Thread: Pistol ammo what to do?

Originally Posted by duckndeer

Bit random but just looking to advise someone what to do: they had a pistol overseas and handed it in there but the ammo was sent to NZ and the owner has now died, no FAL in family and deceased didn’t have licence to my knowledge, what to do with it now, can they hand pistol ammo into police? Or can a person with pistol licence pick up, is a pistol licence needed to have pistol ammo?

You used to be able to hand it in to a gunshop as well. I presume this is still OK. Prior to the quakes I had someone hand estate firearms to me via a shop so I could find new legal owners and I would hand the cash back to the estate....
@duckndeer The Police will accept them and destroy them, but a FAL holder may well offer you a few beersies or similar in return....