Thread: Useing the firearms register

Originally Posted by PadLo

I've got a winchester .22 single shot that has no serial number, I asked the arms team on the phone what to do and they just said "it will have a serial number, even rifles from the 1800's have serial numbers", but even after being told that, It still doesn't have a serial number. I was aslo told that there no point delaying using the register because next year buying ammo will be a triggering event....

I watched the talk that Te Tari Pukeko gave to the Auckland Antique Arms Accoc on YouTube. This question came up as some of the guys there have very old firearms without a serial number. Apparently they expect you to deface your firearm and add a serial number. If I recall correctly at that time of the video they were writing some guidelines for this situation that hadn't yet been published.