Bobby. wrote on Mar 7
th, 2026 at 8:36pm:
Sir Eoin O Fada wrote on Mar 7
th, 2026 at 10:46am:
Here’s a really stupid one.
In NSW a Brown Bess musket, as issued to the troops of the First Fleet, falls under Category B licence, yet it is a muzzle loading weapon that in average hands can fire but one shot in two minutes.
A double barrel 12 gauge shotgun, with self cocking and automatic ejection, capable of at least eight shots in two minutes, in the same average hands, falls into Category A the least restrictive category.
Why would a low power, slow firing ,single shot gun be in a more restrictive category than a thoroughly modern, two shots at each loading,
more powerful gun?
a Brown Bess musket?
That's an antique for museums from 200 years ago?
The "Brown Bess" is the nickname for the British Army's standard-issue,
.75 caliber, smoothbore flintlock musket used for over a century (c. 1722–1850s),
including in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. K
Yes, and people still use them, I used one for years as a hunting gun until I found out that it was a First Fleet musket, then it was retired to a serious collector who swapped me a very valuable antique target rifle for it.
A friend has three original, unused Brown Besses, these sit in his safe alongside a reproduction Bess.
The three originals do not have to be registered but the reproduction does, because it is modern and not antique, they are virtually identical.
But for ‘’safety’’ reasons the reproduction must be registered.
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