sungazer wrote:Because during the second six months you may only own one gun. It can be either a cetre fire or a rimfire. But as you are only allowed one it cannot be both.
Wylie27 wrote:Because they want to make it hard for us pistol shooters.
Nothing more and nothing less.
As you are new, you will discover that the legislation rarely makes sense, its been written buly people who have no idea about firearms and these same people generally hate firearms.
When you see something that makes no sense refer to the above paragraph
Wylie27 wrote:Because they want to make it hard for us pistol shooters.
Nothing more and nothing less.
As you are new, you will discover that the legislation rarely makes sense, its been written buly people who have no idea about firearms and these same people generally hate firearms.
When you see something that makes no sense refer to the above paragraph
Rider888 wrote:Is anyone able to shed some light as to why this paragraph is in the Firearms Act in relation to the 2nd 6 months of the PPL?
"you must not possess a centrefire and rimfire pistol at the same time - section 31(3C) of the Firearms Act 1996."
(3B)In the case of a person who is the holder of a probationary pistol licence, and without limiting subsections (3) and (3A), the Commissioner:
(a)during the initial probationary period referred to in section 16A (2)—must not issue a permit authorising the person to acquire any kind of pistol, and
(b)during the remainder of the term of the licence—may only issue a total of 2 permits authorising the person to acquire no more than 2 pistols, any one of which (subject to subsection (3C)) is:
(i) a centrefire pistol, or
(ii) a rimfire pistol with a calibre of no more than .22 inch, or
(iii) an air pistol with a calibre of no more than .177 inch, or
(iv) a black powder pistol.
(3C) However, nothing in subsection (3B) (b) authorises the holder of a probationary pistol licence to possess a centrefire pistol and a rimfire pistol at the same time.
Wobble wrote:Rider888 wrote:Is anyone able to shed some light as to why this paragraph is in the Firearms Act in relation to the 2nd 6 months of the PPL?
"you must not possess a centrefire and rimfire pistol at the same time - section 31(3C) of the Firearms Act 1996."
You need to read the whole sections of the act when you want to know something, mate. Taking one line out of context isn't going to give you the right answer.
I don't know where you got that particular quote from either actually, as that's not what it says in the act, unless you were paraphrasing?
This is quoted from section 31 of the NSW Act.(3B)In the case of a person who is the holder of a probationary pistol licence, and without limiting subsections (3) and (3A), the Commissioner:
(a)during the initial probationary period referred to in section 16A (2)—must not issue a permit authorising the person to acquire any kind of pistol, and
(b)during the remainder of the term of the licence—may only issue a total of 2 permits authorising the person to acquire no more than 2 pistols, any one of which (subject to subsection (3C)) is:
(i) a centrefire pistol, or
(ii) a rimfire pistol with a calibre of no more than .22 inch, or
(iii) an air pistol with a calibre of no more than .177 inch, or
(iv) a black powder pistol.
(3C) However, nothing in subsection (3B) (b) authorises the holder of a probationary pistol licence to possess a centrefire pistol and a rimfire pistol at the same time.
Gotta read the whole thing (as convoluted as it can sometimes be).
pomemax wrote:OR and its a big OR you could buy a 9mm and then get a conversion kit that lets you to fire .22 for economy used to be you did not need a pta for conversion kit but once you add it to the 9mm frame the 22 kit you have a .22 that,s not registered best bet wait 6 months
bigM wrote:A centrefire with a 22 conversion kit is fine. You just need the serial number of the second barrel on the rego papers.
While you need a PTA for the orginal centrefire, you do not need one for the conversion kit (in NSW).
Note that in this case you do not have a centrefire and a rimfire. You have a centrefire with 2 barrels.
No laws broken and you only have participation requirements for a centrefire.
The NSW laws are a bad interpretation of the NFA.
However, we should let it lie as it lets us have 2 centrefires in the second 6 months, something that is not allowed in most states.
Robert Marshall wrote:I ask the same question and I did some research and found the answer as to why one cannot possess a rimfire and centrefire in the 2nd 6 months of a probationary period. Go to the Firearms Amendment (Prohibited Pistols) Bill 2003. This is purportedly where the amendment came in. The first line reads as follows "The object of this Bill is to reduce the number of pistols in the community and to strengthen controls over access to pistols that are used for the purposes of sport/target shooting." See the following link: https://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/view ... 557ff91ec7