Telephone the Firearms Registry (1300 362 562) and request a Firearms Licence Application.

The registry staff will ask you for some basic information and send you a personalised application in your name.

When applying for a licence you must post the the following to the Firearms Registry:

1. A completed "Application for a Personal Firearms Licence Form" (P561).
   
   
2. One or more of the following completed "Genuine Reason" forms:
   Target Shooting (P660), Recreational Hunting/Vermin Control (P661), Collecting (P662).
   
   
3. A certificate showing you have completed an approved Firearms Licence Qualification Course, such as the SSAA Safe Shooting Course.
   
   
4. A copy of your current SSAA membership card marked with T, H, and/or C, to show that you have the relevant activities registered with your club.

N.B. If you are applying for a firearms licence to hunt, you may supply a copy of a property owners "letter of permission" to use their property for this purpose instead of, or as well as, showing that you have H on your membership card.

Firearms Licence Qualification Course: The certificate showing you have completed an approved Firearms Licence Qualification Course, such as the SSAA Safe Shooting Course must be submitted with your licence application.

Click here to download the Safe Shooting Course Booklet.

When you're ready to do the Safe Shooting Course, you will need to complete a NSW Firearms Registry Declaration Form P650, which will allow you to handle firearms during the course. To avoid any disappointment on the day, click here for a sample of the personal history questions from the declaration form.

If you truthfully answer NO to all the questions, you can go ahead and book in to do the Safe Shooting Course. If you answer YES to any question, you will be required to complete the form and send it to the Firearms Registry. Please speak to the Safe Shooting Instructor if you answer YES to any of the questions.

When you attend the SSA Safe Shooting Course please bring suitable personal identification, such as a Driver's Licence. Minors should bring a copy of their Birth Certificate.

Click here for a list of SSAA Safe Shooting Course assessors in your area, or contact
the SSAA NSW State Office on (02) 8889 0400 for more information.

Finally, and just as important as all the other steps, in order to retain your Firearms Licence, and your firearms, you must meet the Minimum Attendance and Safe Storage requirements as specified by the Firearms Act.