The firearm thread

[Mumbles]

Dont sell it mate, its in brilliant cond. How much you after for it?

Lots... that why I was trying trade me! find somone with loads of money, who wants a good one of these. My reserve was $3500 with a buy now of $4000.

B I K E G U N

[Mumbles]

Here is what I had it listed as

SLR L1A1 7.62 X 54 (308) *This is a E Cat Weapon* (E cat license required)

I have owned this for approx 8 years.
All work carried out by ProShoot in Auckland, September 2006. I have only fired 10 test rounds since this work has been done and have not even had a chance to sight it back in since the scope went back on. It has the normal horrible trigger pull associated with one of these old battle hardened weapons.

Work carried out by ProShoot:
Installed 2nd hand short barrel (ex Proshoot project fired <60 rounds); installed the “Bell & Carlson” stock (not really that comfortable for a small handed shooter); Milspec coating by Brent Sandow (http://www.brentsandowknives.com)

Auction is for:
SLR L1A1 (Pictured)
B Square scope mount (pictured on rifle)
Scope 4x32 vary power (cannot account for its accuracy as pulled off a old 22 and have yet to sight it in on this gun)
Original dust cover (not Milspec coated)
4x20 round mags (2x Great, 1x Ok, 1x Fair condition – all mags function no problems)

These guns are getting harder to find so the price reflects this, my reserve is less than buy now, but once reserve has been met will go to highest bidder.
Can deliver to Wellington/Auckland would prefer buyer to pick up so can check license details.

Will not answer unrealistic questions so please don’t waste both of our time.

Note: Will not split or sell items separately, auction is for the lot.

[scumdog]

Tried last night to sell my L1A1 on Trademe couldnt tick the little box that said it was a "A" cat as its on my E, so just listed it under Antiques & collectables > Militaria. looked at it this morning had 60 view and 3 on watch list. Came home tonight to find that it had been pulled and following email in my in box
"Your listing for SLR L1A1 7.62 X 54 (308) *THIS IS A E CAT WEAPON* Listing no. 90884724 has been withdrawn.Unfortunately the listing above does not comply with the Trade Me terms and conditions, and the product is not permitted to be sold on Trade Me."

But what I dont get is other SLR's are traded on there all the time, mine looks almost the same just has a 20 round mag and massive price tag of ($3.5k - 4k)

The fact that its a "E" means I cant just sell it to anyone as it Reg to me so need to make sure when sold, it's off to the correct person, the old "A" cat is not reg to the shooter so can go where it likes WTF!!

The only reason I'm selling her as I have to pay for the 2 new front + 1 rear disks new rear tyre and some other misc bike stuff!

I'm torn between the two BIKE GUN

Cool feel better now thanks....

Love the musket man, I would like one but in 'original' condition.

Still, your one would have to be pretty damn good.

[Swoop]

Tried last night to sell my L1A1 on Trademe couldnt tick the little box that said it was a "A" cat as its on my E, so just listed it under Antiques & collectables.

The PC brigade at Betrademe know better than us, so you will have your auctions pulled for registered firearms.

Try listing it at www.kiwiguns.co.nz
This site was started as a response to the idiocy of the tardme "intelligensia" rules...
I have copped some shit from them before, for suggesting that people's auctions would be pulled and when that happens, to advertise at kiwiguns.
You also realise that NZ Police fully monitor the firearms being traded on Betrademe???

The alternative is to get a 7rd mag fitted to the firearm and sell it in A-cat condition (provided that you get it off of your "E" and onto an "A").

[Mumbles]

Love the musket man, I would like one but in 'original' condition.

Still, your one would have to be pretty damn good.

Thanks for the reply
Try www.guncity.co.nz they have some in original that are cheaper than mine

[Mumbles]

The PC brigade at Betrademe know better than us, so you will have your auctions pulled for registered firearms.

Try listing it at www.kiwiguns.co.nz
This site was started as a response to the idiocy of the tardme "intelligensia" rules...
I have copped some shit from them before, for suggesting that people's auctions would be pulled and when that happens, to advertise at kiwiguns.
You also realise that NZ Police fully monitor the firearms being traded on Betrademe???

The alternative is to get a 7rd mag fitted to the firearm and sell it in A-cat condition (provided that you get it off of your "E" and onto an "A").

Thanks for your help, yeah now about the police, they getting some heat from head office, know this cause of the "B" stuff when I moved down from Auckland. Tried that website but cant find anything helpful yet, will take another look tomorrow
Cheers

[Swoop]

Try www.guncity.co.nz they have some in original that are cheaper...

I do not believe that the words "guncity" and "cheaper" should be used in the same sentence.......

[Mumbles]

I do not believe that the words "guncity" and "cheaper" should be used in the same sentence.......

Thats the old demand thing again... but with more demand means higher price. If it wasen't for guncity my SLR would only be worth $1000 if that. The fact that they have everything online makes shopping easy, mabe thats why they up their price? Gun shops in Auckland have been cheeper but you wouldn't find the same online stuff...
GunCity do have some cheep SLR's though

[pritch]

Monday should be a special day.

Since it's a holiday here I'm riding up to Auckland tomorrow to do some shopping Monday morning.

I've got my licence in my wallet, got the permit, and I've even got the money, (however briefly), so will probably be sitting on the footpath outside the shop on the Great South Road waiting for them to open Monday morning.

I will take my helmet off before I walk in, don't want to get shot.

[Wolf]

I will take my helmet off before I walk in, don't want to get shot.

You don't strike me as being stupid enough to try to rob a gun store.

[Drunken Monkey]

I've swapped some of my rifle scopes over and want to zero them in before my next hunt. Is it possible to do this at one of the local rifle clubs? Does anyone know if their ranges are open to 'casual' shooters (i.e. non-members)? Are there better ways to do this if you haven't got easy access to a farm you can shoot on?

Cheers.

[0arbreaka]

what caliber are your rifles?

[Drunken Monkey]

.243 and a rimfire

[doc]

Why are SLR's worth so much ? They are horrible friggin things. Nothing is attractive about them, heavy lump of a cannon ,and simply an army surplus item. Nostalgia is not worth that much money.

[jrandom]

Nothing is attractive about them, heavy lump of a cannon...

I find them real nice to shoot. Very confidence-inducing. The day the fuzzy-wuzzies come over the hill, a FAL will be first to my hand behind the sandbags on the front porch. And they look scary, like a proper weapon, instead of resembling a plastic raygun from a bad '60s sci-fi TV series.

No offense to the fine design engineers at Steyr, of course.

Nostalgia is not worth that much money.

I dunno. I really like my Nagant and my Kar98K. I like to sit and hold them and think of the blood they might have spilled into European mud in the stink and clamour of battle, and the countless hands that have passed across the worn bluing of their receivers over the last 64 years.

It's an entirely different buzz from holding a factory-new Ruger or Sako. Those are just tools. Fine, modern tools, but they ain't got no soul.