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What's the deal with filling out a police mail order form.
Can you download the standard form off the internet anywhere , as I only seem to find forms created by stores like Reloaders or Gun City. Or is it just a case of physically heading into the local police station and filling out the form then and there?
What details do you need from the person selling the firearm?
Cheers,
Pop Shot
Easiest to head to the cop shop as you have to go in anyway for them to sight your licence, you need the sellers name, address and firearm licence number, as well as the details of the firearm, make, model, serial number.
I just use H&F to send firearms around, take to nearest one, send to other one and they will sight licence etc. saves a lot of hassles!
Spot on Spud, same for ammo, you have to give cal, and amount, they don't like you sending the firearm and the ammo in/on the same PMO...for obvious reasons, BUT it's NOT illegal to do so....unless I'm wrong to state this? The whole experience is stress free, well it is where I goQuote:
Originally Posted by Spudattack
Sup Pop Shot I just did this for the first time the other day for Black Beauty. I went to my local cop shop totally unprepared, they were all good though. I just needed seller's details (name and phone number seemed to be enough, they looked Tui_man2 up in the system for me), details of weapon, details of ammo state (I think the arms guy mentioned something like a max of 150 units?), arms dude will stamp it and sign it, you sign it, post to sender. Doneskis.
I have heard that you can download the form and fill it out yourself but I took it as a good opportunity to talk to my local arms guy while we filled it out together :)
Thanks guys - seems pretty straight forward.
Who's the cheapest and or most hassle free courier company to go through - I know gunworks uses fastways?
Most expensive but probably the best is NZ Couriers, I find post haste good and fast way. Be careful if you are transporting between islands that can get expensive
Toll transport have a very cheap parcel service just not as quick
If it is valuable check insurances I think max covered automatically is about $1500.00 check!
Cost me 50 bucks to send a rifle Nelson to Wellington on fastways
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I use Fastways, I believe that NZ Couriers will also carry firearms, not sure how many others will, knowingly.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Maca49
Check to make sure that the courier is happy to carry firearms, otherwise there could be serious "issues" if you come to make a claim for damage or they lose it......temporarily...
There have been a more changes at Fastways in the last few months regarding the carrying of firearms, they like to "know" it is a firearm so the couriers etc just don't leave it lying around.
They nearly stopped carrying them all together while ago now, they "lost" a $7500 one.....just as well they found it some time later......
Bloody slow ways...
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Originally Posted by Pop Shot
Thats the cops making up their own rules again, they dont need the sellers licence number, nothing in the arms act says so.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spudattack
Its on the form as a required field, may not be law though.Quote:
Originally Posted by DPT
As Spud says, it on the form, but they have never for those details to be completed when I was getting them to sign it.
They can get it easy enough :)Quote:
Originally Posted by DPT
They usually disappear out the back with the form & my FAL to make such everything is in order....if they can be bothered that is :)
You can split and send as two items ie send the bolt separately Mainfreight want two parcel you cannot send completeQuote:
Originally Posted by Kiwi Greg
There are also a couple lines for 'adress' but accepted Tui_man2 to just live in 'Westport'. Good enough! I also filled mine out in crayon and it was fine!Quote:
Originally Posted by dogmatix
Westport?!!!!!! Give me some credit lol:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Dougie
I'm a nzc man not the cheapest but fastest all over night
I send any fire -arm stuff through PBT cheap as.
Mind I send every thing with them now, couple of torpedo's to SI recently under $30 .14 kg & 9 kg
I only split the bolt from the rifle if I have other stuff to as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Maca49
Why double the chance of losing stuff.....& pay more....
I agree but some people are pedanticQuote:
Originally Posted by Kiwi Greg
Snap. North Shore AO went out back for a while, turns out they were on the phone to Belmont Ammunition to make sure they were who they say they were. After that the ammo turned up pronto, including a very cheap new range bag :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Kiwi Greg
All that is required on that form is your name and lisence number. You are only having the cops prove to the seller that you are lisenced, you are not registering firearms. The serial number make and model is not required and is registration by deception. If you want to fill that bit out then its up to you, its voluntary. Stand your ground if they insist you fill out those parts. The last 2 order forms i had done almost ended up in an argument with my local copper. She backed down in the end because she was wrong and she knew it.
B,C, E cat have registration. It's about a 9.9 on the who cares scale out of 10.Quote:
Originally Posted by Towely
I was simply correcting poster #2 who was giving advice to poster #1. The whole point of this thread was to supply information that the OP was after was it not? And you dont have to fill out those specific parts of the form as it is registration by deception.