I need 5 round en-block clips for a berthier rifle and i found a website in france. When i tried to order they refunded my order, presumably seeing my swiss address. I'm thinking of ordering via a relay point in france. To my knowledge this should be perfectly legal, am i missing something? The website also lists the clips as "Non-classé"

Hello, I am a third country citizen who is living in France, I’d like to go shoot in Switzerland, some place like shooting-inn, do you guys have any recommendations?

if I don’t have any license yet what am i have to go through before I can do some tactical shooting in the range by myself?

I also want to have an overall view about the pricing(general speaking).

Thank you very much!!

Thinking of buying a used Sig 550/ PE90, what things should I check or look for? Are there any good buying guides available? I’ve seen barrel gauge quoted for the older K31 and SG510, but not for the 550/PE90, is it still relevant?

Lastly, what’s a good price to pay from a dealer?

I started collecting guns 1.5y ago and I really enjoy it and I like talking about it.

I've noticed that many gun owners in Switzerland are quite shy about it and for example a cousin of mine (I'm not super close with him) wouldn't even tell me what kind of weapons he and his father have. I am pretty open about it and talk openly about my collection and I show pictures to closer friends and other gun nerds.

How do you manage that?

Need a little bit of help figuring out what the person who owned this rifle back in 43 did with it. Tried using the swissrifles tag help but couldn't understand some abbreviations that they did. Appreciate the help.

https://imgur.com/a/lxfZ3pk

as the title suggests i am looking to sell off one of my rifles and the ammunition i have left over for it, I am curious as to there i could potentially sell it (online or physical stores). what are your guy's recommendations ? Additionally, what is the process of actually selling your firearm, for reference it is a PAET (Geneva issue if that chagnes anything)

Anyone interested

Hello everyone,

I am a journalism student and I’m working on a story about Swiss gun culture. I was hoping to speak to some Swiss gun owners, to better understand the culture. If anyone is interested let me know.

Thank you for reading this, have a wonderful day!

I am a US citizen.  I retired from our Marine Corps after 21 years.  I occasionally shoot competitions out to 600m here so am comfortable at most any distance or calibre.  I am planning to visit Switzerland (Lucerne, Ibach, Zurich) sometime in 2025 as a tourist.  My ideal would be to shoot a course that earns me a local badge / medal / qualification.  Shooting at home is common enough that I am not compelled just to go to a range and shoot out of novelty.  Unfortunately, I do not speak German or French, I would be willing to learn enough to be an appreciated tourist but of course would be much more comfortable in an English-speaking environment.  What requirements would I have to meet to do this?  Is there proof of training I would need to provide?  Am what I am hoping for possible?  I thank you all for any assistance or information.

Edit: I would like to thank everyone for the answers and feedback. As I get more into the detailed planning of my holiday, this will all be helpful. I appreciate it greatly. Thank you

Hi all,

I am looking for other interested individuals willing to order this rifle. I contacted Thoron, who has already reached out to Caracal USA and confirmed that importing it to Switzerland is possible. If we gather enough orders, Thoron would proceed with placing the order.

What is so unique about this rifle? Have a look at the video of Christopher Bartocci from SmallArmsSolutions:

https://youtu.be/GLghlFV_sL4?si=cuHyIGWpyTJz3d49

Cheers

Hi there!

I'm a licensed sports shooter and weapons owner in both France and Spain and I have a question for you guys regarding Swiss regulations regarding the purchase of folding or collapsible stocks for a B&T APC9 Pro and an HK SD5.

Is it possible for a foreign, non-resident person to place an order with a Switzerland-based reseller, say the B&T flagship store in Thun, for example, for a pair of collapsible stocks, one for each weapon, and then for me to travel to Thun to pick them up.

Does this require a Swiss license, or can I buy them with just my weapons permit and/or my EU weapons card (for either country)?

If it helps, this is what I'm looking for (one each for the APC9 Pro and HK SD5). It'st he same product for both weapons.

Thank you for your kind help!

Hey all a quick question: When moving to another canton (BL -> BS) Do i need to re-register guns in BS? As I understand my guns (all WES + 1 K31) are registered in BL so it should be fine, but then BS does not know about them?

