Import laws with red tip? [Archive] - Airsoft Sports New Zealand (ASNZ)

ramborob17

24-01-2009, 05:15 AM

I have several guns that I am wanting to bring over on my final move into the country. What I need to know is:

Do the guns being imported have to have spray painted tips on the barrel or can I just tape up the ends with an orange tape? I don't want to break any laws and have the guns taken from me. I need to know if they want a more permanent form of barrel marking or not.

Also I noticed that you guys do not have a guns for sale section any more. Is the selling and trading of guns in NZ now banned?

Thanks in advance,
Robert

The Brass Monkey

24-01-2009, 06:06 AM

Hey Rob,

over here were not required to have any sort of permanent barrel markings. So as far as spray painting/taping goes, i wouldn't bother. However you might need your barrel marked in order to get you airsoft guns out of your country if the laws in your country say you need a red/orange tip.

As for the selling/trading of airsoft guns goes, We use an armourer system. Where by once your a member of an ASNZ Club you can buy guns through the club armourer and sell your guns on the asnz forums.

And just incase your dont know this already, Our laws only let us own/use Semi automatic airsoft guns. So you will need to get all your guns made semi auto in order to get them passed our customs.

where abouts in new zealand are you moving to? Because there are airsoft clubs everywhere in NZ, so would suggest getting in touch with your local club soon as so you can get playing :D

Hope that helps.

ramborob17

24-01-2009, 06:33 AM

I have posted on the forum before. A couple months ago I had posted asking a few general knowledge questions about the laws (semi only) and such. Now since the move is coming closer and closer (we should be leaving the U.S. by the end of March) I need to get down to the fine print, hence my question on the red barrel.

As far as where we are moving I am not sure since it is not set in stone. We are opening an Esquires coffee house and the company has given us several choices as to where we can open one up. It is down to Wellington, Palmerston, and ChristChurch.

I have a few rifles that I am having a hard time parting out in the States and wanted to make sure trading/selling was legal. I have a couple of rare guns that are unusual in the States and maybe in NZ as well that I am trying to part with.

Thanks for the help,
Robert

Bane

24-01-2009, 06:42 AM

what sorta guns? just out of curiosity

ramborob17

24-01-2009, 06:44 AM

I have a custom made M1 Garand (TM M14 conversion)

King Arms Dragunov with real steel scope

Tanaka M10 Revolver

CAW M79 Grenade Launcher (real wood version)

Highly upgraded TM VSR-10 G-Spec

Those are just the ones that are a little sparse

wege

24-01-2009, 07:11 AM

bane is DEFINITELY going to love you.

Just make sure that the M14 is unable to go Full Auto and you should be fine.
leave a slightly charged battery with it so customs can have a quick test and they should be happy :)

Bane

24-01-2009, 07:13 AM

Can you move up to auckland?

*Edit*

Crap.. wege correct me if i am wrong but arent gas grenades prohibited now?

ramborob17

24-01-2009, 07:15 AM

Will the removal of the selector switch be good enough if it is set to semi or do I have to go into the gun and totally remove the full auto capability?

Also check out most of my guns on youtube

Just search youtube with the word: ramborob17

Bane

24-01-2009, 07:20 AM

for the M14 just remove the selector switch and arm completely

And dont try and do a sneaky and hide it in your luggage :P throw it right away

ramborob17

24-01-2009, 07:22 AM

Lol I wont try and hide it. The last thing I am trying to do is go into a country and day one break a series of laws just trying to import an airsoft gun.

I am guessing you are in Auckland Bane?

Bane

24-01-2009, 07:35 AM

Yeah. Not the greatest place in the world. but shifting down to Chch or Welly is out of my budget :P

liggu

24-01-2009, 09:36 AM

Checking your Youtube channel... You play Wow and Airsoft.

I think should idolize you. Ok, maybe not, but I also play Wow and airsoft.

Come to Christchurch and join the club I'm in!

wege

24-01-2009, 10:15 AM

i think those shot shell grenades may still be legal.. just? but the OTHER ones from Airsoft Innovations appear to be on the Verboten list.

ramborob17

24-01-2009, 10:26 AM

Hopefully the m203 isn't illegal. I really like it lol.

Also I do play WoW but my other hobbies consist of airsoft (that's a gimme), WWII reenacting, real steel shooting, and I also play competitive paintball

Sprocket657

24-01-2009, 09:20 PM

I think, and im not just saying this cos i lvoe there, that Palmerston north is the superior of all three choices, its like uhm.... so much cooler.... and yeah :)

Vote Palmy

ADLER

25-01-2009, 03:26 AM

Lol I wont try and hide it. The last thing I am trying to do is go into a country and day one break a series of laws just trying to import an airsoft gun.

