Thread: Useing the firearms register

I've got a winchester .22 single shot that has no serial number, I asked the arms team on the phone what to do and they just said "it will have a serial number, even rifles from the 1800's have serial numbers", but even after being told that, It still doesn't have a serial number. I was aslo told that there no point delaying using the register because next year buying ammo will be a triggering event....

Originally Posted by PadLo

I've got a winchester .22 single shot that has no serial number, I asked the arms team on the phone what to do and they just said "it will have a serial number, even rifles from the 1800's have serial numbers", but even after being told that, It still doesn't have a serial number. I was aslo told that there no point delaying using the register because next year buying ammo will be a triggering event....

A: Stock up on ammo now. B:In politics, next year is a long way off. C: Screw them.

Originally Posted by PadLo

I've got a winchester .22 single shot that has no serial number, I asked the arms team on the phone what to do and they just said "it will have a serial number, even rifles from the 1800's have serial numbers", but even after being told that, It still doesn't have a serial number. I was aslo told that there no point delaying using the register because next year buying ammo will be a triggering event....

Unless they just gave you some inside knowledge what they said was totally incorrect. June 25 ammo kicks in. It's in THEIR website.
However, my predicition is if the register doesn't populate at their expected rate they may pull a swifty and bring the ammo date fwd.

Just invent a number of your own and engrave it. I did 2 shotguns a couple of years ago (nothing to do with the register back then) and just concocted numbers which were a combination of my street address mixed up plus 5 other random numbers.
I used a pneumatic pen but a vibratory engraver will do the same job. Simple.

Originally Posted by PadLo

I've got a winchester .22 single shot that has no serial number, I asked the arms team on the phone what to do and they just said "it will have a serial number, even rifles from the 1800's have serial numbers", but even after being told that, It still doesn't have a serial number. I was aslo told that there no point delaying using the register because next year buying ammo will be a triggering event....

I watched the talk that Te Tari Pukeko gave to the Auckland Antique Arms Accoc on YouTube. This question came up as some of the guys there have very old firearms without a serial number. Apparently they expect you to deface your firearm and add a serial number. If I recall correctly at that time of the video they were writing some guidelines for this situation that hadn't yet been published.

Originally Posted by Fatberg

I watched the talk that Te Tari Pukeko gave to the Auckland Antique Arms Accoc on YouTube. This question came up as some of the guys there have very old firearms without a serial number. Apparently they expect you to deface your firearm and add a serial number. If I recall correctly at that time of the video they were writing some guidelines for this situation that hadn't yet been published.

There's going to be a lot of "1" and "2" being used. Or using anything that is marked on the thing, doesn't have to be numbers in reality.