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Got Winchester .22 subs for $8 a packet from them this morning.
Its not just their store having to be up to scratch. each store needed to have three firearms licence holders, and each had to have a compliant safe in their home, even if they owned no firearms. So its as you would expect from the powers that not be, death by a thousand cuts is their modus operandi.
Are Horsewhips legal?
@Woody Having been a Pony Club Instructor, a Rider to Hounds and a Senior Show Jumping judge for many years, I can authoritatively tell you, yes.
HOWEVER, (there is always a however,) conditions apply as to the type and, dare I say it, method and location of their application.
Back on topic - popped in to local Farmlands this morning to grab a few boxes of 223. Fiocchi USA 55sp 50-packs at 78c/round at the clearance prices. Hard to beat that anywhere else..
Shelves were emptying pretty quick, so don’t waste time if you’re after anything.
Still had a bit of 222, 308, 7-08, 22mag, 22, plenty of shotgun, various other stuff..
Staffer agreed with my comment of ‘strangulation by red tape’ and described the situation as ridiculous.
I was pleasantly surprised when we moved down here to discover you can buy ammunition at the wee local Postshop but even he's knocking it on the head soon as he did it pretty much as a favour to locals and being the closest shop to the blue mountains blocks.
Just popped down to local Farmlands store picked some ammo ..
Going fast at a good price
Farmlands WANGANUI
No stock as they say they have never sold ammunition.
My two local Farmlands branches have never had much of a selection of ammo, usually just some .22lr (which has been out of stock for months), a bit of 12g turns up in April and a couple of packets of Winchester 7mm08.
OK i was in gisborne farmlands today and there was still a bit of 7mm08,308,270,243,a few 22-250 and 223. Also shotgun ammo.
Farmland taihape has got about 10 tubs of 2208 if anyone keen cheers
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So lady's and gentlemen!
There you have it! This governments commitment to our environment and pedator free NZ.
Let me cross off the environment thing first!
An extra trip for farmers in there wagons to there nearest gun store to pick up ammo. Where as before they could have covered that in a trip to Farmlands. Nice one, more pollution!
So we all know that time is what most of us don`t have and that extra trip will get knocked off of the list simple as that.
Them predators ain't going to just up and shoot them selves. Trapping takes a lot of time......Dick move gov and police dick move!
As a knock on effect we will now have bulk buy of ammo. Not so bad...but wait!
The next time there is some round up of a low life drug nob with a little more ammo than usual. You will see the press saying HEY whys he go so much.......
Yep that will be the next move cutting down to only what you can justify.....(they do this here for rifle ammo in the UK) But it will be worse for you in NZ because shotguns are not a right.
So you will get this across all ammo.
Knock on hey Framers land owners why are you not controlling your pests? We better come in and take care of that for you.....OH by the way here's the bill!
Good gov
And good one any twat who voted for this lot you poor ignorant fools!
I cant agree cause half the the time you go to farmlands they haven't got shit in stock so you have to order it in and make another trip in to town.
And Central North Island too. Used to be fine a decade ago,,. but have slowly gone downhill. Try to order fert or seed is an absolute nightmare. Fert and seed merchants won't let you order direct "go through farmlands". Try that and orders get stuffed up. it takes them half a dozen more calls to intermediates to get the job done. Far far more difficult than it needs to be.:omg:
Should do me for a while.
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@Sideshow One of your paragraphs caused me to seek further information
Yep that will be the next move cutting down to only what you can justify.....(they do this here for rifle ammo in the UK) But it will be worse for you in NZ because shotguns are not a right.
What are the "limits" and how are they justified? A link will be fine if it is a lengthy matter.
What is the reasoning to exclude shotguns from those limitations" Again, a link will be fine if it is a lengthy matter.
Finally, whatever do you mean when you say "in NZ shotguns are not a right"? i ask 'cos no firearms of any sort are a "right" here in Middle Earth.
Thank You
@Kiwi Sapper what I was talking about is that in the UK there is no limit on shotgun ammo. Having a shotgun certificate in the uk is a right. Was the same in NZ untill just recently when they passed a law to change this. Why else would they put it into law? Answer becasue if it had gone to court they would have lost.
The further information that you are asking for is my comparsion between the NZ firearms system and the UK one. I can see that this will come next to NZ a limit on the ammount of ammo that you may hold. It will come with the register. In the UK we have to write this on the back of our firearms ticket. (Mines quite full;)).
Its late here but Ill try to dig you up some links on UK tickets and how they work.
You will have to bear in mind that here a shotgun cert and a firearm cer are two different things, alos each cheif constable of each constabulary makes there own interpretation of the home office rulings.
So here in Berkshire they have slightly different ways of going about it than over the boarder in Wiltshire.
The only thing that is the same is its a mess just like NZ.
pm me if you want further info:)
Remember that most burglers wear raincoats these days...so they don't get too wet from the slap with a wet bus ticket they receive when caught:wtfsmilie:
Agree with the comment RE Farmlands losing the plot. They posted a net profit before tax of $7 million but that was with an $8.8 million Covid wage subsidy (while continuing to operate and sell supplies to their customers during lockdown. Farm Source didn’t take the subsidy...), and were provided with significant rent relief from their landlords. They would’ve posted a big loss without that support. Their obsession with market share at the expense of margin has caused a self perpetuated financial reaming. Sucks that they are moving away from stocking ammo but no skin off my nose, I’ll happily give my cash to another NZ owned cooperative (Farm Source)
Have to agree with this one. I'm based in Taranaki and spend a fair bit of time in the Hawkes Bay. Only the Bell Block farmlands had any significant range of ammunition. The others had a couple of pack of 22, maybe 223, 303 & 308. The amount if shotgun ammo depended on how close duck shooting was.
They didn't have enough to make it worth going in there to look for ammo. Not their core business or interest.
Bell Block only has a decent range of ammo because one of their staff is ex H&F. It's his interest.
If we had all bought more ammo from farmlands, maybe they would have kept selling it.
But it was never their main business, and it's become too much work and too expensive for them
Another one bites the dust. A great example of changing ammunition available bymaking things expensive rather than illegal. easier to get under the radar
Im pretty happy with Farmlands. Been a member since '75. Recently got a good discount off a Ford Ranger - over and above trade or fleet discount.
I watch their specials and pick up some good deals on stuff I need (and don't need).
And Ive always wondered why they bothered with ammo given the hassle for a small turn over.
so....if you unemployed or finding current job not quite cutting the mustard you COULD go to farmlands/wrightsons/ITM and say you have FAL and would love to work for them......it might be the little bit extra that gets you the job.
We gave in our farmlands account recently, their service was turning to shit, they didn’t want to order stuff in and when they did they either ordered the wrong thing or it was faster to drive to another area yourself and pick it up, I heard great they took over CRT’s systems after they went under/bought out? They really only seemed to care about lifestyle blocks and horses, gone to another supplier now
Tend to agree with nickbop. Ammo is the least of Farmlands issues. They have gone downhill since CRT bought them out. Processes have become far more convoluted, many more middlemen clipping the ticket. May well go elsewhere .