Category C For Clay Target Shooting In Vic

[Crazy]

Reasontlly I have been seeing a fair amount of category c shotguns around Victoria in the clay target clubs and was wondering how one goes about getting one. So I had a look around and haven’t found that much information about it, according to Vicpol you have to hold one for a junior, have a medical condition or owned one and been apart of a club before November 15th 1996. So I was wondering could you get a category c for compition clay target shooting? Because I have been told I could but haven’t found much information about it. If anyone has gone through the process, point me in the right direction. Cheers.

[dpskipper]

Pretty sure if you want cat C for clays, it needs to be because of a medical condition that makes using a break action shotgun difficult/impossible to operate. So the gov will allow you to use a semi auto shotty with a tubular magazine (easier to reload) instead. Only catch is it has to be modified to only have a total capacity of 2.

[bladeracer]

Reasontlly I have been seeing a fair amount of category c shotguns around Victoria in the clay target clubs and was wondering how one goes about getting one. So I had a look around and haven’t found that much information about it, according to Vicpol you have to hold one for a junior, have a medical condition or owned one and been apart of a club before November 15th 1996. So I was wondering could you get a category c for compition clay target shooting? Because I have been told I could but haven’t found much information about it. If anyone has gone through the process, point me in the right direction. Cheers.

You can apply on medical grounds for competition only - can't use it anywhere else..

[Supaduke]

Fair warning, if you go down the medical reasons path, you will have to justify any rifles that don't conform to your medical issues. It's not a loophole to obtain a cat C firearm.

[bladeracer]

Fair warning, if you go down the medical reasons path, you will have to justify any rifles that don't conform to your medical issues. It's not a loophole to obtain a cat C firearm.

Do you shoot any other heavy-recoiling rifles in one session as much as you would a shotgun shooting clay competition though?

[Supaduke]

I just know there is a lot more to it than "yeah got a sore arm, need an autoloader". If you have large calibre firearms already, they will question why you can shoot them and not an underover. Also a fair bit of fkn around to get the medical thing signed off. Not saying it can't be done, just pointing out if it's not a fair dinkum claim you could cause yourself some headaches.

[bladeracer]

I just know there is a lot more to it than "yeah got a sore arm, need an autoloader". If you have large calibre firearms already, they will question why you can shoot them and not an underover. Also a fair bit of fkn around to get the medical thing signed off. Not saying it can't be done, just pointing out if it's not a fair dinkum claim you could cause yourself some headaches.

I agree with you.
My messed up shoulder would prohibit me from shooting clay competition, but it doesn't affect my ability to shoot 12ga clays, .30-06, 7.62x54R, etc at home or when hunting. I couldn't shoot a hundred or two rounds of heavy-recoiling rifles or shotgun in a session though. If I were interested in shotgun competition I would likely apply for CatC myself, although I'd really like to try a shotgun muzzle brake.

[bigfellascott]

If recoils not an issue why bother with all the expense and hassles, if it is I guess it's worth doing other than that there's no real advantage as both go bang each time you pull the trigger and both only have a 2 shot capacity.

[Crazy]

Thanks for the answers, i don't currently have a medical condition that would stop me from shooting a normal over and under i was wondering if you were able to get one if you compete in competitions on club grounds.

[cracker]

Thanks for the answers, i don't currently have a medical condition that would stop me from shooting a normal over and under i was wondering if you were able to get one if you compete in competitions on club grounds.

no read the legislation, under and over is going to be better on clays anyway imo

[ponkychonk]

Move to WA. Cat C shotguns are allowed for regular old prac shotgun here. Its great.

[dpskipper]

Move to WA. Cat C shotguns are allowed for regular old prac shotgun here. Its great.

No thanks, the rest of your laws make that an unfair trade!

[Crazy]

Move to WA. Cat C shotguns are allowed for regular old prac shotgun here. Its great.

From what i have seen WA have the best Cat C laws, besides that their laws are terrible.

[ponkychonk]

Move to WA. Cat C shotguns are allowed for regular old prac shotgun here. Its great.

From what i have seen WA have the best Cat C laws, besides that their laws are terrible.

And the best collectors laws. Anything other than Cat D is super super easy to get here, no need to prove anything or deactivate the guns

But yeah overall our system is pretty ******

[dpskipper]

Move to WA. Cat C shotguns are allowed for regular old prac shotgun here. Its great.

From what i have seen WA have the best Cat C laws, besides that their laws are terrible.

And the best collectors laws. Anything other than Cat D is super super easy to get here, no need to prove anything or deactivate the guns

But yeah overall our system is pretty ******

If you loose those laws, you won't have much else left!

[ponkychonk]

Move to WA. Cat C shotguns are allowed for regular old prac shotgun here. Its great.

From what i have seen WA have the best Cat C laws, besides that their laws are terrible.

And the best collectors laws. Anything other than Cat D is super super easy to get here, no need to prove anything or deactivate the guns

But yeah overall our system is pretty ******

If you loose those laws, you won't have much else left!

Don't even want to think about it!