by Ziege » 25 May 2020, 10:44 am
WAPOL don't give you anything you can't prove you NEED, so having more than 1 of any category B firearm is a very exhaustive process in a lot of cases and requires a lot of bulls**t on part of the applicant to convince them to approve it, another issue is "like" calibres so, for example, if you have a 270 and decide you want to have a 6.5x55 as well they will most likely tell you to hand in your 270, hence why I am not 100% convinced old mate will get his 308 and 30-06, he would be better off buying the more capable of the two (30-06) because he will be stuck contradicting himself why he needs each one.
You can have multiple firearms across category A,B or in a single category, you can have multiple calibres, but it's the convincing WAPOL that you genuinely need each and every one and how all the others dont/can't do the job, his reasons the 308 can't and can will contradict the 30-06 I'm sure.
Honestly can't see why anyone would want a 308 if they have a 30-06, but then I wouldn't have either lol,
Spotlighting in WA isn't likely to warrant anything bigger than a 270 if they are made to think about it too much, and even then on small game/varminting they will need other info like shooting in canola stubble etc.
The property letter is a conundrum too, the game listed, acreage, location of the property, how long that primary producer has known the applicant, and calibres listed by the property owner all come into play.
They're not quite slamming the door on 30-06, at the moment if you want to buy big, energy is the enemy, if the standard ammo for your chosen calibre has more energy at 300m than a standard 180gn 300winmag has at the muzzle then you're likely going to be s**t out of luck, some pollies over here saw American sniper and for some reason they all think that a 300win can take the eyes out of a guy from 2.1km with a severe dust storm blowing in. But in saying all that they are getting stiffer on 30cal Firearms.
Just the hot tip too with gun store pieces of paper to allow you to make your purchase that also cost you some money, they're already looking to ditch that loophole. So brace yourself if you have a bang stick based on one of those