Detlef Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 thread drift alarm! are you saying .40S&W is illegal in Australia??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff89 Posted October 7, 2003 Share Posted October 7, 2003 Detlef: Greg G may correct me , but its my understanding that only rimfire is legal in Australia... Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detlef Posted October 7, 2003 Author Share Posted October 7, 2003 hmmm, I don't think so. Australia is a very active IPSC pistol region, they lost their rights on semi-auto shotguns and rifles a while ago, but I didn't think pistol.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bulm5 Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 From what I understood , ( the new law) they could not own any guns with a caliber larger than a .38 but I may be wrong. Need to go to IPSC Australia and go to their forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg G Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 Guys, I'll fill you in on the unfortunate state of play in Aust. Due to a recent shooting at a University in Australia by a licensed shooter (the shooter in question was not legally entitled to own a pistol, Licensing Services made a mistake and gave a licence and a permit for handguns to a prohibited person as I understand) all calibres above .38 are banned and are now illegal, all pistols that have a magazine capacity greater than 10 rounds are banned, all semi-auto's with a barrel less than 120mm are banned and all revolvers with a barrel length of 100mm are banned. The only exceptions that you can own calibres above .38 for single action shooting and black powder. So, at the moment, after you have joined a pistol club and waited the 6 months now required to purchase your first fire arm you can purchase an air pistol, .22 or a cantre fire pistol of .38 cal or less. Just so you know, the shooting in question is the first homicide in over 100 years done by a licensed shooter with a licenced firearm in Aust. How's that for a knee jerk reaction by our government. A good frind of mine is going to New Zealand to compete and will have to shoot limited with a 38 super and due to the cal restriction to make major will have to shoot minor. So, he spends years shooting and makes an international team and cannot shoot on a level playing field. Our Prime Minister stated that no internationally recognised match will be affected by the new laws but as per usual has not lived up to his promise. Anyway, I refuse to stop shooting IPSC until they make all calibres illegal. The harder it gets to shoot the stronger my will to shoot gets. Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn jones Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 yes, the austrailian new gun laws su*ks. they have no 2nd admin. rights. so, now the government is having a buy back program, were at least our oz brothers can recoup some of their money. you can check out some of the views here: http://www.ipsc.org.au/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/Ulti...gi?action=intro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtypool40 Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 this stuff scares the hell out of me. I am looking at taking a job in Bolivia, and am not about to give everything up on a whim. So far it looks like I can bring down my .40 cal SVI's but I have shell out for the box legal mags. Brothers from OZ: DON'T GIVE UP and FIGHT EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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