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L/a Shotguns To Be Reclassified In Qld


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Lever-action shotguns to be reclassified in Queensland from next year

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-10/lever-action-shotguns-reclassified-qld-from-2018/9032172?WT.ac=statenews_qld

Lever-action shotguns in Queensland will be classed with pump-action and self-loading weapons, and subject to tougher restrictions, under a reclassification of firearms to take effect from March next year.

Currently, lever-action guns are included in the lowest level Category A.

The guns will be reclassified to Category B if they have a capacity of five rounds or fewer.

But those weapons with a higher capacity will be shifted to the more restricted Category D.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the move would limit access to only a small number of high-capacity shotguns, in line with a COAG decision last year to strengthen the National Firearms Agreement (NFA).

"This won't prevent primary producers from eradicating vermin, but ensures that all high-capacity lethal firearms can only be possessed by the very small number of people who have a legitimate reason to do so," Ms Palaszczuk said.

"New South Wales, Western Australia and the Australian Capital Territory have all legislated to reclassify lever-action shotguns in accordance with the revised NFA.

"The other jurisdictions are at various stages of implementation."

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On 10/10/2017 at 10:38 AM, Gad said:

Lever-action shotguns to be reclassified in Queensland from next year

I was told of a single shot centerfire that has a small button on the stock where your thumb sits. You can press this button and it actions the rifle and you can fire again. I wonder if it will be the same sort of thing?

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my understanding of any single shot is one has to manually open the breach (some times manually eject spent shell (eg: s/ barrel shotgun) manually feed the next round in, close and fire, if it could fire twice or more without that action, it`s not a single shot.

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On 10/15/2017 at 7:13 PM, Gad said:

if it could fire twice or more without that action, it`s not a single shot.

Yes that is what I thought too. I will have to find out more about it. Was told its as simple as pressing the little button on top. This would mean you could nearly fire like a semi auto

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