What do you do with your rifles when camping and sleeping

[hoogle]

G'day,

What are you guys practices are at night when you're out camping with rifles.

No safes bolted to a tree out in the bush obviously... Just wondering what other people do with the car, or tent or what...

Thanks.

[petemacsydney]

+1

I'm also interested to know what people do when they need to fill up the car with fuel?

obviously not a good idea to take your rifle into the petrol station and you are not supposed to leave the car unattended.. so what do we do?

[Chronos]

lock it in the boot. job done

it's up to you to interpret the laws

https://www.police.nsw.gov.au/__data/as ... h_2012.pdf

What are the requirements for transporting Category A & B firearms? Firearms Registry

Unlike the transportation of category C, D & H firearms and commercial
transportation, there are no legislative requirements for the transportation of
category A & B firearms.
However the general rule applied in section 39 of the Act applies and the
Commissioner has determined that 'all reasonable precautions' have been met
if category A & B firearms are conveyed in the same manner as category C, D
& H firearms.
NOTE: At no time should a firearm be left stored unattended in a motor vehicle
unless the firearms are stored in accordance with the requirements of category
C, D & H firearms and no other alternative safe storage is available

obviously don't go and grab dinner in McD's and leave the car unattended but as i read it if you follow the regs for cat c.d.H it seems you could leave the car unattended as you have as it says made "all reasonable precautions"

Chronos

[hoogle]

Ammo locked in a container in the car.

Rifle zipped up in it's bag and in the tent with me.

[Blackened]

Same as Hoogle here.

Everything separated, stored, in the tent.

Got to step over me to get in the night to get to the things which go bang.

[headspace]

Anyone coming into my camp in the middle of the night better have a good excuse when the trip wires go off...

[RDobber]

Or when the Claymores go off.

No need to worry about excuses

[Hennie Dreyer]

My rifle enjoys sleeping with me in my sleeping bag under those circumstances. It is under my personal control, etc.

[Vati]

I you could could probably get away with having it next to you Hennie.

You don't have to be spooning the rifle at night

[Hennie Dreyer]

I you could could probably get away with having it next to you Hennie.

You don't have to be spooning the rifle at night

I love my rifle, don't you know?
No seriously - I really do that when there is no secure storage facility available, and whilst in the bush on a hunting trip.
It is something I had to learn whilst in the army on patrol, and I guess I got used to it

[hoogle]

Who's the big spoon, you or the rifle

[headspace]

Claymores? Hadn't thought about that. Are they a category B or what. I'd love to read the "genuine reason". Seriously, I think that if your rifles are in the car and the car is locked, the bolt is out of the rifle and the ammo is stored you would have no problems. Same for getting fuel or a Mars bar, the car is locked as you walk off. Of course sleeping with your piece is not considered a sin, but talking to it in front of others is maybe not good.
JD

[Kelix]

I think they're Category 'you're going to jail for a long time'

On the subject though, I usually keep mine in the tent as well. Got the room so it's one less worry about it is all.

Can't say that I'm an expert on the laws around these things, all I know is people have been charged after having them stolen from their car, so any avoiding that is obviously good.

[ozfisher71]

As I own a ute, I keep mine locked in a 2mm steel toolbox with bolts removed and trigger locks fitted, or in the case of the lever actions cable locked.

All ammunition is secured in another fixed and locked box.

Bolts are also in a different fixed and secured box.

All of this is done as soon as I have returned to camp not just when hitting the hay.

[SendIt]

Keeping the bolts out/elsewhere is a winning move IMO.

If the worst happens and you get one pinched, the coppers are sure to look favourably on you going that extra mile.