Boundry Rider wrote:I think cat B and shotguns here in WA must be SOLD as 5 shot mag. As far as I know there isn’t a law against your dealer making mods to increase that once you own it.
This is bad advice in the context of a Cat B shotgun specifically, which is defined in Schedule 3, Division 2 of the WA Firearms Regulations as:
"B2.4 a repeating shotgun (lever action) with a magazine capacity of
no more than 5 rounds"
https://www.legislation.wa.gov.au/legis ... epage.htmlAnyone considering making any functional mods to a gun which concern it's magazine capacity should first read Section 23(5)(c)(ii) of the WA Firearms Act and make sure it does not apply:
"A person who, without lawful excuse, alters a firearm so that its calibre, character
or kind differs from what it was when any current licence or permit relating to it was issued, commits a crime and is liable —
(d) if the firearm concerned was a handgun or was modified
in a prescribed manner, on conviction, to imprisonment
for 7 years; or
(e) otherwise, on conviction to imprisonment for 4 years or
a fine of $16 000"
https://www.legislation.wa.gov.au/legis ... epage.htmlNow go back to the Regs, where Schedule 3, Division 4 defines Category D firearms and describes:
"D5.1 a repeating shotgun (lever action) with a
magazine capacity more than 5 rounds"
I'm not going to quote the part where you'll see how completely inaccessible a Category D firearm is for a sporting shooter. You'll figure that bit out.
Don't make broad statements about what is or is not, or may or may not be, illegal or legal in WA when it's quite clear you've never read the law. Our legislation is really stupid and arachane and ineffectual and people, for whatever reason, still trust what some random stranger on the internet tells them...
As a fun little exercise, walk yourself into a gun shop and ask them to convert your Cat B shotgun into a Cat D for you and see how that goes down, especially once you tell them that "As far as I know there isn’t a law against your dealer making mods to increase that once you own it".