Moving to western australia and transferring firearm license

[jessent1]

hi I am thinking of moving to western Australia from qld, does wa have a mutual recognition of firearms licences or do you have to start from scratch

[eddahenry]

As I found out ,, start from scratch
. Get your dealer to send to a dealer (where you moving to]
, do the safety awareness course
, pay or know someone for a property letter
, pay a shop for servacibillity cert for each of your guns
Buy safe and insetall it
. Pay the police 181 dollars for original licence ,
It’s a massive pain in the arss good luck

[marksman]

hi I am thinking of moving to western Australia from qld, does wa have a mutual recognition of firearms licences or do you have to start from scratch

don't do it
why would you leave beautiful one day perfect the next
I would dearly love to be living back in QLD again

[Daddybang]

hi I am thinking of moving to western Australia from qld, does wa have a mutual recognition of firearms licences or do you have to start from scratch

don't do it
why would you leave beautiful one day perfect the next
I would dearly love to be living back in QLD again

Listen to Marksman he is wise!!!

[Gwion]

hi I am thinking of moving to western Australia from qld, does wa have a mutual recognition of firearms licences or do you have to start from scratch

My deepest sympathies...

[bigfellascott]

hi I am thinking of moving to western Australia from qld, does wa have a mutual recognition of firearms licences or do you have to start from scratch

Just ring up and ask the WA firearms registry, better to get the correct info than to rely on the armchair internet experts who really don't know what they are talking about. From my understanding, it will be an expensive exercise so be prepared for the $$ it will cost.

[No1_49er]

Isn't just great that we have uniform (?) law throughout the states and territories. Not!
You can probably be thankful that they don't make you re-sit your drivers licence/s. Or maybe they do.

[glenn777]

Isn't just great that we have uniform (?) law throughout the states and territories. Not!
You can probably be thankful that they don't make you re-sit your drivers licence/s. Or maybe they do.

The federal competition between states probably helps bring better laws in. I'd be all for uniform laws if we had 100% freedom but that will never happen.

[Mr.Seacucumber]

Ha there you go I posted the exact same question on reddit the other day. Yeah I’m just going to start from scratch no idea how I’m going to get a property letter though. Might just redo my handgun and forget about the rifles till I come back.

[Daddybang]

Ha there you go I posted the exact same question on reddit the other day. Yeah I’m just going to start from scratch no idea how I’m going to get a property letter though. Might just redo my handgun and forget about the rifles till I come back.

Ya just buy a property letter at the LGS!!!!

[bigfellascott]

Ha there you go I posted the exact same question on reddit the other day. Yeah I’m just going to start from scratch no idea how I’m going to get a property letter though. Might just redo my handgun and forget about the rifles till I come back.

Ya just buy a property letter at the LGS!!!!

Yeah for an extortion fee going by what someone posted recently about what it cost them hopefully they are not all out to rob their customers though.

[Grumpy]

Ha there you go I posted the exact same question on reddit the other day. Yeah I’m just going to start from scratch no idea how I’m going to get a property letter though. Might just redo my handgun and forget about the rifles till I come back.

As you’ll need to join a club for your handgun maybe you could join one that does rifles as well if you can’t get a property letter.

[Daddybang]

Ha there you go I posted the exact same question on reddit the other day. Yeah I’m just going to start from scratch no idea how I’m going to get a property letter though. Might just redo my handgun and forget about the rifles till I come back.

Ya just buy a property letter at the LGS!!!!

Yeah for an extortion fee going by what someone posted recently about what it cost them hopefully they are not all out to rob their customers though.

Yep bfs and after they ram it up ya on the price ya not allowed to go shoot on the property!!!!!

[bigfellascott]

Ha there you go I posted the exact same question on reddit the other day. Yeah I’m just going to start from scratch no idea how I’m going to get a property letter though. Might just redo my handgun and forget about the rifles till I come back.

Ya just buy a property letter at the LGS!!!!

