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What do you do with your rifles when camping?

Post by TBJ » 09 Jan 2018, 5:18 pm

I'm just wondering what you guys do with your guns when hunting and at camp, I've alway been hunting and then come back to my place or a mates place and put the guns back in the safe, what do you do with your rifles if you're just camping with a swag/tent with no car or ammo box, and what do you do if you're camping and you have your ute with you?
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Post by AusTac » 09 Jan 2018, 5:26 pm

Firearm down the side of the swag beside the mattress so i won't roll over on it lol, always sleep good those nights :p
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Post by bigfellascott » 09 Jan 2018, 5:36 pm

Shoot ferals with em..
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Post by Daddybang » 09 Jan 2018, 6:07 pm

AusTac wrote:Firearm down the side of the swag beside the mattress so i won't roll over on it lol, always sleep good those nights :p



+1 :drinks:

If I have a vehicle they get locked inside :thumbsup: :drinks:
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Post by Stix » 09 Jan 2018, 6:13 pm

I got a double swag for that reason...
If camping & im worried, all firearms are next to me in swag...
But most often im on private property, in which case i still have them locked in car.
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Post by bigrich » 09 Jan 2018, 6:45 pm

i sleep with them in a way that would make the NRA proud. :lol: unloaded of coarse :thumbsup:
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Post by rsj223 » 09 Jan 2018, 7:25 pm

AusTac wrote:Firearm down the side of the swag beside the mattress so i won't roll over on it lol, always sleep good those nights :p

Like this^^ and if with more that one others locked in the car
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Post by Oldbloke » 09 Jan 2018, 9:06 pm

Just locked in the ute.
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Post by Bigjobss » 09 Jan 2018, 10:52 pm

AusTac wrote:Firearm down the side of the swag beside the mattress so i won't roll over on it lol, always sleep good those nights :p


Makes me feel much more normal hearing this.
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Post by southeast varmiter » 10 Jan 2018, 5:48 am

Brings back images of bunks scene in Full Metal Jacket.
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Post by brett1868 » 10 Jan 2018, 6:38 am

Nothing better then snuggling up to a warm 30" 12ga U/O on a cold winters night.... :)
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Re: What do you do with your rifles when camping?

Post by Sus_scrofa » 10 Jan 2018, 6:40 am

Usually use them to their full potential. Load magazine , shoot out bullets at ferals, repeat process. :D

Then when I get back to camp I tell everyone on the internet what I do with them, so they know exactly where and how to steal them. :sarcasm:

Use common sense people and abide by your state laws. If u don't know the laws you probably shouldn't have a license. Or u should read up on them asap.
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Post by Archie » 10 Jan 2018, 12:55 pm

If I have the 4wd, I lock them in a locked box inside (which is chained to the car - if I had a ute and a lockbox I'd use that) and I keep the bolt in the tent while I'm asleep. That conforms to the (NSW) recommendations for category C/D while in transport. If I'm backpacking I just take it in the tent with me - positioned in such a way that you arent going get to them without waking me up. And i still keep the bolt separate.

What I don't do - probably because I'm paranoid - is go camping with two guns, because then I pretty much have to leave one at the campsite when I head out, which in a state forest I am not going to do. And that kind of sucks because sometimes you don't see anything worth getting with a centrefire but you do come across a rabbit warren etc. I have considered getting a little 22 take down for that reason, but I havent actually done anything about it.
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Re: What do you do with your rifles when camping?

Post by Lorgar » 10 Jan 2018, 1:38 pm

Usually in the back of the 4x4 in the passenger foot wells with a blanket or something thrown over.

Truck is locked and I'm on top in the roof top tent at night.
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Re: What do you do with your rifles when camping?

Post by bigrich » 10 Jan 2018, 5:03 pm

hey bigjobss , i dunno about feeling more normal, maybe you've just found the right crazies to hang with :lol:
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Re: What do you do with your rifles when camping?

Post by Bigjobss » 10 Jan 2018, 10:05 pm

bigrich wrote:hey bigjobss , i dunno about feeling more normal, maybe you've just found the right crazies to hang with :lol:


Hey! Thats....probably about right :P
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