Thanks, the last Yank that came over & did that pissed airsoft up right royal in NZ, he is the reason we all have to play semi now. :rolleyes:

Also I do play WoW but my other hobbies consist of airsoft (that's a gimme), WWII reenacting, real steel shooting, and I also play competitive paintball

Oh definately come to Christchurch then! BTW we drink lots of coffee here. :D 3 clubs to choose from, that play every weekend. Plus we have the most German Re-enactors in airsoft down here... so you will have something to shoot. :D

ramborob17

25-01-2009, 07:40 AM

Sorry to hear about us Americans giving you guys a hard way to go. But that's what must of us do over here I guess *rolls eyes* sticking our nose into everyone's business and expecting everyone to lay back and take our crap. The way Americans act over here both in the citizen and government is one of the reasons why we want to move to NZ and get away from it.

Also I do and American impression but have been wanting to start a German. I think it would be so much fun. Plus the German uniforms look much more impressive then our plain old American drab :-P

ADLER

25-01-2009, 08:19 AM

GOD

25-01-2009, 08:30 AM

German? Who would want to play in german camo??
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a178/god123/Ich.jpg

And the camo just doesnt work...

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a178/god123/forscope.jpg

And this guy here just looks wrong!!!

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a178/god123/Dayex056.jpg

However, not as wrong as this...

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a178/god123/Klan.jpg
Nothing like equal opportunity racism!Completely unrelated I just thought it was funny as I looked through my photobucket.

ramborob17

25-01-2009, 08:59 AM

/me adds Ramboro to new best friends list :D

You will NZ, we are like NY'ers but with out the lip. But I think Texas was where I felt most at home, but we arent so big on the hats & gater skin boots here. We keep it real. Did a year in the states, great place to visit, nice place to leave.

I am like a Texan with the accent :P Added as well :D

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a178/god123/Klan.jpg
Nothing like equal opportunity racism!Completely unrelated I just thought it was funny as I looked through my photobucket.

Okay you are officially on my friends list as well :D :D :D

Jazz

25-01-2009, 11:33 AM

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a178/god123/Klan.jpg

Honestly, why bother with the hood :P

ramborob17

25-01-2009, 12:43 PM

lol I cant stop smiling at that picture. Lol that's so terrible its funny. But the funny outweighs the terrible ten fold

BLACKHAWK

25-01-2009, 01:55 PM

I dare them to walk (or roll) through south auckland like that

Kronos

25-01-2009, 02:16 PM

Snowfire

25-01-2009, 03:23 PM

You do realise that the last picture is quite possibly of a spanish religious festival? They happen to wear the same sort of hood etc as the KKK do, hence the confusion.

Kronos

25-01-2009, 03:30 PM

well the red on the sign hanging from the neck suggests to me its most likely klan members.

Stretch

25-01-2009, 03:44 PM

Doesn't look like a Klan symbol Kronos. Their symbol is a white cross within a red circle, not to metion the photo doesn't actually look like a cross.

I don't remember ever seeing the KKK wearing silk hoods and purple/blue cloaks. Seems rather odd eh?

Anyway, this thread has far outlived its purpose.

Kronos

25-01-2009, 03:48 PM

ill pm you a red symbol they use, as this thread is getting off topic. Although you make a great point with the silk hoods.

Josh.

25-01-2009, 03:53 PM

Ramborob, you should come to Welly. Most of us WAC fullas are right into our reenacting. Wellington Rifles is the reenacting group that we are part of, check out pics of us busting out poses in our sexy kit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wellingtonrifles/

ADLER

26-01-2009, 06:33 AM

Fuck, i dare them to go anywhere where there is a vast majority of non caucasions. Good video of them on youtube either walking past a protest to get somewhere (court?) or protesting themselves. Some old fella goes up and gives one guy a nice wee hook.

These look like Rosicrucians to me, or the Order of Santiago. Didnt they even feature in the open scenes of Da Vinchi Code? So given they probably arent racists, they probably still wouldnt be safe in South Auckland though.

On the orange tip thing, I have had to get the orange tip added to BB guns I brought from the states so that they could leave the country.

Bane

26-01-2009, 08:20 AM

yeah the KKK tend to wear ALL white.. white hood white robes.. and no KKK member could possibly cut the eyeholes on the same level..

*Edit*

Interesting reading..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klu_Klux_Klan

ADLER

26-01-2009, 09:41 AM

Very interesting, I didnt realise there where three "phases" of the organisation.

Took me almost 2 hours to get through all that.

