A phone call, a key handed over, a garage cleared too quickly. When someone dies intestate in Australia, families often inherit not just a house in Brisbane or…
Corrosive ammunition leaves behind hygroscopic salts inside a firearm's chamber, bolt face and bore the moment it is fired. Those salts attract moisture from…
An old rifle, percussion pistol or military souvenir can look like a firearm while falling outside the legal definition used for licensing in a particular…
Pocket pistols from the 19th and early 20th centuries were designed in an era when concealed carry was often the only means of personal protection. Henry…
A gun that has been treated with a ceramic polymer finish looks strikingly different from the way it left the factory. Hobbyists, sport shooters, and tradies…
The small coiled spring inside a semi-automatic's slide is one of the most overlooked components on any firearm, and yet it carries enormous responsibility. It…
When someone passes away unexpectedly, families often discover possessions tucked into unexpected corners of their lives. A fishing rod leaning against the…
When a firearm's firing pin activates without the shot being formally logged, the situation quickly becomes more than a mechanical curiosity. It sits at the…
Many Australian households eventually face the same situation: a rifle, shotgun or air pistol sitting in a cupboard with a scope or red dot that has never been…
A firearm involved in a hunting accident should be treated as potential evidence before it is treated as property to sell, store, or dispose of. Whether the…