Thread: NZFS ammo

I think that arms dealer chap in Hawera has got the CAC trademark now.

For the unfamiliar, CAC stands for Colonial Ammunition Company.

Import restrictions meant it was pretty much the only ammo we could get. 303, and then 270, 243 and 308 as I recall. The first imported ammo I remember was circa 1965, Norma 308 and Hertenburg .222 (spelling?). I thought I was untouchable using that imported .222 ammo.

Around about 1968 I used Norma 308 (having discovered that Hertenburg .222 ammo was not magic, and each lost deer was worth a weeks wages). The projectiles were silver (some sort of gliding metal) and they had yellow plastic tips which looked like they may have been actually round with the front half exposed. We thought they were the bee's-knees. Worked ok anyway. My 308 had one of the first Tasco 'scopes on it...they were Japanese and were ok...its on CraigC's .22 now...its well over 40 years old. It was born before he was.