Thread: Getting back to living off the land.....

@grandpamac I think it was good value considering the lovely condition and the age of the old girl. Sure I could have bought a scoped, new Howa for $899, but there's something about the character, and NZ history of the old girl. There are some absolute crappy, cut down 303 rifles out there that people want $400+ for. As soon as I saw the old girl on TM I was pretty certain that I'd buy it. It sounds silly, but I had a real gut feeling about it. One thing I've learnt over the years is that gut feelings are often right!

I was a bit uncertain about the police form process, but that went sweet as. The only hassle was that the South Island H&F store wanted the police form to come direct to them rather than via the vendor. Central Districts police firearms dept had never had a store want that but they presumed it was because H&F were being ultra cautious. Anyway, a quick phone call to the CD police and the re-emailed it wile I was on the phone. Full kudos for their snappy service. I suppose I was a bit more nervous about buying on TM compared to using the forum buy/sell