Becoming the unexpected custodian of firearms from a deceased neighbour with no surviving relatives is a scenario that unfolds more often than people realise…
Australia's approach to firearm ownership is among the strictest in the developed world, built around the National Firearms Agreement that binds the states and…
Three in the morning, somewhere in regional Queensland, the phone rings. A property owner has just discharged a firearm in self-defence, an intruder has fled,…
A round fires, the slide cycles back, and instead of the spent case flipping clear of the ejection port, it stalls, tips up, or clings stubbornly to the…
Losing a family member who happened to be a gunsmith is a layered loss. There is the grief, the estate paperwork, and then there is the workshop out the back…
A firing pin that remains visibly forward when a firearm is unloaded is a warning sign, even if the gun appears clean and undamaged. It may indicate a broken…
Coming across an old rifle in a grandfather's wardrobe, or uncovering a box of revolvers behind the holiday decorations in a suburban Brisbane garage, is more…
A shotgun rib is the raised strip running along the top of the barrel, providing the eye with a consistent sighting line. On many sporting and field guns, it…
Owners who inherited a firearm, found one in a deceased relative's belongings, or took possession of a piece that has been engraved over the years often assume…