ive bought three markers from canada and had them in my hand within a week of ordering.and yes there are tax and import duties to be paid but there are ways around that
.the easiest is to take a crappy marker with you into the country all disassembled saying your going to be playin some tourney/rec ball(need to tell customs your carring a firearm that comes under section 5 of the uk firearms act so is classed as a air rifle and they my want to see it needs to be completely disassembled ;trigger frame,barrel removed and air system and bottle)
BUY YOUR NEW MARKER post to your home address any paperwork reciepts etc then come threw customs again telling the airline your bringing your marker back into the country and you should be ok
if you carnt be asked to go through all that try ordering from sean
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www.canadianpaintball.com tell them neill recommended them great service but look to pay on top of the price of the marker 20-25% tax,duties,p+p max you may save some coin especially if your after something special like myself im looking at a shocktech dm4 from sean
hope this helps