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

It did what it was always going to do affect the law abiding citizens .Which all of us licenced firearm owners are but fall short on the rest of the population that have firearms illegally

load of crap IMO. people just wont comply with any sort of demand for this type of rubbish. Even if they ban the cartridge, enough reloading components around to continue using them.

Its bad enough that we've lost semi autos.

And their plan hasn't worked. Gun violence is thru the roof.

My understanding is that they have stopped the ability to import the rifles stopped 50 bmg so I was told

I think they have seen how "Well" the steal back went and realise (until after the next election) that this would be more problem than it's worth. Wait until registration is sorted then there will be no need for buy backs...

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

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

As far as I know the only noise about this was from the firearms community. Nothing from Govt/Police in concrete... Stop pushing misinfo.

Originally Posted by Coop

As far as I know the only noise about this was from the firearms community. Nothing from Govt/Police in concrete... Stop pushing misinfo.

The OP registered 2 days ago and 7 of its 10 posts have been on this thread.

Originally Posted by Bagheera

The OP registered 2 days ago and 7 of its 10 posts have been on this thread.

Classic. Says everything you need to know lol.

Considering the .22LR has a theoretical danger distance of 1.6k's, not really sure what the issue they would be trying to solve is. I mean, .303Br rear iron sights come in 1200yd max from stock.

I'll just rebarrel my 300PRC to 7mm to get around it

I heard a truck is dangerous for at least half a million miles.

Funny I started this thread because I was after information and there are a lot more knowledgeable people on here than me . And even funnier when someone asks a question I was taught it's polite to answer. So whatever

This is leading down the UK model of requiring a reason acceptable to the police for rifle use - for example (and it depends on the local Constabularies reading of the Home Office guidance) you may only get a "Dangerous game" rifle - 416, 458 470 etc if you have a trip to Africa booked, and they will often restrict the number of rounds you are allowed to own for that rifle.

IF TRUE, and while I don't doubt that the imported British police would be keen to see this rubbish installed here, this is yet another solution to a problem that doesn't exist. I guess having a select committee system that worked would be part of the answer, but with what we currently have I don't know. It seems not creating a problem is no longer sufficient.

Originally Posted by Ross Nolan

This is leading down the UK model of requiring a reason acceptable to the police for rifle use - for example (and it depends on the local Constabularies reading of the Home Office guidance) you may only get a "Dangerous game" rifle - 416, 458 470 etc if you have a trip to Africa booked, and they will often restrict the number of rounds you are allowed to own for that rifle.

IF TRUE, and while I don't doubt that the imported British police would be keen to see this rubbish installed here, this is yet another solution to a problem that doesn't exist. I guess having a select committee system that worked would be part of the answer, but with what we currently have I don't know. It seems not creating a problem is no longer sufficient.

Yes, I think you have summed it up. Imported cops who weasel into management with the intention of changing things here to mirror their home country. When 338 Lapua became available the IRA etc used them to shoot border guards from 3 - 400 mtrs as the lapua would penetrate ceramic body armor. - According to mate who was stationed there. So naturally the UK cops have concerns about this class of rifle