Thread: Can I still hunt with a 4 shot Browning BAR

BAR might have a different follower to activate last round bolt hold open? (Don't know much about them)

I thought that the Browning might slip through because of its floorplate but the Remington Woodsmaster was definitely out.
They obviously haven't tried shooting a bunch of rounds out of a 300 win mag semi to see how much of a preferred rifle for bad activity it isn't.
Even if they compromised and let the bigger calibres out of the ban.
So the pessimist in me just says that banning as many firearms as they can while they have the chance is what is on the agenda.
OR its just the fact they are showing the world just how bloody awesome NZ is and how you do shit even though its rushed, screws people over it shouldn't and not only cause confusion because of rushed wordings but probably some public disobedience as well.
The asshole in me says a bit of both.

The asshole in ME says says they will via narrow minded stupidity make a minor problem a major one in short order.

Originally Posted by GDMP

The new Bar with detachable magazine,has 10 shot mags available.....but the 'old' model Bar (the 'Safari',which is still currently manufactured) cannot by virtue of its design accept a magazine that holds more the 4 shots (or 3 in the magnum calibers).It has a hinged floorplale that absolutely will not allow the rifle to function with larger magazines.

Yeah a mate has one of the older ones and doesn’t know whether it’s in or out?

The old Mark 1 BAR's were in the early days of venison recovery modified for larger mags, can't remember how they locked into the action but they were used. Haven't seen one for 40 plus years.

Originally Posted by GDMP

They are in no way readily convertible to take larger mags....would take a skilled machinist to do it and make it work correctly and reliably,way beyond the scope of most.

Didn't say it was an easy conversion, but it was done. I know the top of the old mag was used but can't remember what mag it was welded to or how it was retained.

What the antis don't realise is the precision required to make a magazine work reliably in a semi. Any modification is likely to make a semi into a very fiddly single shot...

Originally Posted by Bol Tackshin

What the antis don't realise is the precision required to make a magazine work reliably in a semi. Any modification is likely to make a semi into a very fiddly single shot...

There is and was some very gifted, gunsmiths, fitters and turners, and good old Kiwi ingenuity out there that made most modifications and repairs in the firearm trade work, and there was the others who thought they could get it right.

Well I have a Sako Finwolf, Lever action with a 4 shot mag. Hopefully it is ok

Well I have a Sako Finwolf, Lever action with a 4 shot mag. Hopefully it is ok

Originally Posted by Chop3r

Well I have a Sako Finwolf, Lever action with a 4 shot mag. Hopefully it is ok

going by what the second round of legislation has in mind I would say not.
All detachable mags will be verboten. I don't know if they realise how many there are out there including 303's but if so watch all the feckwits who went "never hunted with a semi-who needs one" and see how they like watching a normal hunting rifle get banned. magazine capacity in old style tube mag 22's are out too
Then there might be a rark up

Originally Posted by Chop3r

Well I have a Sako Finwolf, Lever action with a 4 shot mag. Hopefully it is ok

No. No, it's not OK! But I'm willing to store it in my safe.

Originally Posted by csmiffy

going by what the second round of legislation has in mind I would say not.
All detachable mags will be verboten. I don't know if they realise how many there are out there including 303's but if so watch all the feckwits who went "never hunted with a semi-who needs one" and see how they like watching a normal hunting rifle get banned. magazine capacity in old style tube mag 22's are out too
Then there might be a rark up

You can ignore that one for now, as indicated by @ChrisW.

I guess the old Winchester model 100s are gone too?

Originally Posted by Got-ya

I guess the old Winchester model 100s are gone too?

yup.