Thread: Gunsmithing under threat?

Still a stupid idea - considering a request to shift a scope and rings between rifles or some other minor task. By the time you stripped the gear off one, walked it back to the security setup, secured it, got the next one, resecured the security setup, got back onto your bench, got diverted by a couple of phone calls and a customer it's add 500 hours to your day. What a pain in the arse...

Originally Posted by Butch73

a trade in required to be able to buy, and sell that to the next customer. I think my wife submitted that idea to the FSA!

Wtf so how does someone new legally get into the sport

Originally Posted by blip

Wtf so how does someone new legally get into the sport

Find someone agreeable to making one gun into two, by cutting a SxS in half lengthways, would take a bit of skill to get the kink right in the cut at the triggers, certainly not as easy as it would be to do sideways cuts.
Not sure how a gunsmith would cope with that scenario if they were only allowed to have one firearm in play at any given moment, if that rule were in play, that idea probably wouldn't work.

How do you get on with something like a Rossi that has interchangeable barrels? They originally shipped with 3 options.

Originally Posted by Happy Jack

How do you get on with something like a Rossi that has interchangeable barrels? They originally shipped with 3 options.

When going through the registration process recently, I explained I had several rifles with multiple barrels (various calibres). The dude on the phone had to go and get it clarified, but stated to register it with the barrel “that is the most powerful calibre”. They would make a note of the other calibres in the details of that firearm.

Originally Posted by gqhoon

When going through the registration process recently, I explained I had several rifles with multiple barrels (various calibres). The dude on the phone had to go and get it clarified, but stated to register it with the barrel “that is the most powerful calibre”. They would make a note of the other calibres in the details of that firearm.

That makes me wonder if there's a plan to ban the more powerful calibres at a later date like in some parts of OZ. Maybe in that instance register the rifle with the smallest calibre barrel so if the biggest calibre gets banned only the barrel gets taken.

Is it the Mauser that has barrel and bolt setups that are serial numbered and the receiver (aka the "master part") isn't numbered at all? That one has created kittens for a few people so far.

Originally Posted by No.3

Is it the Mauser that has barrel and bolt setups that are serial numbered and the receiver (aka the "master part") isn't numbered at all? That one has created kittens for a few people so far.

It's the Blasers. They are nightmares as they don't follow the standard trend of the receiver being the serialised part but rather the barrel. It's just a big mess.

Originally Posted by Coop

It's the Blasers. They are nightmares as they don't follow the standard trend of the receiver being the serialised part but rather the barrel. It's just a big mess.

A mess that was not created by us, but by "people" who seem to think they know everything about firearms. NOT.

Originally Posted by Happy Jack

How do you get on with something like a Rossi that has interchangeable barrels? They originally shipped with 3 options.

They probably still ship with three barrels everywhere else, price gouging NZ import and retail just separate them out. Lol

Maybe they fear some fal holders are better equiped than the police or armed forces