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I GOT MY DOMINATOR

Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 12:32 am
by ABABUJAY
DEAR FRENDS,
AT last i got my dominator cleared from customs after showing them my arms license, there was no fuss, no delay but i had to pay 40000 duty and ware house charges.
and today i got it endorsed in my license in dc office.
now i am looking for a air source, hope hill pump willwork upto 250 bar
thats all now regards
babu jayaprakash

Re: I GOT MY DOMINATOR

Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 9:09 am
by jonahpach
As the saying goes "There is one born every minute" :D Whoever heard of anyone entering an airgun on a firearms licence!

Jonah

Re: I GOT MY DOMINATOR

Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 10:11 am
by dev
Jonah there is such a provision for airguns which fail the deal wood test. ababujay has just done the right thing unlike the slight of hand some resort to.

-- Sat Mar 27, 2010 10:13 am --
ABABUJAY wrote:DEAR FRENDS,
AT last i got my dominator cleared from customs after showing them my arms license, there was no fuss, no delay but i had to pay 40000 duty and ware house charges.
and today i got it endorsed in my license in dc office.
now i am looking for a air source, hope hill pump willwork upto 250 bar
thats all now regards
babu jayaprakash

Congrats babu i am very happy for you. the hill pump should work fine for you.
have fun and post the groups and pics once you have things going.

Re: I GOT MY DOMINATOR

Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 11:05 pm
by ABABUJAY
dev wrote:Jonah there is such a provision for airguns which fail the deal wood test. ababujay has just done the right thing unlike the slight of hand some resort to.




Congrats babu i am very happy for you. the hill pump should work fine for you.
have fun and post the groups and pics once you have things going.

THANX DEV,
for your positive attitude, i ll post all my experience with dominator
regards
babu

Re: I GOT MY DOMINATOR

Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2010 3:13 pm
by jonahpach
Still looks like a waste of a hard to get "licence" by useing it for an airgun to me..

Jonah

Re: I GOT MY DOMINATOR

Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2010 3:51 pm
by tirths
As since dominator is a confirmed firearm, this cannot be imported other than elite sports personal. I see a big question mark there.

Re: I GOT MY DOMINATOR

Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2010 4:17 pm
by hamiclar01
Whoa........? Which Dominator are we talking about?

The Logun Dominator? the re badged FX Cutlas, AKA FX Superswift (....remember my earlier post, snigger snigger)

The Walther Dominator? basically a FT air rifle

Tirths, why are they confirmed firearms?

I would have agreed with Jonah about space on your license, but now you have done it, conrgats, and enjoy your gun. If it's the FX one, make sure you have extra mags. The spring released return makes it very fast to shoot.

BTW, if this is full powered, I would look for a source of compressed air to fill it regularly. Use the Hills pump only for topping it up occasionally, else you'll spend more time pumping than shooting

Re: I GOT MY DOMINATOR

Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2010 4:24 pm
by tirths
hamiclar01 wrote:Whoa........? Which Dominator are we talking about?

The Logun Dominator? the re badged FX Cutlas, AKA FX Superswift (....remember my earlier post, snigger snigger)

The Walther Dominator? basically a FT air rifle

Tirths, why are they confirmed firearms?
hamiclar01,
Walther Dominator, that ABABUJAY has failed the test carried out by the forensic dept. therefore coming under firearm category.

Re: I GOT MY DOMINATOR

Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2010 4:28 pm
by hamiclar01
I see. Thanks for clarifying the issue Tirths. It all makes sense now.

Congrats on getting this sorted Ababujay.It must be a relief. Have fun. The Dommie is a great gun and very very accurate. Do post pics.

Re: I GOT MY DOMINATOR

Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 12:08 am
by ABABUJAY
jonahpach wrote:Still looks like a waste of a hard to get "licence" by useing it for an airgun to me..

Jonah
dea jonah,
dominator is no way inferior for a rim-fire other than the power, but compared to other pcpes dominator is very powerful, i am not a very good shooter but still i cud make 1 inch group at 30 yards with open sights,
the gun is verry smooth, 8 shot repeater, no jamming, cheap ammo etc
so i feel i hve not wasted my license.
regards
babu

Re: I GOT MY DOMINATOR

Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 7:29 am
by Sakobav
Congrats babu

Do post pictures of your gun..Rs 40K duty care to detail how this was assessed by the custom guys?

Best

Re: I GOT MY DOMINATOR

Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 10:58 am
by ABABUJAY
ngrewal wrote:Congrats babu

Do post pictures of your gun..Rs 40K duty care to detail how this was assessed by the custom guys?

Best
dear Ngrewal,
the customs people have a very big list of goods which are exempted fom duty unfortunately my dominator of .22 caliber was not in the list hence 100% duty. :(
regads
babu

Re: I GOT MY DOMINATOR

Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 11:47 pm
by BVRANGAN
Hi Babu

i am flying into Chennai next week and was planning to bring in a .22 Walther Dominator, from this thread it looks like there will be issues with Customs, Could you please shed some light

thanks

Re: I GOT MY DOMINATOR

Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 12:55 am
by vmanicks
Be prepared if you willing to take a chance in Namma Oru Chennai :)

Hope you have all the docs before landing.

Re: I GOT MY DOMINATOR

Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 1:05 am
by ABABUJAY
dEA RANGAN,
The customs people are not techies so as soon as they see ur gun, they will immediately send it to the balastic dept where it will fail the deal wood test , and the rest u know, this is my personal experienc e in chennai.
so plan accordingly.
wishes babu