The introduce yourself thread (combined)

[Hatter]

G'day Kai.

Welcome to the forum and good hunting

[Title_II]

Kai, I welcome you from across the ocean. Cheers!

[No1Mk3]

G'day Kai,
Welcome aboard. My hunting days are fairly much over now, and fish have always died laughing when they see me coming! But I hope a few here can join you going bush. In my Grand-Mothers tongue, Kai means food, a good sign for a hunter.

[Kai]

Thanks for the warm welcome folks, yep born over the ocean in the south island New Zealand, been in Australia almost 11 years now, heading back in a couple weeks to catchup with some of my family there, and chase some deer and pigs too hopefully.

[Heckler303]

Hey Kai, welcome to the forum. Enjoy your stay at the hotel with the most bang

[Festus Magnus]

Update: it's been a while, but I finally got me licence today! Took a while longer than anticipated since the RMS doesn't do on-the-spot printing of licences anymore.

Anyway, I've been hemmed and hawed about it, but I've more-or-less settled on clay shooting (rather than benchrest).

The old man and I will be stopping by our LGS tomorrow morning to have a good gander at their wares. I'm hoping to place an order for a Browning Citori Sporter, and then it's just another excruciating 28-day wait for the registry to process the PTA.

[pomemax]

Where did you arrive at 28 days for your first pta (sorta reminds me of a movie line "tell him he dreaming son" ) more like 40 for first 5 days for snail mail each way.
This always makes me wonder when i first started shoot i wanted to try everything why just shoot clays they are terrible to cook have a go at long range at bench dont limit it to clays you will get bored with it real quick

[Festus Magnus]

Yeah, the 28 day estimate is a bit optimistic. They said the licence application itself was 28 days, but it was a good 6 week wait, then plus another 2 weeks for the RMS to send my licence to me. I figure ~6 weeks for the PTA is a fair estimate.

Re: clays. I'll just be starting off with clays and trying a bit of each variation: trap, skeet, sporting clays and 5 stand. I'll definitely have a second look at benchrest at some stage, but having a decent clay range nearby makes a shotgun more attractive.

Also, I bumped my budget up a bit and put down a deposit for a Miroku MK10 Grade 1 30".

[Festus Magnus]

Ugh, now I've got the itch for a centrefire rifle: thinking of submitting another PTA on top of the one that's now processing. A sudden surge of interest in hunting and I'm sitting here eye-deep in online discussions about bloody camouflage!

But I think a Sako 85 .308 might just be the ticket!

Joined the ADA on the spur-of-the-moment decision: I think the local branch held meetings a few times at a local German-Austrian club? Great food, if memory serves right from the few times I've had dinner there. Not sure where they congregate now, will need to get in touch with the local branch.

[juststarting]

Festus, wait for the first PTA. Once that clears, you can apply for one through the shop and have it approved and rifle purchased in the same day.

[brett1868]

Festus is north of the border and subject to the NSW PTA random issue lottery. Could be 5 weeks, could be 8 or maybe they lose the paperwork and you have to start again. That said, I did get my first center fire pistol PTA's back in my hand 30days after posting and have had long arm PTA's back within 7 working days. I think there's a bit of a backlog in NSW at the moment as long arm PTA's are taking 2-3 weeks and I've been waiting 12days for some pistol PTA's that show a status of "PTA Application being processed by Firearms Registry" since the 16/3. We can check the progress online using the link below which is about as customer focused as the NSW Police forearms registry gets.

https://ebizprd.police.nsw.gov.au/FPR/displayLicenceResults.do

[juststarting]

my bad. Didn't see NSW on my phone. :/

[Tiiger]

Update: it's been a while, but I finally got me licence today!

Gratz

[Festus Magnus]

I think there's a bit of a backlog in NSW at the moment

Thanks for the heads up re: the backlog! When I applied for my licence at least, they input my application into the online system quite quickly - on the day when that they received it (I send off such things in registered mail usually and it shows tracking). But it's been about a week so far since they received my PTA application and it hasn't been logged in the system.

And you're right, the Firearms Registry in NSW could do with a bit of streamlining. I think I remember reading that they're wanting to transition more of their operations online? Or maybe that's just wishful thinking that's become a delusion.

Edit: Seems like they've charged my credit card for the fee, so it's probably just sitting on top of the stack that says '28 day waiting period for new firearm owners because there's nothing more enjoyable than making them wait endlessly and pointlessly!'

[Releb]

G'day

[gunnerjacky]

Hello Kai, welcome to EnoughGun. Hope you will have a great stay with us. My hunting days are over for a period of 6 months I guess. I'll be back after 6 months with my rifle again. Till then friend, have a good hunting!

[Kai]

Thanks guys, 6 months is just long enough for no hunting

[Norton]

my bad. Didn't see NSW on my phone. :/

Only shows names on my phone too.

Space saver I guess.

[Medic]

Hi all,
New member from Brisbane saying hi. Total shooting novice, got all my license squats away and heading out tomorrow to look T some rifles and. A shotgun for my first purchase and do my PTAs. Was a long process but I feel well worth it.

I love enduro riding and hope to go camping and hunting with some friends. I have significant machining experience just none with guns, and some nice lathes (and hopefully soon a nice VMC) and other equipment at home I feel I can use to learn some new skills.
Thanks for having me!
Medic!

[Wm.Traynor]

Hi from the Sunshine Coast

[No1Mk3]

G'day Medic,
Welcome aboard, another machinist to chat with would be welcome to some of the folk here, Cheers.

[juststarting]

Welcome to the zoo.

[Baronvonrort]

Hi

[Heckler303]

Welcome, always good to have a medic on the team

[Die Judicii]

Ditto, Welcome mate.

[AnotherMisfire]

Welcome, always good to have a medic on the team

Especially if you go shooting with Dick Cheney :')

[Medic]

Wow - I just noticed my phones autocorrect in my first post was... Well... Interesting. I clearly have a doctorate in fail... That's embarrassing as a first g'day.

[sandgroperbill]

Dont worries mate' there aint not no [tripple negative] grammar nazis here /

Welcome aboard mate

You're welcome

Sorry, couldn't resist given the context

And yes, I did see what you were doing

[sandgroperbill]

Oh, and hi and welcome

[AnotherMisfire]

Dont worries mate' there aint not no [tripple negative] grammar nazis here /

Welcome aboard mate

You're welcome

Sorry, couldn't resist given the context

And yes, I did see what you were doing

Yet you still left ain't!?