Firearms.net.au website is owned by The Kings Armoury, a firearms dealership located in Perth, Western Australia. The Kings Armoury is operated by proprietor Michael King. Michael began his lifelong interest in target shooting and hunting when he was 4 years old. He received his first rifle from his father for his 9^th birthday. Michaels father worked at the Small Arms Factory (SAF) at Lithgow for 46 years, more than 20 of those years as the head foreman in charge of rifle assembly and reconditioning (FTR). When he was 6 years of age his father took him into the SAF Museum and he was hooked on historical firearms from then on. Michael is fascinated by the living history aspect of historical firearms, not to glorify war but rather as a reminder of the sacrifices made and also of what not to do in future moments. He still loves his target shooting however no longer hunts except for the odd rabbit or fox around his property.

Upon leaving school when he was 16 he followed in his Fathers footsteps and commenced a Toolmaking apprenticeship at the Small Arms Factory which included extensive training in all aspects of gun manufacture, design, testing and troubleshhoting. In the 3^rd year of his apprenticeship he also commenced training in Mechanical Engineering and he later worked for many years in process engineering. He worked on many commercial projects as well as on small arms research and development projects. Michael was also involved in troubleshooting rifle manufacturing processes. In 1983 after becoming the Department of Defence Support Apprentice of the Year he was sent to the UK for a year to work at the Royal Small Arms Factory on attachment. All in all Michael worked at the SAF for 15 years then took a redundancy package. Since then he has been running his own training consultancy business. Now that his kids are grown up and his training business is pretty much running itself he has more time to focus on his interest in firearms.

Michael is a an avid collector of all kind of things.............

Becomming a firearms dealer was really the natural evolution of Michaels very enjoyable hobby of collecting and shooting firearms. Over the years he has shot in all kinds of disciplines from Black Powder to Field Rifle and he has won medals in  events at both State and National level. Nowadays he competitively shoot semi auto pistols.  Michael still shoots shotguns, muzzle loaders, lever and centerfire rifles for fun.