Thread: Firearms licence waiting times

Originally Posted by Russian 22.

Yup. I have heard of people doing that on here.

Probably too easy to counterfeit a drivers license and then tack on a fake firearms licence number. Heather managed to do it without the photo ID.


The wait sucks but I don't think that it's a hardship unless they are taking more than a month to print it.

Cool ill give it a go later and come back with my results.

Yea its pretty frustrating especially with winter approaching fast... would like to head out some time before the brunt of it is here.

Been more than a month for me now definitely

Originally Posted by TheJanitar

Cool ill give it a go later and come back with my results.

Yea its pretty frustrating especially with winter approaching fast... would like to head out some time before the brunt of it is here.

Been more than a month for me now definitely

Bugger. If you don't hear back from them soon the complaint section will probably help.

Winter could be a good time to get out there. Less people about and if you have warm dry gear should be ok.

Originally Posted by Russian 22.

Have you heard back from them? I got a phone call from the vetting agent at 8pm last night. Pretty good turn around considering that they got the file less than 2 weeks ago.

Im working nights this week. When I crawled out of bed at 2pm this afternoon there was a message on the ansaphone from local AO. All cleared on renewal and the E cat is a go, so away for printing on monday and into my sticky little mitts in 2 weeks she reckons .

Originally Posted by TheJanitar

Nope. Oh yes it took about 2 weeks for me as well to be contacted by the guy who does the interviews, which is good imo. He arranged the interviews quickly and efficiently. Good bloke too. Wish i still had his number so i could possibly give him a ring about it, but he isnt on their wesbite as i think the person who does the interviews is actually independent from and not part of the police firearms department (correct me if im wrong anyone). Which explains why the only prompt service i received was from him, because he is not part of the policing side of things. This is a rough hypothesis but makes sense to me, happy to be proven wrong

I had my own renewal and appliction for E Cat done by a civvy guy, but Ive been a referee for 2 other people recently and visited the cop shop to do one interview with a plain clothes guy and one phone interview with an actual cop for the other, so I dont know how it works really, although the cop interview was for my mates app, who is also a cop, so maybe a peer review thing

Originally Posted by Ernie

Im working nights this week. When I crawled out of bed at 2pm this afternoon there was a message on the ansaphone from local AO. All cleared on renewal and the E cat is a go, so away for printing on monday and into my sticky little mitts in 2 weeks she reckons .

2 weeks for printing would be awesome. What's the first rifle on the list to buy?

How was the e cat process like?

Alright, so i tried ringing the firearms office yesterday evening, no pick up. so after all the emails and the phone calls that seem to have gone unheard, i got fed up and filled in a dissatisfaction form last night. an hour or two passed and i got an email back from them saying they will forward my complaint to the firearms response team. this morning i got a reply to my email enquiry about the status of my license, which i sent out around 10 days ago, Interesting coincidence... (pretty sure the complaint has something to do with this)

The email said that my license was successfully processed and that it was sent out to the printer on May 8, and if i do not get my license in the mail by the end of this month then I should get back to them.

Stoked to finally get an update

Originally Posted by TheJanitar

Alright, so i tried ringing the firearms office yesterday evening, no pick up. so after all the emails and the phone calls that seem to have gone unheard, i got fed up and filled in a dissatisfaction form last night. an hour or two passed and i got an email back from them saying they will forward my complaint to the firearms response team. this morning i got a reply to my email enquiry about the status of my license, which i sent out around 10 days ago, Interesting coincidence... (pretty sure the complaint has something to do with this)

The email said that my license was successfully processed and that it was sent out to the printer on May 8, and if i do not get my license in the mail by the end of this month then I should get back to them.

Stoked to finally get an update

Squeaky wheels gets the grease. Good to hear that the complaint process works.

wtf..... just went to check the mailbox, here it is!!!! can this be a coincidence or is this the complaints process at work????

Gun shopping time boys!!!!!

Originally Posted by TheJanitar

wtf..... just went to check the mailbox, here it is!!!! can this be a coincidence or is this the complaints process at work????

Gun shopping time boys!!!!!

Which rifle are yah thinking of getting?

Originally Posted by TheJanitar

wtf..... just went to check the mailbox, here it is!!!! can this be a coincidence or is this the complaints process at work????

Gun shopping time boys!!!!!

Imagine my surprise

Originally Posted by Russian 22.

Which rifle are yah thinking of getting?

Was dead set on getting a t3x lite in 7mm-08.. Went to hunting and fishing today in pukekohe, talked to one of the guys there and when I said 7mm08 he pounced on the idea immediately... Said that he is a professional hunting guide and that he's seen more wounded/missed animals with 7mm-08's than any other caliber and recommended I get a 308, so yea that kind of put me off getting the 7mm-08 (which they had in Stock). But then when I asked him if they had a t3x in 308 in Stock, he shuffled all over the place and couldn't find one. Funny how he and his colleague changed their tune after that, suddenly the 7mm-08 was "not such a bad caliber" any more and I should "not let their opinions affect what I buy"... Sale people I tell ya. Walked out not feeling comfortable with a purchase at all. They were friendly tho at least but yea. Any other auckland gun stores I could try out with decent selection of stock? Serious shooters? Gun city?

Originally Posted by TheJanitar

Was dead set on getting a t3x lite in 7mm-08.. Went to hunting and fishing today in pukekohe, talked to one of the guys there and when I said 7mm08 he pounced on the idea immediately... Said that he is a professional hunting guide and that he's seen more wounded/missed animals with 7mm-08's than any other caliber and recommended I get a 308, so yea that kind of put me off getting the 7mm-08 (which they had in Stock). But then when I asked him if they had a t3x in 308 in Stock, he shuffled all over the place and couldn't find one. Funny how he and his colleague changed their tune after that, suddenly the 7mm-08 was "not such a bad caliber" any more and I should "not let their opinions affect what I buy"... Sale people I tell ya. Walked out not feeling comfortable with a purchase at all. They were friendly tho at least but yea. Any other auckland gun stores I could try out with decent selection of stock? Serious shooters? Gun city?

When I first started driving I didn't buy a new car.

Originally Posted by Tommy

When I first started driving I didn't buy a new car.

Well I see second hand tikkas going for over a grand all the time... Looks like they hold their value wayy too well to justify buying used. I will easily pay an extra 200-300 bucks for something new and know zero shots have been placed through the barrel.

Originally Posted by TheJanitar

Was dead set on getting a t3x lite in 7mm-08.. Went to hunting and fishing today in pukekohe, talked to one of the guys there and when I said 7mm08 he pounced on the idea immediately... Said that he is a professional hunting guide and that he's seen more wounded/missed animals with 7mm-08's than any other caliber and recommended I get a 308, so yea that kind of put me off getting the 7mm-08 (which they had in Stock). But then when I asked him if they had a t3x in 308 in Stock, he shuffled all over the place and couldn't find one. Funny how he and his colleague changed their tune after that, suddenly the 7mm-08 was "not such a bad caliber" any more and I should "not let their opinions affect what I buy"... Sale people I tell ya. Walked out not feeling comfortable with a purchase at all. They were friendly tho at least but yea. Any other auckland gun stores I could try out with decent selection of stock? Serious shooters? Gun city?

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.

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.