Travel with weapons by USA and Turkey

[yarettlopez]

I finally have my lion and lioness hunt booked in South Africa for October of this year, I already bought my rifle for the occasion (.458 Win mag) but now I need to get to Africa, I am Mexican and I live in Mexico. I want to fly via Los Angeles to Johannesburg with a stopover in Turkey, but I wanted to know what permits or licenses I need to travel through the US and Turkey, in South Africa I will use Rifle permits, but I need help with the others.

I do not plan to stay or leave the airport at any time, it is only transit, I hope you can help me. Greetings and thanks.

 

[cal pappas]

In my experience it is near impossible to bring a rifle into a country if you are not hunting there.
In transit may be OK (but not even that in Asia).
I would check with your travel agent such as Steve Turner of Travel With Guns.
Best of luck to you.
Cal

 

[Tanks]

Transiting through Istanbul should be OK with the proper forms filled with Turkish Airlines. I don't know the procedure for transiting through the USA.