Well Hello, and nice to find you!

Started by J-K, 24. November 2007 kl. 23:37:42

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J-K

I was doing a Goggle search for "kaliber 18 lødig" and this is where I ended up. My lucky day!

There not many Scandinavian black-powder arms websites that are in English, and those web translators have a long way to go before I will be able to understand them. So may I start out with a big thank you to Øyvind for doing an English
version, and please keep up the wonderful work.

I am sure you will see me around quite often, as I have many questions.

Best wishes, John

Øyvind F.

Thank you, and welcome on board. :)

Unfortunately, the English version is still just a "light" version. Do you perhaps have a kammerlader since you googled "kaliber 18 lødig"?
Øyvind F. - forum admin
Ta også en kikk på kammerlader.no.

J-K

Not Yet! But hopefully very soon.

My last purchase was a Danish M1853/66 that I am working on cartridges for.
And hopefully, if the importation keeps on schedule

I will have a Swedish Jarmann for Christmas. Most of my collection are of Swedish Mausers and Rolling Blocks. I wish I could find more antique Norwegian arms, but they are very few and far between around here. I am lucky to have found a couple of nice Krags for my collection.

Best regards,
John

Trond

I just love "marketing" my site on Øyvinds pages - but take look at Norwegian military small-arms 1680-WW2, you'll find most of the main Norwegian

models here.

Trond

J-K

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Yes Trond
I have been a fan of your site for some years now. You have an inspiring collection to say the least.

I especially enjoy looking at the Krag Petersson. They are one of my all time favorites. Perhaps some day

I will find one.
Best, John

RussianBerdan

John you was able to find a Norwegian that had the ispiration to sell a norwegian weapons outside his country? If was it is a miracle: our scandinavia friends are extremly jealous of their weapons and don't like very much to trade them in foreign coutries. I'm happy for you. In Italy now we have othr problems: last news Governmet wants to change the italian gun low:-(

regards

Trond

The problem is that exporting a weapon legally from Norway demands a lot of work and bother. One needs an export permission from our "Armed Services Museum". In order to get this, one must fill out an application in several copies and one may have to wait for several weeks. If the weapon is on license, one in addition needs to have it struck at the police after one has obtained an export declaration from the customs office.

Norway has one of the Worlds highest cost of living. An underpaid girl at the cash register at the local grocery will make some Euro 2500-3000 per month while an low level schooled and untrained car mechanic will make some Euro 5-6 000 per month - for starters.

As a result of this, the alternative "cost" of the paperwork for exporting one item is easily some Euro 3-500, so why bother? The potential importer would not like to pay for this and, from my point of view, filling out and arranging all this paperwork is a thoroughly negative experience that I therefore would demand a lot more than Euro 3-500 for.

So this has nothing to do with jealousy, but with overpaid Norwegians and their laziness.

Trond

RussianBerdan

In my opinion Jealousy is a complimetns some of Norwegian weapons are very pieces of art. Well we are the same problem here in italy but not for the importation request to the police autority ( well is not true in all my country) but the taxation and normal time of waiting. For my last importation from Switzerland, passing from Austria, 3 months of waiting.

By the way Trond compliments for your site: i'm preparing a series of articles about Norwegian military rifles and i have used some information present in it. I hope I can have your permission to write your name and your site adress like reference.

regards

Trond

You hereby have my permission,

it is a pleasure giving it.

Trond