by Bugman » 02 Nov 2020, 6:22 pm
Yes. This, stated before seems to come up regularly. In NSW, once you have finished your Cat H 6 months probation, and are eligible for your first PTA(s), and you finally acquire your handguns, you can take them from your address to the range, and when finished, go straight back to where the handguns are stored, do not go shopping or a stop off at the pub etc. You may also go from home to a licensed gunsmith/dealer or to a Police Station, but must return home after business has been attended to.
If you get caught, and it has happened, although rare, your guns including rifles will be confiscated and your licence suspended or cancelled.
In NSW, once the dust has settled from the Coronial Edwards Inquiry then licensing. firearm ownership, and in particular may well be a lot more difficult.
Play it safe, as bladeracer has stated, CHECK with NSW FAR, don't ask others as others don't make the rules.
Yes I know of a few Cat H shooters who have taken handguns onto properties that they were hunting on, definitely not for me. If you have an vehicle accident going or coming or they do a roadside check and find a handgun, your in strife. I have shot at country pistol clubs and carried the lead up paperwork and score sheet whilst travelling to and from the club(s) in question, but went straight home upon completion of the shoot (included a bbq lunch...but I was still within the FAR requirements.
By the way, if you belong to a pistol club, then most clubs allow for practice and load development.