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General Discussion / Re: New Member? Introduce yourself here!
« on: December 22, 2016, 04:17:22 PM »
stop by the action bay on saturday dec 31
opposite side of koko head shooting complex from the normal firing lines
look for the huge shipping container
HDF has a range day from 8am until the early afternoon



Thanks Suka for the best day of my life ;)


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General Discussion / Re: Gun rights arguments I avoid using.
« on: December 22, 2016, 09:54:41 AM »
"It can't happen here."

Please make sure it DOESN'T happen here! Our shooting sports organisations were caught off guard 20 years ago and now licensed shooters are the most oppressed and discriminated group in Australia.


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General Discussion / New Member? Introduce yourself here!
« on: December 22, 2016, 08:33:01 AM »
G'day and greetings from Australia! I'm a target shooter and hunter coming from "the land of great gun-control-oppression down under" to experience your firearms freedoms! I'm visiting this great state for a month mid December to mid January and going to O'ahu, The Big Island and Maui.
Back home I shoot ISSF pistol, Steel Challenge and Pistol Metallic Silhouette. We help farmers control feral pests by hunting rabbits, foxes and feral cats at night on the back of a pickup with a spotlight (called "Spotlighting" here).
As semiautos and anything black and vaguely military-looking is restricted in Australia, I'm meeting up with a forum member to shoot some of the firearms we aren't allowed to in my country. I'm also very interested in the shooting scene here - just in case I ever move here!
Tight groups! Stab
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General Discussion / Re: Gun rights arguments I avoid using.
« on: December 21, 2016, 11:00:43 PM »
Coming from Australia where there are 1 million licenced firearms owners, dealing with draconian and absurd firearms laws and where both sides of government are anti even licensed legal firearms I find much to relate to in this post. Firearms ownership in Australia is not protected by our constitution, and what rights we once had have been eroded year-on-year since our right-wing party sold us out in 1996 and used a mass shooting tragedy as an opportunity to win the next two elections by banning semi-autos and pump actions to look tough on firearms violence and effectively destroying our legitimate gun/hunting culture.

I post this as a warning to you my American comrades - as this is what happens when gun control runs rampant through politics and news outlets.

1) Without media/political support you will lose your rights
  Our Aussie news outlets are run by only two media empires who are both gun control advocates. Both love sensationalised anti-firearm headlines to the point where politicians are forced to obey their twisted logic or they are labelled "bowing to the evil pro-gun lobby" or "weakening our world-leading firearms laws". It's just happened with politicians agreeing to ban lever-action shotguns because the media ran a massive scare-campaign labelling them "rapid fire". We don't have an NRA equivalent - although licensed shooters are getting more politically active. Our peak bodies are not as powerful or proactive - and even when they release statements the media twists what they say and wheel out victims of our one mass shooting 20 years ago and say "think about the children?"

2) licensed legal firearms used for hunting, pest control and Olympic-grade completion are NOT the same as unlicensed illegal firearms used by criminals.
The distinction in Australia is very important. By law we aren't permitted to own firearms for purposes of self defence - only target shooting and hunting - therefore we don't even refer to them as "weapons" (a weapon being an instrument or device for use in attack or defense against an opponent). I know this probably sound absurd to you in the States.
Stolen guns here are extremely rarely used in actual crimes as was clearly visible in the Australian government statistics. It shows that in Australia, per annum only .06% or (1,600) of all licensed firearms (2,750,000) are stolen. Of this only 0.08% or (12.8 in total annually) of these stolen firearms have been subsequently found, to be used in a crime.

3) gun bans/confiscations created a massive black market and flood of illegal importation.
The gun used in last year's Sydney siege was one of these guns "not handed in". There are millions of them here used in shootings by criminals every week.


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General Discussion / Re: Mag extenders
« on: December 17, 2016, 06:36:58 PM »
Cool. Have ordered a couple off eBay. Will let u know if they make it ;)
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General Discussion / Mag extenders
« on: December 16, 2016, 02:56:18 AM »
Excuse my ignorance. Are Glock mag extenders a permitted import into Hawaii?
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General Discussion / Gun Pic or Gun Related Pix Thread
« on: December 15, 2016, 12:09:07 PM »
Here's my little pistol collection. The only way u can own them in Oz is to be a competitive target shooter and their are stupid limits on what and how much u can own.

- Ruger Standard - with Tacsol barrel & brake and volquartsen grip set up for ISSF
- Ruger GP 100
- Para Ord GI Expert (got my STI .22 conversion on their at the moment).
- Taurus PT99 - gonna trade in for a CZ Shadow in the new year
- G17 with a OD slide cover/grip. Needs a Zev trigger next year.

Only thing missing is a Deagle which I will buy before I die!

 


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General Discussion / Re: Gun Pic or Gun Related Pix Thread
« on: December 15, 2016, 12:00:06 PM »
Damn you!  Get in there!  I want a Mark IV.....
...haha I feel your pain ;)
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General Discussion / Re: Visiting from Australia: Range to shoot at
« on: December 06, 2016, 12:37:36 AM »
Thanks Tom_G.
Sorry for the late reply - I don't seem to be getting auto-notifiied.
I'll keep in touch if dates/times don't work out with Suka.
Good onya mate!
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General Discussion / Re: Visiting from Australia: Range to shoot at
« on: November 28, 2016, 12:08:00 AM »
that's right up our alley. Have to find out what ammo prices are like in HL :/
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General Discussion / Re: Visiting from Australia: Range to shoot at
« on: November 27, 2016, 03:36:54 PM »
Wow! That sound perfect! Yeah I'd much rather shoot with a local, find out about the shooting scene in Hawaii etc. Just me an my 18 yr old son want to shoot. Can I PM you?
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General Discussion / Re: Visiting from Australia: Range to shoot at
« on: November 27, 2016, 02:26:41 PM »
Ah thanks for the heads up. I'll look into that. Did you know a Pmag in the Australia goes for A$90-180? Freakin CRAZY!
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General Discussion / Visiting from Australia: Range to shoot at
« on: November 27, 2016, 01:11:18 PM »
Hi,
I'm an experienced licensed target shooter/hunter from Australia visiting O'ahu, Maui and The Big Island in Dec/Jan. Because gun laws are so tight here (esp no AR/AKs or anything black and scary looking) I'd like to do some rifle/pistol shooting while I'm in Hawaii but would rather hire/borrow something and buy my own ammo at a proper range - not do the whole exobitant "touristy range" thing.
Is there a club there that would permit this kind of thing?
Also want to buy some mags and gear (maybe even optics) seeing stuff is so expensive in Australia. I'll check out the classifieds here - but is there anywhere else worth looking?
Thanks - can't wait to get there!
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