Thread: Shooting

Originally Posted by Kmcmichael

I like the idea of a qualification for a hunting license. I even think the gov should subsidize ranges here due to our current difficulties.

I also enjoy shooting steel at longer ranges and regularly shoot revolvers with 45 acp cylinders at 150 yards for the suspense. But for consistancy at 1000 yards there are better cartridges than the .308.

The metal target was just for S&Gs as opposed to using the normal targets for scoring. Our military still used the 7.62 Nato well after the US adopted the 223/5.56X54 Nato round. So the idea was to get used to how the 7.62 shoots at that time. Yea, for accuracy there are better rounds out there such as the 338 Lapua and specially loaded 50 cal ammo.

Bob

I don't shoot as much as I used to, but I still stay proficient. I've had my share of exotic rounds since I reload, but have traded off most of them for more common rounds. If it's not accurate & reliable, it has no place in my safe. I hang on to a rifle I built years ago for 1000 yard competition, but sadly it's only been shot at the close range of 200 yds. Maybe one of these days I can stretch it's legs. I still love shooting timed courses with gongs with my ccw...

I'm heading out for a round of clays today. My wife and I would like to get better at it but we have to use others' guns as we don't have a shotgun of our own at the moment. My dad has a miroku but I can't access it ATM as he is away (him and my mum have been for the past 6 years for work) and it's in safe storage while he is still interstate. Having said that, I day say it will be a shotgun each, maybe 2 for me, trap and field.

^^the safe storage thing is another issue with our gun laws but honestly the guns are better off where they are. Too much moisture at the house.

Anyway, it makes shooting hard when you have a trap gun that's set up for someone else. I will either end up with a bruised face or missing targets till I get the fit right. I also need to source some lighter loads for my wife Bec.

I know my uncle has super light loads due to him aging and not handling the recoil as much anymore.

Shooting clays is something I would have liked to try but never got around to. I can well imagine how important a properly fitted shotgun is. Enjoy your outing.

Just what are the safe storage laws in OZ. They sound different from those here?

Bob

Easier to post a link than to type it all out....

http://www.police.nsw.gov.au/__data/..._2015_V1.6.pdf

Shooting trap is a blast! I also like skeet, high and low house. Perhaps someday I will get back into it and try the variety of sporting clays I have heard of. I have lots more fun shotgunning than rifle/target shooting, just me.

Yeah, I know what you mean. Shotgunning is a little more "instinctive" I suppose, it really is point and shoot

Originally Posted by andrewmurray86

Easier to post a link than to type it all out....

http://www.police.nsw.gov.au/__data/..._2015_V1.6.pdf

Some how the link brings up a blank pdf for me.

Bob

Maybe because of the international thing?

Basically the regulations require that firearms are stored without bolts (where applicable) or ammo in a steel safe with 3 locking points on the door. Bolts and Ammo must also be stored in a similar fashion but not with firearms. The can be stored in a separate, locked part of the same safe but must not be accessible with firearms.

The safe must be 150kg (~320lbs) or more or it must be fixed to the structure of the building (ie floor or other part of the building that cannot be removed, dividing walls would not count).

This is for firearms in categories A and B. A is rimfire rifles and shot guns, B is centrefire rifles. No self-loading firearms fall into A & B. There are more requirements for other categories.

Category C is self loading shotguns and rifles with a magazine capacity of less than 5 or rimfires with a high capacity. Category D is self-loading centrefire rifles and shotguns with a higher magazine capacity.

This safe would qualify for category A and B, note the separate storage compartment for ammo/bolts above the main compartment.


Category C & D are next to impossible to own lawfully and even if you do qualify to own them, the government makes it very hard for you to acquire and keep these firearms.

Pistols fall into another category of license , "H". There are more and different restrictions on the storage and acquisition and use of pistols.

Yes, probably an international thing. Same happened when I did a web search and opened the same link as you gave.

Sounds similar to our safe storage requirements from what I recall but with a lot more specifics on how and what to use than we do.

Bob