Very true.
Mind you, I would expect we have a very high number of FAL holders by head of population in Otago.
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my renewal was delayed as i had a "black mark" placed against me for refusing to tell interviewer what i owned (all a-cat)
I think so. I emailed our local firearms office regarding the status of my license application , no reply. Then i emailed the address posted by Swoffer and i got a reply within an hour or two stating that they would get back to me with an update "during the next week." (maybe auto reply?) No update yet ofcourse. But to be honest with ya, i dont expect one at all. It is plain that they are in no rush at all to do their work :) Have tried calling our local firearms office a couple of times too but no pickup. Maybe I should be calling 111? Might get an answer then if im lucky? :ORLY: :angry: smh
I emailed that project address over the weekend and got the "we'll get back to you". Well today they told me that my licence was ok'd on the 3rd of this month for renewal but they are having to do more looking into where my new E cat is at.
at least Im legal again
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Interesting. Did they actually state it would affect your licence application?
Nope. Oh yes it took about 2 weeks for me as well to be contacted by the guy who does the interviews, which is good imo. He arranged the interviews quickly and efficiently. Good bloke too. Wish i still had his number so i could possibly give him a ring about it, but he isnt on their wesbite as i think the person who does the interviews is actually independent from and not part of the police firearms department (correct me if im wrong anyone). Which explains why the only prompt service i received was from him, because he is not part of the policing side of things. This is a rough hypothesis but makes sense to me, happy to be proven wrong :thumbsup:
i refused to tell them and the old tart gave me a bad result. i found this out after calling the arms office to see where my new license was. the AO was great.she asked me to send a photo of my safe showing locking mech and fixing to wall and floor. she rang back shortly after and hey presto i got a new card the following week.
the woman who came to the house to interview the wife and i told me it was law that i had to disclose what we owned. i corrected her that only firearms needing an endorsement needed to be disclosed and registered. from what i gather she is still asking people what they own.
Well done. A guy I know had the same issue. He handed the vetting officer a copy of the Arms Act 83 and Regulations 92 and asked where it said in either document that he had to provide his A cat serial numbers. The interview concluded very shortly thereafter and nothing more was said on the matter.
Are you waiting for the printers on Australia or Wellington to print one out?
Yeah i was pleasantly surprised by how quickly it all got organised.
Yup. Separate from the police. They might be un sworn officers or civilian contractors. But from what I can gather a boy (or girl) in blue doesn't come to your house.
That's a good idea. People will always over reach their powers if allowed.
Yea the guy said theyre printing them in Wellington.
Im still wondering if i can somehow get in contact with one of the officers around here, if i can get some form of proof (license number?) to use in the mean time while im waiting for the plastic to come.. Im fairly sure my application form would have been accepted by now so shouldnt be a problem? Also why the hell dont they use the same system as NZTA when it comes to giving out temporary licenses, If both of your interviews are successful then i dont see what stops them from writing out a temporary license?
Depending on the arms officer you can get the dealer or seller to call them up and they can confirm that you are licensed.
It has to be photo ID. That way you can't get a John smith using another John smith's temp license. You can't do many illegal things with a temp drivers license I'd imagine but you could buy a hell of a lot of a cat rifles if you had a temp firearms licence.
in that case, will i possibly be able to walk out with a gun if the dealer rings up the AO and he confirms i have a license? seems too good to be true almost.
Ohh i see, that does make sense but surely there is a work around, how about finding some way to match the temp license with a drivers license? then its basically photo ID.
Yup. I have heard of people doing that on here.
Probably too easy to counterfeit a drivers license and then tack on a fake firearms licence number. Heather managed to do it without the photo ID.
The wait sucks but I don't think that it's a hardship unless they are taking more than a month to print it.
