No1Mk3 wrote:Plans my hairy arse!!!!!!!!!! It is an exploded parts drawing from a LEGALLY available booklet by Ian Skennerton, one of his "Small Arms Identification Series" This has got to be the media beat up of the century, 3 unregistered guns (really? what, exactly?) 9 legal guns to call an "arsenal" by these wankers to horrify the plebs, God help any of you WA shooters with a dozen or more! Then a massive detailed list of totally legal to own (licensed shooter, remember) ammo and reloading gear to portray the man as some kind of gun mad murderer. If his storage wasn't up to spec, and he really did have 3 unregistered guns (which I have doubts about given the bulls**t of this press assasination) then he is for the high jump with nobody but himself to blame, but going on the paucity of honest, objective reporting and Police gobshite from this article I have strong reasson to doubt his guilt. NSC, anyone?
No1Mk3 wrote:G'day Communism_Is_Cancer,
Yes, in WA they equate empty cartridge cases to live ammo and require them to be secured just the same, strange but true!
Communism_Is_Cancer wrote:Let me get this straight, a casing is considered ammunition in WA? It is a piece of useless metal.
rc42 wrote:Just to add that only re-loadable ammo is considered as being 'unloaded ammunition' so they don't care about .rimfire cases. There's also an additional advisory note from the police that states that they won't prosecute just for possession of used brass and there is an effort to get that particular bit of legislation adjusted. I'll see if I can find the reference to this that I saw some time ago.
This guy has been well and truly stitched up though, it looks like a few minor license infractions and most likely (pending release of further details) he just had possession of some non-serialized additional firearm parts which we all seem to collect as we replace or upgrade firearm parts. The amount of ammunition also looked pitifully low to me, I'd get through that in a couple of weeks. Add in his reloading equipment and the media have a log list of items that it's legal to posses, don't even get me started on possession of metal tubes, next thing will be any solid bar is a barrel blank that hasn't been drilled yet.
I've also downloaded parts diagrams for the firearms that I own so that I have a better idea of how they work and what might need replacing if they have problems, it's very concerning that this could be considered a plan to manufacture, it's like a continuation of the NSW precursor ban but without the overreaching legislation to go with it.
No1Mk3 wrote:G'day Communism_Is_Cancer,
Yes, in WA they equate empty cartridge cases to live ammo and require them to be secured just the same, strange but true!
duncan61 wrote:A shooter I know had a large collection and purchased the bank safe from The local Commonwealth bank when they relocated then built it into a basement and built a house on top of it and failed the safe test as it was not bolted according to the law even though it was near impossible to drill.True story
Barbarian wrote:Unfortunately being lax in regards to storage requirements is a trend among older shooters... If you know an older shooter that needs a quiet word about his storage, please talk to them. Fudds, even ignorant ones, are shooters too.
duncan61 wrote:At a certain weight do they not need bolting?My story happened in the early 80s
Oldbloke wrote:Each state will vary I guess. But in Vic over 150kg doesn't need to be bolted.