Frequently Asked Questions and Helpful Information
How to Purchase a Firearm in Western Australia
Local
When purchase a Firearm from a local WA firearms dealer you will be provided with a Serviceability Certificate which is required for you to apply for the firearm to be licenced.
We can only release the firearm to you once your licence has been approved and you have a current and original copy of your firearms licence.
Interstate Purchases
If you live in a state other than Western Australia we offer a dealer to dealer firearms transfer service.
We include this service with any firearm directly purchased from us. Private firearms purchases will incur a fee and the cost of freight.
Appling for a Western Australian Firearms Licence
Main Resource: https://www.wa.gov.au/service/security/law-enforcement/apply-and-pay-firearms-licence
Western Australian Firearms Licence Applications are Processed through Australia Post. To Apply for a Western Australian Firearms Licence you will Require the following:
- Be over the age of 18 and have 100 points of ID
- Complete a Firearms Safety Awareness Test (Click Here)
- Have a Genuine Reason and/or Genuine Need
- Obtain a Firearm Serviceability Certificate
A Firearms Safety Awareness Test can be done through your local Firearms Dealer.
If you’d like to book a test with us, call 0481 000 455 and one of the team will book you in.
Genuine Reason and/or Genuine Need can be Hunting or Recreational Shooting, Club Use, Occupational Use or Collector’s Licence.
For Hunting or Recreational Shooting, a Property Letter signed by the property owner or authorised person on behalf of the property owner (issued no more than 12 months prior to the date of the application). A recreational shooter requires written permission from a property owner to satisfy the genuine reason for an applicant to use a firearm for hunting or recreational shooting.
Club Use requires you to include a Club Support Letter signed by the President or Secretary (or other authorised person) of a firearms club where the applicant is an “active and financial member”.
Occupational Use has two main categories, Primary Producer and Professional Shooter.
Primary Producers need to include, a completed Occupational Disclosure Primary Producer form (Click Here), Rates Notices and Documents in support of your Primary Production. Nominees of Primary Producers require, Occupational Disclosure Nominee of a Primary Producer form, Rates Notices and Documents in support of your Primary Production
Firearms Collector Licence
Main Resource: https://www.wa.gov.au/service/security/law-enforcement/apply-collectors-licence
A Firearms Collector Licence is a separate licence from your Firearms Licence. You cannot shoot firearms licenced to your collectors licence they are for collecting purposes only. To satisfy your Genuine Reason the firearm you are applying for must fit one of the following categories:
- Significant Commemorative value
- Significant Historical value
- Significant Thematic value
Significant Commemorative value, Must take into consideration any special significance that the firearm, or any firearm or firearms of the same kind as that firearm, or a related kind, has to a particular event in history.
Significant Historical value, Must take into consideration any special significance the firearm, or any firearm or firearms of the same kind as that firearm, or a related kind, has to a particular period in history.
Significant Thematic value, The theme must be specific, e.g. Handguns used by British airmen during World War 2 – rather than a generic ‘Handguns used by British military’ which is too broad.
A Student of Arms designation may be required for you to start a firearms collection.
To be described as a Student of Arms the person can be shown to have “a prolonged and genuine interest in the study, preservation, or collection of firearms”.
In order to become a Student of Arms you may be required to be a member of an accredited WAPol approved collectors society.