Thread: Can i buy a gun while over in australia

So I'm over in western australia for my dad's funeral and while I'm here ice bumped into dad's mates who is a current firearms dealer collecter and I found out he has my grandads old .22. He wants to give it to me seeing I'm the only shooter in the family. I'm interested in how hard it will be to take back.

Has anyone dealt with this before?

Could the paper work be sorted in the next few days?

Does an NZ FAL count over here? I do not has an Australian one and I wonder if my Australian passport would complicate things.

If I got it to NZ (legally) would I then need to register all my firearms?

I'm only over here a few more days and then I'll be back in nz. I figure I don't have enough time to sort it. The collecter is an old guy and he knows the days are number for his collection as the laws are getting harder and harder.

The gun has little value other then sentimental. It's a hexagon barrel 22 pump. Likely a winchester or Remington.

All help is appreciated.

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