Thread: old lever actions in NZ?

Originally Posted by gundoc

Kea guns were quite popular on the 1960's. I bought one and reamed it out to take 3" cartridges and carried it in a custom-made long leather holster on a web belt. I used it a lot on NZDA hare drives in the mid 60's and always bettered the drive average which pissed off a lot of the old guys with their expensive shotguns! They got banned in 1967 because some dickhead carried one in his back pocket on the Wellington-Auckland express. That was NZ's first 'buy-back' and the Police paid $28.50 (about 20% above retail) regardless of condition. I always carried a few slugs with mine but never took a pig with it. It was handy on country roads at night as I could fold it open with a cartridge in the chamber and hang it through the door handle on my old '39 Chev. Life was so much more fun back then!

Rub it in a bit more, would ya.