Im working nights this week. When I crawled out of bed at 2pm this afternoon there was a message on the ansaphone from local AO. All cleared on renewal and the E cat is a go, so away for printing on monday and into my sticky little mitts in 2 weeks she reckons . :thumbsup:
I had my own renewal and appliction for E Cat done by a civvy guy, but Ive been a referee for 2 other people recently and visited the cop shop to do one interview with a plain clothes guy and one phone interview with an actual cop for the other, so I dont know how it works really, although the cop interview was for my mates app, who is also a cop, so maybe a peer review thing
Alright, so i tried ringing the firearms office yesterday evening, no pick up. so after all the emails and the phone calls that seem to have gone unheard, i got fed up and filled in a dissatisfaction form last night. an hour or two passed and i got an email back from them saying they will forward my complaint to the firearms response team. this morning i got a reply to my email enquiry about the status of my license, which i sent out around 10 days ago, Interesting coincidence... (pretty sure the complaint has something to do with this)
The email said that my license was successfully processed and that it was sent out to the printer on May 8, and if i do not get my license in the mail by the end of this month then I should get back to them.
Stoked to finally get an update :)
wtf..... just went to check the mailbox, here it is!!!! can this be a coincidence or is this the complaints process at work????
Gun shopping time boys!!!!! :thumbsup:
Was dead set on getting a t3x lite in 7mm-08.. Went to hunting and fishing today in pukekohe, talked to one of the guys there and when I said 7mm08 he pounced on the idea immediately... Said that he is a professional hunting guide and that he's seen more wounded/missed animals with 7mm-08's than any other caliber and recommended I get a 308, so yea that kind of put me off getting the 7mm-08 (which they had in Stock). But then when I asked him if they had a t3x in 308 in Stock, he shuffled all over the place and couldn't find one. Funny how he and his colleague changed their tune after that, suddenly the 7mm-08 was "not such a bad caliber" any more and I should "not let their opinions affect what I buy"... Sale people I tell ya. Walked out not feeling comfortable with a purchase at all. They were friendly tho at least but yea. Any other auckland gun stores I could try out with decent selection of stock? Serious shooters? Gun city?
There's reloaders, Sai.
Assuming that you don't have any shooting experience then I'd suggest that you look up which calibers barnaul sell (223. 243. 7.62 x 39. 7.62 x 54 r, 308 etc)
and then get a second hand rifle in one of their calibers. 243 and up is good for deer. My reasoning is is that the rounds are cheap so you can easily afford to buy a fair bit and spend a couple of weekends shooting to get rid of any flinch etc.
I am planning on getting a second hand 308. Powerful enough for all nz game. (Good for thar and chamois too? Not sure.) Barnaul for goats and decent ammunition for deer.
There's a 308 Mauser on the forum. 400 bucks. Comes with a red field scope and then all you need is a suppressor.
Or there was a Swedish Mauser for 500 bucks up in kerikeri hunting and fishing. Good caliber too.
If you go to gun city leave your bank card at home as they're bloody expensive.
That's my 2 cents.
oh yes have heard good thing about reloaders..
Just saw PMC sell ammo in 308 (FMJ and soft point) and same price as barnaul.. looks better quality to me too.
Yea ill keep an eye out on here, just seeing second rifles that i want go for $200 cheaper than new doesnt make sense to me.
Will probably go 308 now for first rifle as the ammo selection is much much better for someone like me who wont be reloading.
Yea PMC 308 FMJ is 5 bucks cheaper for 20 rounds ($25). And theyll be fine for target practice. will get some federal or winchester soft points for hunting though.
got the scope and rings so will get a bare rifle. Gonna see if serious shooters or gun city can chuck in a free gun bag and a pack of ammo haha :thumbsup:
Already got a pile of guns and the e cat will be the AR already in the cupboard. Process is straight forward enough, just have the security and good reason to want the endorsement, firearm user history, any quals. in shooting, knowing what you want to buy etc
Don't get caught up in the which caliber debate.. if it's shooting 140-160gn pills at over 2600-3000fps it will kill deer when placed in the boiler room... if it wounds it is because the shot wasn't placed well.. if it misses it's because you pointed the rifle in the wrong direction... I bought my 708 because it had a nice piece of wood.... I've missed deer with it and I've wounded derr with it . But I've killed very quickly and efficiently a whole shitload more than have got away... Caliber arguments are for people with far too much time on their hands, ie counter jumpers at sports shops... I should know I did it for a lot of years :)