Thread: Exactly how illegal is it to shoot C-Cat guns?

Apart from the FUN factor there is no point in firing full auto you can't hit shit the barrel wears out super fast you need a Dillion 1050 to keep the ammo supply topped up,
You can put C cat pistols on B cat if it fits the specs, barrel needs to be 100mm so that only stops snub nose pistols being used, Shooting a 2.5" barreled .357 mag is not fun
after the first cylinder full, I know of a couple of dudes that have 460 S&W and 500 S&W pistols on B cat so if you want something stupid to shoot you can get it just not full auto

Originally Posted by timattalon

The principle of a C cat licence is for Collectors. Like a museum collection etc. If a pistol is on a C Cat then it cannot be fired, but if it is on a B then it can. (I am not saying it is smart,, more that this is the principle behind the categories) I think they would rather not have these out there but for the likes of RSA collections etc, there needs to be something for the memorabilia and historical reference materials.

This is the most correct answer thus far.
The licence is intended for collectors who have no intention of using the firearms they have, but who are keeping them for there historical or personal value.

If there were demand for people to be allowed to shoot fully automatic firearms there would need to be a new category created, perhaps MSFA.
But as there seems to be little demand from owners of such firearms and the Police current warpath of MSSA and semi auto A-cats, I don't see there being any politicians willing to take it on.

Originally Posted by Marty Henry

Thats like asking if there are degrees of dead, ie mostly dead, partly dead, doubly dead. Dead is dead. Its also an interesting follow up question after asking for a private place to shoot.

On the contrary there are degrees of dead. It is possible to revive a person who as drowned and stopped breathing a person who has had their heart stop and Marty if you watch the greatly funny movie 'The Princess Bride' , Wesley is revived after being pronounced 'mostly dead' by the medicine man after being tortured on 'The machine' . Completely dead is being shot with 15 second burst from a German M2 machine gun.

So completely dead is not possible in NZ according to this thread at my age that’s a very GOOD thing!!

We might live forever? at the rate Im falling apart that doesn't exactly fill me with enthusiasm for a happy and active eternity.

The only way to live forever or a few hundred years is to be buried with a Rimu tree on top of you

I’ll request the Undertaker inserts a few Rimu seeds up my date before the internment

Originally Posted by faregame

Does that mean you can have a range at home?

at least one form member does

Originally Posted by res

at least one form member does

Is it his own range or a "satellite" range, ie a range administered by a nearby club on his land?.

My understanding was that clubs were allowed to have other ranges under their administration/ jurisdiction (properly certified of course).

It’s his own, he built it on his land.
And yes, I’m jealous, but he does have poor taste in beer !

It would depend if you are a sports star or someone rich and being convicted will hurt your career then probably nothing will happen just a normal every day person you'll be screwed theres different laws for different people in this country

there is a pistol range on the Napier Hill in one mans Basement that he had built, fully legit, it is own private range

Originally Posted by Frogfeatures

It’s his own, he built it on his land.
And yes, I’m jealous, but he does have poor taste in beer !

Hmm now to convince the wife we need some space

Oh well - no ones perfect

so he drinks Waikato?

A few on here reckon the forum is going to shit because of "stupid" hypothetical questions. It's not going to shit because of that, more like because of political correctness and hyper-sensitivity towards a certain category of firearms.

He really is pathetic.