folding stock or folding bayonet, and shotguns having a fixed magazine with a capacity of more than 5 cartridges and certain military style semiautomatic rifles and shotguns.
Nonsporting Ammunition
… including armor piercing ammunition, tracer ammunition (except sporting shotgun ammunition), ammunition for destructive devices, and incendiary ammunition. (see 18 U.S.C. § 921(a)(17)(B)).
Proscribed Countries
Importation of firearms (other than sporting shotguns), ammunition (other than sporting shotgun ammunition), and munitions list articles originating in certain countries is prohibited.
Proscribed Countries
See: Federal Register, Vol. 72, No. 246 — December 26, 2007, pages 72936-8
| Defense articles that were manufactured or being exported from any of the countries below cannot be authorized for importation into the United states. | Both 27 CFR § 447.52 and 22 CFR § 126.1 also apply the same proscriptions to countries with which the united states maintains an arms embargo. The ITAR notes the following countries: |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan | Burma |
| Belarus | China |
| Cuba | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Haiti | Liberia |
| Iran | Mongolia |
| Iraq | Rwanda |
| Libya | Somalia |
| North Korea | Sudan |
| Syria | Unita (Angola) |
| Vietnam | – |
Voluntary Restraining Agreement
Certain restrictions apply to both ammunition and firearms (other than sporting shotguns) which are located or manufactured in Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russian Federation, Turkmenistan, Ukraine or Uzbekistan and any firearm or ammunition manufactured in the former Soviet Union located anywhere in the world. Only the following stipulated firearm models or parts for these models are importable under the present agreement. 27 CFR § 447.52.
| Pistols / Revolvers Restrictions | |
|---|---|
| German Model P08 Pistol MC-1-5 Pistol | Polish Vis Model 35 Pistol |
| IZH 34M (.22 caliber Target Pistol) | Soviet Nagant Revolver |
| IZH 35M (.22 caliber Target Pistol) | TOZ 35, .22 caliber Target Pistol |
| Mauser Model 1896 Pistol | - |
| Added as of May 6, 2004: | |
| MTs 440 Pistol | MTs 57-1 Pistol |
| MTs 59-1 Pistol | MTs 1-5 Pistol |
| TOZ-35M Starter Pistol | Biathlon-7k Pistol |
| Rifle Restrictions | |
|---|---|
| BARS-4 Bolt Action Carbine | MC-113-02 |
| Biathlon Target Rifle, .22LR caliber | MC-115-1 |
| British Enfield Rifle | MC-125/127 |
| CM2, .22 caliber Target Rifle MC-126 (also known as SM2, 22 caliber) | MC-128 |
| German Model 98K Rifle | Saiga Rifle |
| German Model G41 Rifle | Soviet Model 38 Carbine |
| German Model G43 Rifle | Soviet Model 44 Carbine |
| IZH-94 | Soviet Model 91/30 Rifle |
| LOS- 7 Bolt Action Rifle | TOZ 18, .22 caliber Bolt Action Rifle |
| MC- 7-07 | TOZ 55 |
| MC-18-3 | TOZ 78 |
| MC-19-07 | Ural Target Rifle, .22LR caliber |
| MC-I05-01 | VEPR Rifle |
| MC-I12-02 | Winchester Model 1895 (Russian Model Rifle) |
| Added as of May 6, 2004: | |
| Sever Double-Barrel | Izh-18MN Single barrel, break action |
| MR-251 Over/Under | MR-221 Double barrel |
| MR-141K | MR-161K |
| MTs 116-1 | MTs 116M Rifle |
| MTs 112-02 | MTs 115-1 |
| MTs 113-02 | MTs 105-01 Combination Gun |
| LOS-7-1 Bolt-action Sporting Rifle | LOS-7-2 Bolt-action Sporting Rifle |
| LOS-9-1 Bolt-action Sporting Rifle | Sobol (Sable) Bolt-action Sporting Rifle |
| Rekord Semi-auto Rifle | Bars-4-1 Bolt-action Sporting Rifle |
| Saiga Semi-auto Rifle | Saiga-M Semi-auto Rifle |
| Saiga-308 Semi-auto Rifle Saiga-308-1 Semi-auto Rifle Saiga-308-2 Semi-auto Rifle |
Saiga-9 Semi-auto Rifle |
| Korshun Semi-auto Rifle | Ural-5-1 Ural-6-1 Ural-6-2 |
| SM-2 Bolt-action Target Rifle SM-2-1 Bolt-action Target Rifle |
Biatlon-7-3 Bolt-action Target Rifle Biatlon-7-4 Bolt-action Target Rifle |
| Rekord-1 Bolt-action Target Rifle Rekord-2 Bolt-action Target Rifle Rekord-CISM Bolt-action Target Rifle |
Rekord-1-308 Bolt-action Target Rifle Rekord-2-308 Bolt-action Target Rifle Rekord-308-CISM Bolt-action Target Rifle |
| Vepr Semi-auto | Vepr-Super Semi-auto |
| Vepr-Pioner Semi-auto | Vepr-Safari Semi-auto |
| TOZ 109 Semi-auto | KO 44-1 Semi-auto |
| TOZ 78-01 Bolt-action | KO 44 Semi-auto |
| TOZ 99 Semi-auto | TOZ 99-01 Semi-auto |
| TOZ 55-01 Zubr Double-barrel | TOZ 55-2 Zubr Double-barrel |
| TOZ 120 Zubr Double-barrel | MTs 111 Double-barrel |
| MTs 109 Double-barrel Combination | TOZ 122 Semi-auto |
| TOZ 125 Semi-auto | TOZ 28 Triple-barrel |
| TOZ 300 Triple-barrel | – |
