Terms of sale

 

Purchasing conditions for Weapons, Firearms & Ammunition

Swiss gun law requires for the purchase of Firearmas and ammunition a wirtten contract for (Guns subject to registration), a weapon purchasing permit for (Guns subject to licensing) or a  Cantonal special permit for (Prohibited Guns and Weapons). 

 

Link to the web page of FEDPOL: Federal office of Police - FEDPOL

Acquiring a weapon as a private individual: https://www.fedpol.admin.ch/fedpol/en/home/sicherheit/waffen/waffenerwerb.html 

 

Weapon category Weapon, Firearms and Ammunition type Purchasing conditions
Guns subject to registration
  • Manual repeating rifles for Hunting purposes, single-shot and multible barrel hunting rifles, manual repeding sporting rifles,
  • Swiss ordnance repeding rifles like Carbine 11, 31, Langewehr 11. 
  • Captive bolt gun (single-shot);
  • Soft-Air-Guns;
  • Signal-, Blank firing guns;
  • Replica guns;
  • Paintball-Weapons;
  • Life firing replicas of singel shot blackpowder guns;
  • Air- and CO2-Guns.
  1. Written contract
  2. Criminal records excerpt (not older then 3 monts)
  3. Passport / ID card, Settled foreign nationals permit (C permit)

Guns subject to licensing

  • Pistols and Revolver;
  • Self-loading guns;
  • lever action rifles like Winchester;
  • Slide action guns (pump action);
  • Foreign military manual repeating rifles, that are not addmitted for the  "Schiesswesenausser Dienst" like. Mosin Nagant, Lee Enfield MKIV, Mauser K98 etc.;
  • Self loading shotgun;
  • Semi automatic rifles like. SIG PE 90, PE 57, AR15, AK47 etc.
  1. Valid weapon purchasing permit
  2. Written contract
  3. Passport / ID card, Settled foreign nationals permit (C permit)
Prohibited Guns and Weapons
  • devices that are designed to injure persons (baton, throwing star, knuckle-duster, slingshot with armrest);
  • Weapons that pretend to be a artical of dayly use (Lighter with hidden knife, cell phone with hidden Teaser etc.);
  • Full-automatic Firearms (Machine guns);
  • Full-automatic Firearms converted to semi automatic firearms (excluded are former Swiss military rifles, converted to semi auto rifles);
  • Rocket launchers;
  • Heavy Machine guns;
  • Laser-, Night vision scopes,
  • Suppressors and Grenade launchers as accessiories to a firearm;
  • Teasers, which impair the resistance or permanently impair the health of a person;
  • Switchblade knifes, that can be operated with one hand to automatically flip open the blade;
  • Butterfly knifes;
  • Throwing knife;
  • Dagger with symetrical blade.
  1. Valid Cantonal special permit.
  2. Written contract
  3. Passport / ID card, Settled foreign nationals permit (C permit)
Ammunition
  • Center fire and rimfire ammunition
  • Black powder and Nitro powder
  1. Written contract
  2. Criminal records excerpt (not older then 3 monts)
  3. Passport / ID card, Settled foreign nationals permit (C permit)

 

Documents and Links

Request form for a weapons purchase permit (PDF, 61.63 KB) (available only in german, french and italian)

Online order form for criminal records excrept

How to order a criminal records excrept at any Post office

 

Exceptions Weapons purchase

For persons with residence in a foreign country, foreingers without a permanent residence permit and members of certain countries. 


Persons with residence in a foreign country, foreingers without a permanent residence permit (Resident permit C) require for the purchase of all weapons a weapons purchase permit in addition a official confirmation of the legal domicile or native country, that states that they are legitemized to purchase that weapon or weapon part/s. 

 

Purchase, possession, offer, broker & mediate, transfer of weapons, parts of weapons, weapon accessories, Ammunition, carry and bear of weapons and shooting with firearms are prohibited for members of the following countries:

 

  • Albania;
  • Algeria;
  • Sri Lanka;
  • Kosovo;
  • Mazedonia;
  • Bosnia and Herzegowina;
  • Serbia;
  • Turkey

​Link to FEDPOL: Exceptions weapons purchase

 

Information Leaflets

Link to FEDPOL: Information Leaflets

 

Cantonal Weapons Offices

The cantonal weapons offices Die kantonalen Waffenbüros enforce the swiss gun law.

Link to FEDPOL: List of cantonal weapons offices

 

The Central Weapons Office

The Federation created within the federal department of the police a central weapons office, which supports the cantonal executive authorities.

Bundesamt für Polizei
Zentralstelle Waffen
Nussbaumstrasse 29
CH-3003 Bern

Link to FEDPOL: Central Weapons Office