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[CINDERS]

For those of you in the market for one of these.

Calibre/Item: 45 ACP
Make: Auto-Ordnance
Model: Thompson Submachine Gun
Action: Full Auto
Serial No: A021***
Condition: Good
Price:$19950
Advertised:2/10/2018
Licence number: 409564311
Phone: 02 9882 2689
Comment: Auto-Ordnance "Tommy Gun" in good working order. Comes in FBI case with one 50rnd drum mag, three 20rnd mags and one 30rnd mag. Has some light pitting on the action and a few small dings in the stock but a nice gun all the same. Also comes with 2 spare barrels and a spare front pistol grip. Appropriate prohibited weapons permit required. 2 month lay-by available with a 20% deposit.

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[browningautorifle]

Auto Ord five digit...nice... Stole the pic for you... Seems short of mags though, I had the "L" drum and about 20 x 30s, 10 x 20's.

[RASelkirk]

I thought they outlawed all semiauto weapons down there, so what's it take to qualify for purchasing a full auto?

Russ

[CINDERS]

They have except to Farmers and Agricultural Dept permit shooters (Pest control of Camels, Wild Horses & Pigs from choppers or wheeled vehicles)
As the ad says you have to have a prohibited weapons license we mere mortals have enough trying to procure just a bolt gun here without trying to get something like a full auto so I do not know what hoops or checks one has to jump through perhaps tbonesmith can answer that one.

[Woodsy]

Ouch! AU$20K is astronomical by NZ standards. That would sell here in the NZ$5-6K range. No wonder we are starting to see more Aussies at our auctions!

[Brit plumber]

Is a 5 digit AO scarce? I think my gun is in the AO28xxx region.

[mrclark303]

Ouch! AU$20K is astronomical by NZ standards. That would sell here in the NZ$5-6K range. No wonder we are starting to see more Aussies at our auctions!

Is it tricky shipping selective fire firearms out of New Zealand to Australia Woodsy?

Sounds like it would be a huge amount of paperwork.

[mrclark303]

A local sec5 RFD to me had an absolutely superb early war UK government purchase 1928A1 a few years back.

A totally mint, time machine piece. I believe it was 'discovered' during a home clearance and sent to him via the police for storage.

I often wonder if it was a lost Home Guard piece.

[Gil Boyd]

What a world?.......................why every State or country can't have the same rules....... but don't follow us, the Brits!!
It always amazes me when I go to the States. Every State is like another country thousands of miles away when it comes to automatic guns, so varied in their responses!!

[Florey55]

Is it tricky shipping selective fire firearms out of New Zealand to Australia Woodsy?

Sounds like it would be a huge amount of paperwork.

It is impossible for a civilian, even a dealer with a special prohibited firearm permit, to import a selective - fire firearm into Australia. The Federal Attorney Generals Dept grudgingly allows the import of semi-auto military style rifle for feral animal exterminators.

This is why these full autos already in the country sell for high prices.