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Get some help mate, you're not a well man :lol: :lol: :lol:

Blu [/quote]

In the words of Roy Walker.....if you see it say it!

I do apologise, I didn't mean to lower the tone of the thread [/quote]

snayperskaya, dude I was only kidding you on. No offence taken or implied.

Blu [/quote]

No offence taken mate, spent far too much time on building sites to get offended by a bit of banter

Hey, I can see it :lol:

Blu wrote:My good mate from my Army days who I still keep in touch with using Skype has lived in NZ for the last 30 years. He is also shoots and hunts and tells me that shooting in NZ is not one of the cheaper hobbies around. A while back I was having a look at their prices online and all I could think was Wow, he was right, it isn't a cheap sport down there.

Blu

Yes, NZ is a small market (relative to almost every other country) and far away from pretty much every supplier, and the prices unfortunately reflect that reality.

That said, at least we have better (not only less restrictive but dare I say it - more common-sense) gun laws than some, and we can shoot most disciplines we want (provided of course you are a 'fit and proper' person and can pass the vetting process).

DaveB,

(provided of course you are a 'fit and proper' person and can pass the vetting process).

Yeah I never quite figured how my mate got around that one :lol: :lol: :lol: Have to agree with you on NZ gun laws as well, last time I visited NZ I found them fairly relaxed as compared to most of Europe.

Blu

Police/emergency help can be a LOT further away if you're in trouble in Australia and there are a lot of things (other than humans) that can kill you. If you live in the outback i think you'd be a nutcase NOT to be armed to the teeth!

Les Hiddins (the Bushtucker Man) used to carry a S&W model 29 on his hip against crocs. Not bad for their equivalent of Ray Mears, on prime time tv.