Robert Michael Moore, 37, was one of two men charged with the heist at the Newell Highway property near Brocklehurst last year.

The stolen property, including the pistols and long arms, which were stored safely in approved safes, had a combined value of more than $80,000, court documents show.

Moore was arrested after a raid on a house in Dubbo’s east, but the majority of the firearms remained unaccounted for, the documents show.

On Wednesday Moore faced Dubbo Local Court via video link from Bathurst Correctional Complex.

He pleaded guilty to break and enter and commit larceny, as well as to five counts of possessing an unauthorised firearm.

Related charges of receiving property, aggravated break and enter and commit serious indictable offence in company, and a number of firearms charges were withdrawn.

The house and sheds of the rural property were not readily visible from the road, according to the agreed facts.

The victim, who was away from home at the time of the offence in September, was licensed to possess and use the rifles and pistols.

His son discovered the break-in and theft on September 29 and reported it to police.

Officers were shown a number of areas that had been disturbed and damaged, one of which was a bedroom wardrobe where a gun safe had been ripped from the wall and removed from the property.

Sometime after the break and enter Moore transported the stolen firearms to a property in Lawson Street, court documents show.

Police executed a search warrant at the Lawson Street address on October 1 and seized a number of firearms, later identified as stolen from the victim’s home.

A large quantity of ammunition was seized and 16 of the 23 firearms taken from the victim’s home remained unaccounted for, the documents show.

Police also seized a mobile phone from Moore and an examination revealed photos bearing the date September 29, 2016 of firearms, and also photos of Moore holding stolen firearms and stolen property.

Magistrate Paul Hayes accepted Moore’s guilty pleas and committed him for sentence at the District Court at Dubbo on August 18.