Get your Firearm Licence
If you would like to start sport shooting, you are required to apply for a firearms license.
Below are the Genuine reasons when applying for your firearms licence.
- Sport/ Target shooting
- Recreational Hunting / Vermin Control
- Firearms Collection
The NSW police firearm registry defines different categories for different types of firearms.
- Category A – Air rifle, Rimfire rifle, Shotgun and Shotgun/Rimfire rifle combination
- Category B – Muzzle loading rifle, Center-Fire rifle and Center- Fire/ shotgun combination
- Category H – Semi auto pistol and revolver
** Category H is ONLY for sport/target shooting, pistols CAN NOT be used for hunting!**
Process of apply A,B and H firearms licence
Category A and B (Sport/ Target shooting, hunting)
- Join a rifle club online at our range for $80 a year. Call and ask to speak to Ella from Harley crescent rifle club.
- After you receive your membership confirmation from your rifle club, then you can make a booking for your firearms safety awareness test.Please ensure you have downloaded the NSW longarms users guide and have read the document prior to doing the FSA test. It is availale on the NSW Firearms Registry website.
- Call us on 02 9796 0600 \to make a booking
Once above steps are complete, the application is ready to be sent to NSW police firearms registry via the Service NSW website and processing takes approx 6 to 8 weeks. (Possibly more)
**You will need to attend enough times to validate you license. You are required to attend 4 times for sport/target shooting and 2 times for hunting per year.
**Minors must be at least 12 years old to apply for a minors permit. Parents/ Guardians must contact NSW police firearm registry on minors behalf.
Category H ( Sport/ Target shooting)
- Join a pistol club. To join a pistol club, you must visit the range between 6 to 9 pm Monday to Friday and see each club official personally. NO pistol club offer online membership. All potential members must meet club secretaries to discuss potential membership. The range has clubs visiting every week Monday to Friday.
Cost of membership varies per club. - Once you find the best Pistol Club that fits your schedule ,you will pay them a fee and they will provide you with Proof of Club membership and conduct a Safety Course on Pistol Safe handling.You will receive a certificate once it is completed.
Once above steps are complete, the application is ready to be sent to NSW police firearms registry via the Service NSW website and processing takes from 6 to 8 weeks, possibly more.
After you receive your Category H license, the first year is a Probationary licence, you will need to attend enough to validate you license. For more information, please ask your pistol club official.
Notes: All clubs are different, they are run by people who volunteer their time to run the club, they DO NOT get paid, being a member is a privilege, not a right. Clubs may refuse any one from joining with no reason given. Clubs are NOT businesses. By joining a club you are accepting to follow all rules/ regulations the clubs has advised you on. So choose wisely. Talk to a few clubs before making your decision.
**The range DOES NOT obtain club membership fees/information/rules/regulations.
**Minors must be at least 12 years old to apply for a minors permit. Parents/Guardians must contact NSW police firearm registry on minors behalf.
**Whilst each pistol club has their own rules/regulations, all range users must comply with range safety rules/range standing orders.
**Anyone who breaches any range safety rules/ standing orders will be banned from the range facility regardless of club membership status without refund of fees paid – SAFETY IS EVERYONE’S BUSINESS!
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