Thread: The future of 300 magnums in nz ????

Originally Posted by Bagheera

Centrefire magnums have a well established place in recreational hunting and target shooting and no history of use in crime or terrorism.

@Bagheera yup but there were firearms in the confiscation that had sporting use that were verboten.
May not have been a lot of them like the remington and browning pumps and semi autos but the detachable mag and a desire to make sure pump ar15s never made it here doomed them.
Even if they made it for calibres under 7mm.wouldve made some.logical sense.
Imagine trying to get a rapid 5+ shots off with a 300 magnum out of a pump action.
Like the aussie laws, confused and jumbled.
They can have pump centerfires but not shotguns. Lever action shotties fell through the cracks.
Now we can have all the shotties but pump detachable mag rifles are goneski.
The big surprise was still being allowed lever actions, especially the detachable mag types.
Not complaining