Taking Firearm out of country...and leaving it out

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Hey guys, so anyone know what's involved in taking a firearm out of country for hunting....then just leaving it there??? I have family in NZ and will probably be going back and forth over the next few years ...seems like a huge hassle to keep dragging one back and forth. i can buy one there and leave it...but they are very pricey, seeing as I have a few kicking around here:p. Anyone know the paper work involved? if any?

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WhelanLad said:
what rifle would you leave there that would be worth all of this for the sake of that?

WL
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Hey WL, I just don't want the hassle of taking one back and forth every year...I'm just digging into it with Air NZ now, but it will be an extra bag, so that's 150$ each way....So just exploring the ideas of leaving one there, or buying one there...but they are pricey in NZ.
As far as export permits....aren't you supposed to fill out one of those every time you take a firearm out of country anyway???
 
While I don't know about NZ laws, specifically? I've heard they are quite strict.
 
We used to be able to just put the rifle in Baggage with our other stuff an it was known that it is a Rifle..

then AirNZ an such realised its big business and they are Charging it as you mention, Extra Baggage.

The New Zealand Laws itself and Culture, is Very Welcoming for Firearms... I mean once I had all my papers sorted on the Aussie End... I was givin a Temporary NZ license (valid 12 months or until you first leave the Country) after Sighting my Australian License, I then walked out of the airport, waited at the Bus stop, jumped on a Bus heading toward the place I wanted to go, an it was loaded full of School kids, they had a guitar and sang songs while I talked to the Driver about what I was doing and where I was going, he was genuinely interested.

I got off in town at the bus stop, my back pack and Rifle case... walked around town for a few hours then headed off.


It is what they Call, Old Australia.... we are Doomed over here now but there is still Common sense prevails in NZ, with Great hunting/fishing and Outdoors cuilture



Sounds like you are on the right track talkin with AirNZ and such, theres plenty of Websites regarding hunting information, its called DoC, Department of Conservation.
You can print off Permits to hunt certain Areas of Govt/Public land before you get there and a Hut ticket will cost you $6 a night/ticket... but aslong as you have a few Spare in yer pocket, and are 99% confident theres already a few tickets in the mail box, then you can get away wit ha few nights ... no real biggy


I just sorta mean are you taking a Elegant mountain rifle to leave in NZ or just a Remington 700, which could be had for $600-$800 second hand... BYO scopes and stuff. Marlins are Cheap and Tikkas are abundant.


Good stuff

WL
 
thepitchedlink said:
Hey WL, I just don't want the hassle of taking one back and forth every year...I'm just digging into it with Air NZ now, but it will be an extra bag, so that's 150$ each way....So just exploring the ideas of leaving one there, or buying one there...but they are pricey in NZ.
As far as export permits....aren't you supposed to fill out one of those every time you take a firearm out of country anyway???
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Temporary export permits are different from permanent export permits. The former is much easier to obtain than the latter.

It would probably be easier to buy one there and ether sell it when you're done or leave it there for yourself. It may be a little more expensive to buy there than here, but you won't be paying to transport it there in the first place, and the resale is higher anyway so you're not losing as much as you think by buying it there.
 
Ar180shooter said:
Temporary export permits are different from permanent export permits. The former is much easier to obtain than the latter.

It would probably be easier to buy one there and ether sell it when you're done or leave it there for yourself. It may be a little more expensive to buy there than here, but you won't be paying to transport it there in the first place, and the resale is higher anyway so you're not losing as much as you think by buying it there.
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It is much easier to do that...I that's what I probably will do....just pains the cheap bugger in me to pay for a Tikka when for the same I could take a Kimber...But I'm thinking a T3 in 6.5x55 with an over barrel suppressor might be fun to own for a few years......
 
Well, paying for the extra bag is the cheaper option at this point, 150$ ....However I asked Air NZ about packing the firearm, in it's case, inside another bag...they said that was fine. So that would be an option, as I'm paying for 3 big bags to go anyway, I really don't need 150lb of stuff in NZ. A shorter hard case, with the action removed from the stock would work....hhhmm
 
I've done permanent exports of firearms and they are surprisingly un-painful. DFAIT will send you the forms, you fill it in yourself and away you go. Whatever the fee was, it was small enough I don't remember now.
 
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