Thread: Vehicle transport catch-22

Originally Posted by Jexla

This is something that I've forever hated. Along with there being no real solution when staying somewhere else but your primary residence with firearms. If you're at your bach for a weekend or week, how are you meant to secure your firearm while you're down at the beach having a swim? What about if you want to go for a shoot while you are on holiday tiki touring the country and you stay at a non shooting friends place and during the day you want to go out and do shit? Leave it there unsecured? Have it in the car while you go sky diving or rafting? I'm not sure.
And honestly either way you're liable to charges if the police feel they want to if your firearms are stolen. Same applies for those competing out of town, staying at a motel, want to go out for dinner with a bunch of other shooters after a days shooting? Leave your pistols in the motel? You can't win.

@Jexla

Just mentally filed your posting in my brain lobe labelled "NZ pistol shooting, is it worth the hassle?"

Just wondered, no hassle getting competition grade CO2 repeating pistol, would I be welcome on the range with that?

Of course a few months after I've been welcomed, I'll start dropping hints to fellow shooters about the noise they make - elfunsafety, all that... Last place they suddenly became quite unfriendly to me ... but it can't imagine it would have been over that. (-:<


My first decent air pistol of my youth, a .177 Gamo Center. A springer with underlever cocker. Very accurate, mainly due to its 1-foot sight radius, but also adjustable angle of handle as well as adjustable trigger. Held its own at the shooting range. A fixed barrel with a wee plastic swing out port for loading. Brought it with me to the UK where it eventually got stolen. )-:<