Yeah for an extortion fee going by what someone posted recently about what it cost them hopefully they are not all out to rob their customers though.

Yep bfs and after they ram it up ya on the price ya not allowed to go shoot on the property!!!!!

Some would see that as fraudulent one would think, taking money on the premise one can shoot on it and then deny them the right to what they paid for, sounds a bit like a scam in some respects.

[Daddybang]

Sounds like a scam to me!!!!!

[Mr.Seacucumber]

How much have people payed for the property letters?

[Daddybang]

How much have people payed for the property letters?

I've seen 180-250 mentioned

[darwindingo]

How much have people payed for the property letters?

I've seen 180-250 mentioned

Yep, the OP in this thread >>> viewtopic.php?f=8&t=10085 said he was paying $250ea

[Mr.Seacucumber]

Ah $250 isn’t as high as I was expecting. I’ll just say to myself it’s the cost of a WA-PTA and that’s the price I have to pay for working in the mines

[Sawyers]

Ah $250 isn’t as high as I was expecting. I’ll just say to myself it’s the cost of a WA-PTA and that’s the price I have to pay for working in the mines

Some people will try and slug you $250 per calibre.

Also what mine are you working at?

[ponkychonk]

How much have people payed for the property letters?

They usually sell for around 200 per calibre

[Mr.Seacucumber]

Ah $250 isn’t as high as I was expecting. I’ll just say to myself it’s the cost of a WA-PTA and that’s the price I have to pay for working in the mines

Some people will try and slug you $250 per calibre.

Also what mine are you working at?

Kalgoorlie

[bigfellascott]

How much have people payed for the property letters?

I think someone here payed around $700 for 3 letters - apparently you need a letter for each cal? Don't quote me on it but it was something along those lines from memory.

[Mr.Seacucumber]

Wait a second does that mean you can get a Cat C license with a property letter?

[Daddybang]

Wait a second does that mean you can get a Cat C license with a property letter?

No as you are not a primary producer or working for one you are a rec hunter.

[eddahenry]

No you dont need a letter for each call as long as the property letter covers the cals you want to get licenced
You need a Property letter for each addition , so you are best off getting them all done at once
IE
4500 acres
Game ,, Rats , cats , wild dogs , rabbits , foxs , pigs and camels will pretty much cover everything from air rifle to 300 win mag
Remember in WA
they dont like you having 2 guns of the same cal , you need to stat the reason why you need 2 ,, one has a 20 inch barrel and is a scrub gun one has a 26 in barrel and is a long range gun ,, s**t like that
they really dont like you having above a 300 win mag ,, for some bulls**t reason

you can submit multiple Cat A and B on one property letter and with 1 addition or new licence

[eddahenry]

hi I am thinking of moving to western Australia from qld, does wa have a mutual recognition of firearms licences or do you have to start from scratch

Just ring up and ask the WA firearms registry, better to get the correct info than to rely on the armchair internet experts who really don't know what they are talking about. From my understanding, it will be an expensive exercise so be prepared for the $$ it will cost.

funny thing is mate , they have no Idea ,, true story ,, best bet is to call a shop like downrange is osbourne park ,, they are my go to guys

[eddahenry]

Ha there you go I posted the exact same question on reddit the other day. Yeah I’m just going to start from scratch no idea how I’m going to get a property letter though. Might just redo my handgun and forget about the rifles till I come back.

A handy hint
can keep a Handgun in a normal rifle safe in WA
so get a rifle safe in case in the future you want to get some rifles
Or use the small ammo compartment for the hadgun and the rifle side for all that ammo you need to feed them lol

[Sergeant Hartman]

Silly question, can't you join ssaa or another club in wa... instead of a property letter... ie that means you only allowed to shoot at a range.

[eddahenry]

Silly question, can't you join ssaa or another club in wa... instead of a property letter... ie that means you only allowed to shoot at a range.

correct if you have a support letter from a range ,, you can only shoot it at legal ranges
if you have it on you hunting ,, same crime as having a unlicensed firearm