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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, Kyrgystan, 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
IZH 34M (.22 caliber Target Pistol)	Polish Vis Model 35 Pistol
IZH 35M (.22 caliber Target Pistol)	Soviet Nagant Revolver
Mauser Model 1896 Pistol	TOZ 35, .22 caliber Target 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	–