Thread: Firearms ban in Western aussie

Originally Posted by mikee

Me too. Philips K9, Pye 102,103 and 104s and worst of the lot Bell tvc-1 & 2.
Not to mention the locally made audio products....ooooooooo

plinius and pereaux werent bad. the k9 was telefunken at he end of the day. bell,majestic etc was just junk

but you have missed the point...the constant repairs to crappy TVs kept you busy/employed
without the need to do this...nah dont need to take on apprentice
we used to repair washing machine when it broke down,now we dump it and buy a new one.
axe handle breaks,its cheaper to buy whole new axe than buy a handle,if you can find one and re hang it. two of mine have blue gum crude handles now.

shoe factory was always touted as low skill job.....not anymore,the school schools and the likes are imported from cheap labour countries and all them local jobs are gone.

Off topic - there's at least one quality stereo speaker manufacturer in NZ https://theophany.co.nz/

Originally Posted by gonetropo

plinius and pereaux werent bad. the k9 was telefunken at he end of the day. bell,majestic etc was just junk

My parents had a K9, probably for close to 20 years.

@mikee, you mean like Cambridge Audio gear? My 40 year old amp still goes great!

Originally Posted by gonetropo

plinius and pereaux werent bad. the k9 was telefunken at he end of the day. bell,majestic etc was just junk

K9's were awesome.

Originally Posted by Flyblown

Bollocks.

I’ve lived there twice in the 90s and 2010s and got my licence no problem both times, well within the time period they said it would be. Zero problems.

There’s a lot misinformation as usual, regarding this latest ban. As hunters in New Zealand - and Australia - we need to look at it in context. We are talking about 248 individual rifles. Not as some outlets would have you believe, over “200 types of hunting rifle”.

Read the list again and ask yourself how many hunters there are using those chamberings to either provide meat or control the considerable ungulate pest problem in W.A. I’ve been in contact with a bunch of my mates in Oz that I’ve hunted with all over from the Top End to the Snowies, and no one has a problem with it.

Personally, I’d remove the 28 Nosler and .300 Norma Mag off the list.

The ELR target guys are unfortunate collateral in a social battle we are fighting that will rumble on for years. My advice is pick your battles carefully, to win the war.

There'll be no winning of the war when shooters keep allowing gradualism to take effect on their chosen sport.

Inch by inch. Today's calibers will be banned tomorrow.