Adrian

26-01-2009, 03:29 PM

Hey rambo my advice would be to stay away form palmy as there's not enough people to support the cafe's we already have, alot aren't doing so well(i work for a business that supplies foodstuffs to cafes/resturants), best bet would be welly as theres more people/tourists there than palmy/chch. Oh and theres a good bunch of airsofters there :P

ADLER

26-01-2009, 03:59 PM

Ahem, suggest you compare tourists stats between Wellington & Christchurch brother... unless you call people getting off the ferry & leaving town as fast as possible tourists :D

mind you Auckland are the latte crowd.

Adrian

26-01-2009, 04:28 PM

:S people actually go to chch on their own free will?

ADLER

26-01-2009, 04:31 PM

We do get a wad of Australians doing their probation down here :D

ramborob17

27-01-2009, 07:19 AM

Lol you guys are pretty entertaining talking about the KKK and New Zealand Cities and Aussie convicts :P

What kind of rifles are popular in NZ? Do gas rifles (M1 Garands, Tanakas etc etc) function well down there?

GOD

27-01-2009, 08:48 AM

Oh yes! Yes they do. Myself and Adler have a few Tanakas between us. In fact one of them actually came pretty close to coming between us...:D:D:D

ramborob17

27-01-2009, 08:53 AM

McArthur

27-01-2009, 09:30 AM

I have been thinking about investing in either a Marushin M1 Garand or a Tanaka K98. I just want to make sure they will function alright down there. I know that there are only a few states here that has the suitable climate for constant usage of gas rifles.

Judging by how many people rock 500fps+ K98's, I think they work fine here in New Zealand :rolleyes:

wege

27-01-2009, 10:33 AM

God - did that Kar98k thing get started to be sorted?

Brawler

27-01-2009, 02:23 PM

I have been thinking about investing in either a Marushin M1 Garand or a Tanaka K98. I just want to make sure they will function alright down there. I know that there are only a few states here that has the suitable climate for constant usage of gas rifles.

Well i live in probally the coldest part of NZ and i get at least 20 shots per mag on a coldish day 35+ on a hot.. and yeah its above 550fps lol

ADLER

27-01-2009, 03:22 PM

The M1 Garands have proved problematic here. Not an environment thing, just the guns seem to always have troubles. I have seen 3 now make 1 off apearences on the field, only to be never seen again.

ramborob17

29-01-2009, 02:05 AM

I gotcha. It seems like people have complained alott about the M1s over here as well. They just blame it on the weather. I might try and find me a Kar98. I think another gas bolt action would be nice to have

ramborob17

29-01-2009, 02:47 AM

Also, does anyone know if the grenade launchers are illegal? I have a CAW M79 and might be trading one of my AEGs for a CAW 6 shot

Oryx

29-01-2009, 06:29 PM

Whatever you do, dont go to palmy :) rock wellys or chch.

wege

29-01-2009, 07:48 PM

I would advise, at this point in time, to not bring a CAW and the grenades down here.

Oryx

29-01-2009, 08:22 PM

message t-dog and ask him cus hes talking with the cops all the time

Brawler

29-01-2009, 08:49 PM

hey BTW will you be 18 when you bring all the guns in?

Mac

30-01-2009, 12:52 PM

HAHAHA...Didn't notice the dude in the chair at first...I was too busy admiring the the clan groupy in the leather skirt

ramborob17

30-01-2009, 03:42 PM

Yes I will be 18. Does that make any difference if my parents are coming in the country with me? Its not like this 18 year old kid is gonna be walking into this foreign country to live and with him is a Uhaul full of airsoft weapons :-D

Also do you guys not have launchers there in NZ?

Chaos

30-01-2009, 03:47 PM

Also do you guys not have launchers there in NZ?

We do but every so often customs decides to throw a spanner in the works, 3 months ago no problem then all of a sudden they decide they don't like them, we are waiting for an all clear before we bring them in again.

Kronos

30-01-2009, 05:17 PM

Well since your over 18 it wont be a problem with importing them, but if you were still 17 at the time your parents would have to declare them as thier posessions, due to the fact that airguns require a firearms licence in nz to all under 18's. Which is bs

Oryx

30-01-2009, 08:05 PM

We do but every so often customs decides to throw a spanner in the works, 3 months ago no problem then all of a sudden they decide they don't like them, we are waiting for an all clear before we bring them in again.

I was talking to t-dog and he said they have a new guy at customs and he didnt let them through because he thought it fired like a real one but im pretty sure its all good now because they got in contact with t-dog(i think it was him) and he set em straight.
please feel free to correct me if im wrong!

Grunta

01-02-2009, 11:10 AM

I talked to T-dog last week he said at this stage no problem with m203 grenade launcher and similar stuff just with those tornado grenades and claymores

Jazz

01-02-2009, 11:24 AM

I talked to T-dog last week he said at this stage no problem with m203 grenade launcher and similar stuff just with those tornado grenades and claymores

Woot! and other exclamations of joy!