Recent content by loony888

ordered a 627 V-Comp on the weekend. Being in Oz i have to send in a PTA and wait for approval so 30 days and then I can pick it up....

"Well, We're not just gonna let you walk outta here........."

So.... The wife and I are finally members of an approved gun club. Took a while because i'm in Australia, but was born in the UK. Now, even though i emigrated with my family when i was 5, they asked for a stat dec stating that i have no criminal history overseas..... are they kidding or what...

well, this is a friendly place no doubt! Members from Washington Georgia Virginia North Carolina West Virginia Arizona Colorado Nebraska Pennsylvania Louisiana Ohio Oregon Florida Idaho Arkansas South Carolina Mississippi Iowa Texas North Dakota 20 of the 50 states in the US and France! have...

Well, there has been progress..... We submitted our applications to join a pistol club on april 10, supposed to have them back in 30 days.... yesterday, July 7 i receive an e-mail. OMG! because i was born in a different country to Australia, I have to sign a stat dec declaring any criminal...

It's not _too_ bad, they like to drag the license process out to discourage gun ownership. with no gun license, if you want a hand gun license you have to apply for a permit to join a gun club, that takes a couple of months to get back.... Then you join the gun club, then you have to complete a...

Might have led you astray there, they dictate maximum caliber here purely on size, not power so .38 means i can also have .357 Magnum without a special amendment on my license like Class C which i would need for 45ACP. If it's an auto it must have a 5" barrel or a certain overall length if the...

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome, I'm definitely educating myself on what's what on this forum, and others, we can shoot without a license at a range with the range officer supervising until we get our license sorted so we're getting to try out all sorts of different guns, My Champagne taste...

thanks for the warm welcome! Pretty sure we can get the Colt Python here, there are limitations on Handguns, i'm in Queensland so i'm not sure what other states allow but here .38 is the max without a class C amendment to the license, which we will both apply for. Other stuff is 10 round...

Thanks for the warm welcome! We're in Brisbane, or Brissie, BrisVegas etc. SE QLD, great climate, awesome part of the world actually, 1300 kms south of Townsville, another nice part of the world in QLD

Hello from Australia..... My wife and I are currently going through the long, laborious process of obtaining a class H license for sport/target shooting with Handguns. We're limited to .38 as a maximum caliber so 9mm and .357 is fine but .45 is not allowed unless we also apply for a Cat C...