Thread: Firearms licence waiting times

Originally Posted by Russian 22.

There's reloaders, Sai.

Assuming that you don't have any shooting experience then I'd suggest that you look up which calibers barnaul sell (223. 243. 7.62 x 39. 7.62 x 54 r, 308 etc)

and then get a second hand rifle in one of their calibers. 243 and up is good for deer. My reasoning is is that the rounds are cheap so you can easily afford to buy a fair bit and spend a couple of weekends shooting to get rid of any flinch etc.

I am planning on getting a second hand 308. Powerful enough for all nz game. (Good for thar and chamois too? Not sure.) Barnaul for goats and decent ammunition for deer.

There's a 308 Mauser on the forum. 400 bucks. Comes with a red field scope and then all you need is a suppressor.

Or there was a Swedish Mauser for 500 bucks up in kerikeri hunting and fishing. Good caliber too.

If you go to gun city leave your bank card at home as they're bloody expensive.

That's my 2 cents.

oh yes have heard good thing about reloaders..

Just saw PMC sell ammo in 308 (FMJ and soft point) and same price as barnaul.. looks better quality to me too.

Yea ill keep an eye out on here, just seeing second rifles that i want go for $200 cheaper than new doesnt make sense to me.

Will probably go 308 now for first rifle as the ammo selection is much much better for someone like me who wont be reloading.