NZ Firearm Handbook | 2015

The New Zealand

Firearm Handbook

by

Lynn Harris

Mountain Safety Manual 11

THE NEW ZEALAND FIREARM HANDBOOK By Lynn H. Harris

86 Customhouse Quay PO Box 6027 Wellington 6141 Telephone: (04) 385 7162 Fax: (04) 385 7366 Email: info@mountainsafety.org.nz Website: www.mountainsafety.org.nz

Formerly published as: Firearms and Hunting (Manual No. 2) — 1968 Revised and reprinted — 1971 Rewritten and published as New Zealand Firearm Handbook (Manual No. 11) — 1985 Revised and reprinted — 1994, 2009 Content last revised — 2009 MSC introductory information and re-print — 2015 © New Zealand Mountain Safety Council 2015 The New Zealand Mountain Safety Council encourages the use of its material for non-profit making purposes. If you wish to copy parts of this manual we ask you to acknowledge the New Zealand Mountain Safety Council.

Statements and opinions of the author expressed herein are not necessarily shared or supported by the New Zealand Mountain Safety Council Inc. Nor does mention of a product imply that it is approved or endorsed by the New Zealand Mountain Safety Council Inc.

Thank-you to the New Zealand Lottery Grants Board and the New Zealand Police for their support in the production of this publication.

ISBN: 978-0-908931-22-4 ISSN: 0021-093X Cover design by Soda Design

THE NEW ZEALAND MOUNTAIN SAFETY COUNCIL

The New Zealand Mountain Safety Council The New Zealand Mountain Safety Council (MSC) is a national organisation with a mandate to encourage safe participation in land-based outdoor activities. It does this through the development and promotion of safety messaging, by identifying and responding to insights provided by the ongoing collection and analysis of data, and by building partnerships with relevant organisations.

The Firearms and Hunter Safety programme is one of the cornerstones of our organisation and the MSC is active in promoting firearms and hunter safety in New Zealand.

For more information about the MSC or its Firearms and Hunter Safety programme, visit: www.mountainsafety.org.nz

Auckland Rifle Association P.O.Box 12-450 Penrose 1642 Email: NZSRA@xtra.co.nz Web: www.sportsground.co.nz/asra IMAS — International Military Arms Society PO Box 17022, Auckland Web: www.imas.co.nz NRANZ — National Rifle Association PO Box 47036, Trentham Ph: (04) 528 4843 Fax: (04) 528 4198 Email: info@nranz.com Web: www.nranz.com New Zealand Antique and Historical Arms Association Email: info@nzahaa.org.nz Web: www.antiquearms.org.nz NZCCC — New Zealand Cartridge Collectors Club Private Bag 92021, Auckland Web: www.nzmr.org/nzccc COLFO — New Zealand Council of Licensed Firearms Owners PO Box 24020, Wellington Email: info@colfo.org.nz Web: www.colfo.org.nz

NZDA New Zealand Deerstalkers’ Association PO BOX 6514 Marion Square Wellington Ph: (04) 801 7367 Email: info@deerstalkers.org.nz Web: www.deerstalkers.org.nz NZSRA — New Zealand Service Rifle Association P.O.Box 12450 Penrose Auckland Web: www.sportsground.co.nz/ nzservicerifle PNZ — Pistol New Zealand PO Box 391, Hastings 4156 Web: www.pistolnz.org.nz SSANZ — Sporting Shooters Association of New Zealand PO Box 275, Whangarei Target Shooting Auckland Email: secretary@tsa.org.nz Web: www.targetshootingnz.co.nz WSRA Wellington Service Rifle Association PO Box 39267, Wellington Mail Centre Email: secretary@wsra.org.nz Web: www.wsra.org.nz