Thread: Andrew Mackenzie/Macks Ordanance/Outdoor Outfitters/ All round Bullshitter!

There are 2 pieces of legislation that are intended to protect you here.
The supplier is in trade, so the Fair Trading Act applies. And the Consumers Gaurantee Act.
On what you have said, It sounds like an issue of misrepresentation.

If you freight the rifle back to him, he would be liable for your transaction costs if he is at fault in law. You can't just sit on your hands and do nothing, because you have an obligation to do what you can to mitigate.

Of course no one has heard the other side of story yet, so fault or blame should not be attributed to the seller too quickly.
You both have rights, and the right one of you will likely prevail That's what consumer law is for.