Thx for ur time and have a nice weekend :)

Hey guys, I have a highly specific question. If one would want to take his pistol with on a trip to the USA, what would be the requirements? Scheengen seems to be easy enough where you'll need an European gun permit and/or a "Begleitschein" and it is handled by the ZSW.

But Non-Scheengen seems more tricky to find out about. In all cases outside the EU, the SECO handles this affair and I know it depends on the country your travelling to. So has anyone taken their firearm with them on a trip to the US and could enlighten me?

Hello all, this is my first time here. I'm in a tricky situation: I have my army fas90, but I am moving abroad and I have no house or family to leave it to. Is there a service I can leave my fas90 to aside from the official canton authorities? (I don't have an adress in a canton anymore and couldn't do that)

I would like to keep ownership of it for when I eventually come back.

Thank you very much for your answers and sorry for the dumb question.

A collegue of mine is owning several muskets from his grandfather and I considered buying a K31 from him as I don't have any yet - and am interested in getting one. Those are old though and probably not registered. What is the process I need to do to buy it and register it legally in canton de Vaud?

Thanks!

How do i clean the trigger of a p210 an get it back to silver?

Hi y'all,

So I've done my RS a while back and decided to take my STGW 90 to the indoor range with me. However, I don't "own" the gun yet since I haven't done all my WK's. I only have the standard 20 rds mag for the gun and my question is now, is it legal for me to take the gun with that mag to the indoor range? Or would I have to buy another mag? In my opinion it shouldn't be an issue since you can also take the same mag to the Feldschiessen... Or does anyone know different?

Hi, i am from the usa and was wondering what the gun importing laws were like because a own a few guns (some are fully automatic) and i have no idea what they are like.

There's a neat article on wikipedia which lists off firearm regulations by US state and while there isn't an equivalent article for swiss cantons I wonder if there's a website which lists off information in a similar manner.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_laws_in_the_United_States_by_state#Alabama

Hallo Zusammen,

da ich vorraussichtlich zum neuen Jahr in die Schweiz ziehen werde, würde ich bitte gerne einmal erfragen, ob es mir möglich ist mit einer Aufenthaltsbewilligung B Schusswaffen zu erwerben?

Habe im Internet einiges durchforstet und teilweise reicht es aus das nötige Alter, einwandfreier Leumund usw. zu haben, andere Quellen sagen ich muss in meinem Herkunftsland zum Kauf dieser Waffe berechtigt sein. Ich habe in Deutschland jedoch weder Sportschützen- noch Jagdschein erlangt..Jetzt die Frage: Kann ich trotzdem Waffen erwerben oder ist mir dies erst mit einer Niederlassungsbewilligung(nach 5 Jahren) gestattet?

Ich hoffe Ihr könnt mir helfen und bedanke mich schon mal für Eure Zeit!

Viele Grüße

As far as I know...

Bern: no additional requirements on top of federal regulations

Geneva: same as Bern

Basel Landschaft: owning at least 10 firearms on 10 different WES/SON

Zurich: having been a gun owner for at least 5 years and owning at least 12 guns.

What about your canton?

I’m a young shooter (young only at heart sadly) and I was wondering how you can buy weapons in such event ? Donc have to « pre » buy a permit in case of I find something I want ? Is this a great event to buy ammo ?

Thanks for your knowledge.

Was plinking off a few rounds today, just 9mm pistol at 25m stand and had a fairly big flash from the muzzle and ejector port and felt a little sting in my eye.. I carried on but it got worse over next couple of hours and I ended up at the urgence who sent me to the eye hospital . The doctor there found a tiny fragment of 'something' , she couldn't tell what it was other than it was very sharp and had scratched my cornea a lot!! Now I have eye drops and gel for a month!!

I can only guess it was unburnt powder?

So wear your safety glasses - especially with cheap magtech 9mm maybe :-)

Hi Everyone after a recommendation for someone who could modify Spas 15 magzines to 2 rounds - as where I live 2 rounds is the legal limit for detachable magazines.

appreciate your help or recommendations !