Way down south
You know there is a club thereabouts I think.
Can't remember what it is called
Somethng re enactors?????
You know there is a club thereabouts I think.
Can't remember what it is called
Somethng re enactors?????
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Where are all you Aussies and Kiwis!?
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Thanks mate. It may be around Brisbane but that’s 3 hours south of me.
My local SSAA branch has a small but lively rendezvous group but we just meet once a month. There is another black powder bunch in the club but the are more into bp cartridges. Good bunch of blokes though.
My local SSAA branch has a small but lively rendezvous group but we just meet once a month. There is another black powder bunch in the club but the are more into bp cartridges. Good bunch of blokes though.
No its higher up
south of Townsville somewhere.
I will get the details for you.
I have spoken to a couple of the members and they seem fair dinkum
south of Townsville somewhere.
I will get the details for you.
I have spoken to a couple of the members and they seem fair dinkum
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I'me pleased your happy with QLD gun laws But there where no gun laws other than for modern pistols. Then they brought in antigun laws so I lost three guns I kept on a friends Cattle Station a 38 ML percussion & flint 40 cal & a double 3&1/4" 500 PB Express by Lang . They had to go to a dealer & got sold off for peanuts well the 40 cal flint did I posted home the 38 & placed the Express reasonably.
I see Fraser Island not that far from Brisbane & Normanton is practically in the Gulf. Searles sold the 40 cal Beech stocked wooden tool box Jager looking affair dragon side plate & New England militia lock marked London (Quite inappropiate was my first rifle I made ) delcour 1" brl nothing much with ball but shot well with a patched picket . Stock takes down in two . proof mark is a row of bears ! (My cutlery mark) . Anyway welcome to the Forums . Rudyard
I see Fraser Island not that far from Brisbane & Normanton is practically in the Gulf. Searles sold the 40 cal Beech stocked wooden tool box Jager looking affair dragon side plate & New England militia lock marked London (Quite inappropiate was my first rifle I made ) delcour 1" brl nothing much with ball but shot well with a patched picket . Stock takes down in two . proof mark is a row of bears ! (My cutlery mark) . Anyway welcome to the Forums . Rudyard
The club is in Raglan. 3 hours North of you
This is a muzzleloading gun forum so I will ask all of you to keep the questions and reply's directed towards that subject. In other words, please stop talking about the laws that deal with modern cartridge guns. Discussing them and the laws that deal with them on the forum is against the forum rules.
In other words, let's get back to talking about "where are all you Aussies and Kiwis located?".
In other words, let's get back to talking about "where are all you Aussies and Kiwis located?".
*waving across the Tasman*
A lifetime ago when I lived in the States I was fascinated by the colonial period and collected accoutrements and skills of that era. I did trekking and hunting in an 18th century manner and learned a lot from Mark Baker, whom was a regular writer at the time for Muzzleloader magazine.
When I immigrated to Oz I had to leave my gear behind. I considered bringing my rifle “Abraham “ a .50 Pennsylvania longrifle flintlock But I was too confused by the gun laws and import customs stuff.
I hardly fired a shot for 20 years after that but I finally got it together again and joined my local SSAA club.
I don’t portray a historical character or trek anymore, just target shooting. Though I do that in a traditional way as I can.
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A life time ago you could post or bring in such a gun I did .Though some burocrat in the Immigration might tell you you cant As happened to a local Ex pat American but he could have done . When I first landed in NZ I had a 303 unmentionable and a flintlock rifle of my make I declared them they where taken into Auckland Police HQ where I duly went to collect them . The officer cocked the BL tapped it with a hammer shaft then happy with that he looked at the flintlock it was clearly unfinished & I showed my UK Firearms certificate He looked at it and said "How far will it shoot? about 80 yards ? " I started to explain but he just said some thing like" We don't licence knifes & forks" He gave me a licence for the BL and away I went .
Regards Rudyard
Regards Rudyard
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" We don't licence knifes & forks" He gave me a licence for the BL and away I went .
Regards Rudyard "
Often, it is better to let the ignorant remain so rather than educating them as your experience proves.
" We don't licence knifes & forks" He gave me a licence for the BL and away I went .
Regards Rudyard "
Often, it is better to let the ignorant remain so rather than educating them as your experience proves.
Hi all. Been a member of this forum for a few years now and not posted in this section.
Anyway, I'm in the Upper Hunter region of NSW. Chrisper on here pretty much helped me get going into muzzleloaders in around 2012 I think. I'm a bit of a Pedersoli fan, currently own a .54 Tryon, Mortimer percussion 12g, a newly acquired 10 gauge SxS with a 20g SxS flintlock literally in the mail.
Peter
Anyway, I'm in the Upper Hunter region of NSW. Chrisper on here pretty much helped me get going into muzzleloaders in around 2012 I think. I'm a bit of a Pedersoli fan, currently own a .54 Tryon, Mortimer percussion 12g, a newly acquired 10 gauge SxS with a 20g SxS flintlock literally in the mail.
Peter
Nice collection Peter.
I moved from Coolah a couple of years ago which is not that far away. Shame we didn't meet up.
I had a place with deer not far away.
Up in the Gulf now.
Only got one Pedersoli myself and only got it recently. Not even sighted in (shoots way low).
I moved from Coolah a couple of years ago which is not that far away. Shame we didn't meet up.
I had a place with deer not far away.
Up in the Gulf now.
Only got one Pedersoli myself and only got it recently. Not even sighted in (shoots way low).
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Welcome Peter, good to hear from you. I am in the New England area. Would love to see an image of your flintlock when it arrives mate
Regards, Keith.
Im just down the road near Muswellbrook. I should hopefully have the 20g SxS within the next couple of weeks. The funny thing is when doing my research, besides Cap and Balls youtube review, all comments on here were negative. I really like the look of it.
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I have found the same mentality from nearly every foreigner I've spoken with, which has been more than most Americans due to my associations with the International Club in college. I can tell you, none of the burka-clad Muslim women I met during my time in Asia thought they were "oppressed" even though when I sat down at the opposite end of the couch, they got up and moved to another seat.
If a person is not allowed to defend their life however they chose, then their right to life is infringed. If a person tells me "they have a right to life" but do not have the right to defend their life, then their "right to life" is an illusion.
It's rather like the cat owner who says "they love their cat" but then has the cat declawed. This person doesn't love their cat.....a declawed cat can neither defend itself nor climb a tree to escape. That owner loves their furniture more.
I have not been to Australia although I planned a business trip there in 2010. I bought a book on poisonous critters and looked into what ski resorts to visit as I was an avid skier at the time. I most certainly would have tried to go shooting while there, in whatever capacity possible.
I was in Indonesia in 2018 and a friend of my girlfriend invited me to a shooting range. I was on board until I saw the price! $150.00 to rent a Browning Hi Power.....I just couldn't do it, not when I can shoot my own for much, much less at home. I did hit the air gun range with my GF the day after we visited Krakatoa Volcano. The range was a bit lacking on safety instruction but I saw nothing dangerous. The clerk seemed impressed I owned the "real version of this" when he was giving me instructions in Bahasa. My GF's groups were a bit tighter than mine but I shot well. I was rather fearful my not shooting in years would show but it did not.
If I ever get to Australia, maybe I can look you up and us go shooting. Dinner is on me afterwards.
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Good to hear!
Le Loup
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Feel free to post on flinters OT, I am sure you will see some interest.
Regards, Keith.
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