I'm posting this, partly to highlight an interesting-looking rifle - the Marlin 336 in curly maple - and partly to show an actual Australian handling a rifle in a gun store. I think we yanks forget, sometimes, that you can still buy rifles and shotguns in Australia, although I don't really know what the restrictions are (e.g., do you have to store them at a range? Can you only buy hunting rifles? And what do you all hunt over there?)
Update: BTW, I recall reading here and there that Marlin has had some issues with quality since the purchase by Remington in 2007. Does anybody know whether the guns are getting better?
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https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/hunting/where-can-i-hunt
That's just in my state of NSW. 'Night time pig hunting' is mentioned - Feral animals.
There are a mountain of laws and permits, but once you wade through them a normal person seems to have access to similar gear as the US, but with big restriction on ammo. You do have to be a regular at an approved club and undergo training. Safe storage at home seems to be permitted - a lot of these would be farmers keeping wild animals away from their stock - mostly wild dogs and boars in the temperate zone where I live. Defending your home isn't an accepted reason to have firearms though, used to be but not any more after 1990s 'gun laws'.
http://www.sportingshooter.com.au/rifles
But I guess the correct answer is - Yes only hunting rifles.
Apparently, 22 rimfire target shooting is still allowed. I've sent more of my single shot adapters to Australia, than any other foreign country.
What's the limit on drop bears?
I have a 336 about 5 years old. The fit and finish are fine and I've never had any trouble with it. It only has one flaw, after you pull the trigger you have to do stuff before it shoots again.
What? You mean it's not a semi-automatic lever action?!? Pretty old school!
Long range target shooting seems to be almost encouraged under supervision:
https://youtu.be/cdPOXsQLBbo
Old school single-shot.
The Police are more worried about slingshots and crossbows, maybe because they are silent and projectiles easier to get/make. Crossbow hunting is permitted in some forests as you see in link above.
Regarding safe storage at home...
Ten years ago I was working for a fasteners supplier.Bolts, nuts - and most relevant here, washers.
The West Australian police introduced new regulations for gun cabinets. Something like 20mm inner diameter, 40mm outer, and about 3-5mm thick. There was nothing available over the counter even remotely close to those specs.
It was a fine exercise in devious bureaucratic rule-making.
I asked my manager if it would be feasible for us to get some made. There was a washer manufacturer in the area. Manager said the minimum run would probably be about 10,000 washers, and anyway head office would turn the idea down flat.
So we did nothing. Meanwhile, one of the local gun clubs scraped some cash together and - yep, you guessed it.
I don't know if they actually had to get 10K made up, but between their own members and other gun clubs (I spread the word to a couple of customers) the whole lot were gone pretty quick.
Heavy duty washers? That will stop those crims for sure.
We do have a problem with feral animals. You can recognize them protesting fossil fuels, farming and anything that is useful or essential. As a rule they have dreadlocks, smoke lots of cannabis and smell and to a person they are unemployable.
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