Your firearm licence, made simple.
Find out which licence you need, what to bring, how to renew in time and where to do your competency course. Plain words, no jargon, and free.
Everything in one place.
Start with the checklist, a guide or a practice test. More tools are on the way.
Which licence do I need?
Answer a few questions and get your own checklist: the licence type, the documents, the safe and the steps in order.
Start the checklist → FreePlain-language guides
Getting a licence, renewing in time, competency, safes, inherited firearms and travelling, explained without the legal jargon.
Read the guides → FreeCompetency practice tests
Practice tests for the theory: the Act, safe handling, handgun, rifle, shotgun and self-loading rifle. Every answer explained.
Start a practice test →Ask Armify
Ask a question about the Firearms Control Act in plain words. Answers show the section they come from.
Renewal reminders
We remind you well before the 90-day deadline to apply for renewal, so your licence never lapses.
Document check
Photograph your documents before you go to the shop and we'll tell you if anything is missing.
Nobody can search Armify for gun owners.
The guides and the checklist don't ask for any personal details. When accounts arrive, you'll choose exactly which businesses can see your details, and you can change it at any time.
Armify is not the police firearm register. SAPS keeps the Central Firearms Register and only SAPS issues licences.
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Get your own page on Armify, take bookings online and reach gun owners who are looking for you. No monthly fee.