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TRAVELLING WITH FIREARMS
TRAVELLING BY AIR> Domestic Air Travel> International Air Travel> SURFACE TRANSPORT> TRAVELLING BY AIR DOMESTIC AIR TRAVEL 1. Get a ‘permit to travel with ammunition’ for the airline/s you will be using. These as simply obtained online (try the ‘dangerous goods’ pages on their website) with only your name and licence number to be supplied. 2. Pack the locked ammo case in with your booked luggage. Max 5kg including the ammo case. 3. I recommend placing each pistol in a gun rug. 4. Pack your guncase carefully with foam or old towels to take up any spare room. Lock it! If you are using padlocks, know where you put the keys (and the backup keys)! I use combination padlocks. 5. You WILL NOT be able to confirm your seating or get an online boarding pass if you are travelling with guns/ammo. You will have to book in at the desk; have your ‘permit to travel with ammunition’ and your firearms licence handy. 6. You may be asked to get your ammo box out of your checked baggage to weigh it – lots of fun in the middle of departures check-in; as is repacking it! 7. Your gun case will be marked with yellow tape (Special/Oversize baggage) and have to be taken to the ‘Special/Oversize baggage’ check in desk. 8. ON arrival at your destination airport, double check that you have your luggage receipts and your firearms licence! THEN: 9. Collect your booked luggage from the carousel – this will appear before your firearms arrive at Special/Oversize Baggage. 10. Go to Special Baggage and present your luggage receipt AND your firearms licence. Nobody else can collect your firearms, even if they have the luggage receipt and your firearms licence! INTERNATIONAL AIR TRAVEL (welcome to a whole new world of bureaucratic paperwork) 1. The additional (outgoing) paperwork! a. The registration paperwork for each firearm, b. a CCID number (Customs Client Identifier) – this one first as it is needed for the other paperwork, c. B709A - Importation of Firearms – Police Confirmation and Certification form. d. Export Declaration/RGP TAKE A BACKUP PHOTOCOPY OF EVERY DOCUMENT WITH YOU ON THE TRIP, AND STORE THESE SEPARATELY! 2. The (destination) paperwork! a. Xxx b. Note for New Zealand, this will take at least xxxx weeks 3. The (homecoming) paperwork! a. ALL the outgoing Australian paperwork in 1The (outgoing) paperworkϯ, above, b. Your Shooters Licence, c. Your copy of your firearms registrations 4. On arrival at your international departure airport, find the AFP inspection area. The AFP will inspect your firearms and check them against your paperwork, then 5. Airline check-in: have your ‘permit to travel with ammunition’ and your firearms licence and passport handy. 6. You may be asked to get your ammo box out of your checked baggage to weigh it – lots of fun in the middle of departures check-in; as is repacking it! 7. Your gun case will be marked with yellow tape (Special/Oversize baggage) and may have to be taken to the ‘Special/Oversize baggage’ check in desk. SURFACE TRANSPORT Within Australia 1 – your home state 1. Your Firearms Licence, 2. As with any travel with firearms, the photocopies of the registration paperwork for each firearm, 3. Comply with your state’s Firearms’ Legislation for safe storage during travel and separate locked container for ammunition (E.g. NSW>) a. I use combination locks (saves problems when you cannot find the key/s), and b. I have a bike cable (again with a combination lock). 4. Lock the pistol case and your ammo box when not at the range Within Australia 2 – outside your home state 1. All the items above in Within Australia 1 – your home state>, plus 2. Overseas © 2026. Spencer Tweedie