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hi, i basically joined up because i need some help please.

I moved to Sweden from England to be with my Swedish wife, my son and step kids. I'm now a Swedish citizen.

I own an Air Arms tx200 .177 mkII and I want to get it sent over from England.

Please advise how I do this?

Thanks.

if a private person send it to you with a certificata (on the outside) that the riffle is under 10 j (maximum limit for licence free) ,AND OF COURSE IT MUST BE UNDER 10 J
it shuld not be any problem but the custums open often thath sort of pack..
excuse mu bad english/A

You will have to tune it down from from 12 ft.lbs/16 Joule, which I suppose it is now, to the Swedish legal limit <10 Joule, appr. 7,3 ft.lbs.
Preferably you let an airgun workshop do this so they can write a certificate that it is under 10 J.
Then you will have to find a carrier that accepts guns. If you bring it yourself an aircraft carrier will consider it "a gun" and you will have to pay extra for special handling.

If you import it as it is in 12 ft.lbs without having a FAC you will have problems if it's found by customs. The least that will happen is that you will get your gun seized but you also may get charged for gunrunning.

Should you get caught with gun-running / smuggelling, you will most likely be expelled from Sweden. Perhaps for life. (No kidding.) Regardless of any punishment. So the stakes are very high for you.

Sell it in england, buy a new one in sweden.

Hi all thanks for the replies.. im thinking ahayeah is right, maybe i should sell it in England. I love and miss that rigle though.

Maybe you can send without spring in it if you could get a 10 j spring (or7,5j from gemany) here.

Anyway, if custom testshoot the rifle it will take them some months, so be prepared to wait. They may decidé to test shoot it even if you have a certificate.