A letter indicating where hunting will take place.Proof of participation in hunting activities.Species of game an applicant wishes to hunt.

Supporting documents for occasional hunting:.

The licence, which is issued in terms of this section, is valid for 10 years, unless it is cancelled or terminated in terms of the Firearms Control Act, 2000. Applications in terms of sections 13 and 15 collectively may not exceed four firearms. If a person is in possession of a firearm licence for self-defence in terms of section 13, he/she may only apply for three firearm licences for the purpose of this section. Licence to possess a firearm for occasional hunting or sports shooting (section 15)Ī person may possess four firearms for the purpose of this section, which is a handgun not fully automatic a rifle or shotgun, which is not fully/semi-automatic or the barrel, frame or receiver of such a handgun, rifle or shotgun, which is regarded a firearm and must also be licensed. The licence, which is issued in terms of this section, is valid for two years, unless it is cancelled or terminated in terms of the Firearms Control Act, 2000.

Licence to possess a restricted firearm for self-defence (section 14)Ī person may only possess one restricted firearm for the purpose of this section, which is a semi-automatic rifle or shotgun, which cannot readily be converted into a fully automatic firearm. The licence, which is issued in terms of this section, is valid for five years from the date of issue, unless it is cancelled or terminated in terms of the Firearms Control Act, 2000.

We do not cover long range shooting and sniping trajectories.Licence to possess a firearm for self-defence (section 13)Ī person may only possess one firearm for the purpose of this section, a shotgun that is not fully or semi-automatic, or a handgun that is not fully automatic. This website is devoted to hunting, with all rifle trajectories sighted to give a flat, point blank range (± 2 inches = ± 50mm). That is, the range is 0 to 300 yards (= 0 to 275 metres) and the sighting range is +2 to -6 inches (+50mm to -150mm). The reference for these ballistics has been mostly ADI and some Wikipedia for the more obscure big game calibers.Īs a standard to aid in comparing calibers, all trajectory charts have the same axes. Within each group sharing the same projectile diameter, the rating is in terms of increasing muzzle energy for the heaviest projectile that can normally be fired in that particular caliber. The Calibers below are in ascending order based on each caliber’s projectile diameter. It is not a complete list of every possible rifle calibre. These lists contain the current popular calibres and some wildcats. To see a list of calibers based simply on muzzle energy, see the Most Powerful Calibers page. Following is a list of 160 hunting rifle calibers, from the smallest (17HMR) to the largest (700 Nitro Express).

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