Thread: Hello from the States

Originally Posted by rewa

Hi, Welcome. To be fair, they did leave bona-fide collectors alone (you can legally collect ANY, and 'as-many' as you want), and left us our .22 semi's, and shotguns, only limiting mag-capacity. Plus you can own as many fine bolt-guns as you like. I expected way-worse, but they did recognise that Nut-jobs-aside, we have very few firearms incidents within the licenced-community...and we have the most firearms per-capita, in the World. ( which may surprise you)..and the best roast-lamb, if you ever-do, get down this way

Hi @rewa.
Is the law clear on what makes one a bona fide collector?

I'm glad they've left the .22s alone. Plinking is good for the soul. I've got a light stock Marlin 795 with a 4x scope that I absolutely love. Lightweight (< 5lbs with scope) and great accuracy for the barrel length. ProMAg makes a very good 25 round stick magazine for it and a terrible 70 rounder. Terrible implementation - like a plastic a frying pan hanging out the mag well preventing you from using the forestock. Just stupid, even for plinking.

I don't currently own a good bolt-action rifle. I live in an area where the typical shooting range is 100 yards and I've been putting off getting one until I can justify the purchase with longer ranges and some real hunting. I've had my eye on a Bergara B-14 HMR, but can't jinn up a rationalization for buying it the wife would believe. Of course, it would need decent glass and that's even more $$$$. Then there's caliber choice. I'd love a 6mm or 6.5 Creedmoor, but those calibers would only make $ sense if I reloaded for it...

NZ has a very large number of registered firearms per capita. The US has nearly as many unregistered guns as people: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estima...ita_by_country. which is fine with us because historically registration ultimately leads to confiscation.

What sucks is that NZ's firearm safety record and relatively high gun ownership didn't mean a thing to the grabbers when they took the semis. From what I've read, cooler heads in your parliament have historically been able to fend off political moves to further restrict firearm ownership. But politics is full of opportunists and they never let a crisis go to waste. That's one of the reasons we in the US are so rabid about pushing back on common sense™ gun laws. The grabbers will always complain how things could be safer and so will always bring new restrictions until, ultimately, they take them all. In short, they aren't about common sense or safety. They are out to disarm us. Period.

My daughter loved the cuisine while she was in NZ and mentioned the lamb was quite good. Best I've been able to muster here is a decent rack on a bed of garlic mashed potatoes.