Ammunition availability

Commercial availability information

Although the term “commercially available” has not been defined within the Weapons Act 1990, it is considered that, if ammunition is readily available for purchase here or overseas, for the purposes of the legislation it is commercially available.

This argument is supported by the World Trade Organisation Marrakesh Agreement contained in the Australian Treaty Series 1995 No 8, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Canberra, where it was held that the term "commercially available" means that the choice between domestic and imported products is unrestricted and depends only on commercial considerations.

	Cartridge	Year	Make	Model	Ammunition Status	Date of Decision
1	.22	1868-1882	Smith & Wesson	Model 1	Ammunition is Commercially Available	30/09/2005
2	.230	1865	Tranter	Number 1	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	30/11/2007
3	.250	1885	Nowotny-Prague	Drop Block	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	26/07/2011
4	.25	1880 to 1885	P.McCarthur	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	22/12/2014
5	.25	1894	Stevens/Short	1894	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	14/02/2020
6	.28	1860	Connecticut Arms Co	Front Loading	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	14/09/2005
7	.32	1860 to 1870	Ethan Allen	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	24/01/2007
8	.255	Unknown	Jeffrey Rook	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	06/10/2005
9	.297/250	1880	E.Roberts	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	23/07/2015
10	.30	1870	Woodward Derringer	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	05/12/2007
11	.30	1859 to 1874	Tipping & Lawden	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	01/09/2005
12	.30	1850	Lefaucheux	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	04/08/2009
13	.300	1901	Sherwood	Westley Richards	Ammunition is Commercially Available	20/06/2006
14	.31	1854	Vendetti	Rocketball	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	11/02/2010
15	.31	1880	Colt	New Line	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	01/09/2005
16	.31	1847	Volcanic Pocket	Rocketball	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	11/02/2010
19	.32	1900	Browning	Unknown	Ammunition is Commercially Available	19/08/2005
20	.32	Unknown	Bliss & Goodyear	Patriot	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	14/09/2005
21	.32	1865	Smith & Wesson	1 1/2	Ammunition is Commercially Available	16/02/2005
22	.32-35	Pre 1901	Stevens	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	26/04/2013
23	.32	1860 to 1870	Moore	Front Loading	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	14/09/2005
24	.32	1864 to 1870	Moore	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	14/09/2005
25	.32	1888	National Arms	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	14/09/2005
26	.32	1865	Belgian	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	25/06/2006
27	.32	1890	Webley R.I.C	Pocket Hammerless	Ammunition is Commercially Available	19/08/2005
28	.32	1861 to 1864	Rollin White Arms	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	14/09/2005
29	.32	1863 to 1868	EL & Dickenson	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	14/09/2005
30	.32	1890	Bacon MFG	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	14/09/2005
31	.32	1890	Allen & Wheelock Co	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	14/09/2005
32	.32	1871 to 1888	Remington	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	14/09/2005
33	.32	1873 to 1875	Marlin	32 Standard	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	14/09/2005
34	.32	1880	Hopkins & Allen	Dictator	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	14/09/2005
35	.32	1880	Belgium	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	14/09/2005
36	.32	1890	Bacon MFG	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	14/09/2005
37	.32	1860	Bacon	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	14/09/2005
38	.32	1880	C S Shattuck Arms	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	14/09/2005
39	.32	1890	British Bulldog	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	14/09/2005
40	.36	1847-1850	Colt	Navy	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	01/02/2006
41	.36	1866	Colt	Thuer	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	01/02/2006
42	.36	Unknown	Adams	Rook	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	03/11/2017
43	.38	Unknown	Lefaucheux	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	27/10/2005
44	.36	1870 to 1900	Laloux	Rook	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	04/02/2014
45	.38	Unknown	Colt	Unknown	Ammunition is Commercially Available	03/04/2010
46	.38	1862 to 1873	Colt	Pocket Navy	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	01/02/2006
47	.38	1871 to 1874	Hopkins & Allen	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	06/11/2009
48	.38	1850 to 1865	Colt	1865	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	01/02/2006
49	.38	1885	Colt	Lightning	Ammunition is Commercially Available	01/08/2005
50	.380	Unknown	Hollis & Sons	Unknown	Ammunition is Commercially Available	13/11/2006
51	.38	1890	Webley and Scott	No 5	Ammunition is Commercially Available	03/04/2010
52	.38	1877 and 1879	Colt	Lightning	Ammunition is Commercially Available	01/08/2005
53	.38	1890	Pirlot	D96	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	01/02/2006
54	.41	1870	Colt	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	19/08/2005
55	.41	1866 and 1870	Remington	Derringer	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	19/08/2005
56	.41	1860	Smiths	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	19/08/2005
57	.41	1857	New Haven Arms Navy	Volcanic	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	08/06/2006
58	.41	1853 to 1893	Belgian	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	21/03/2013
59	.41	1861	Moore	Derringer	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	19/08/2005
60	.41	1873	Colt	Derringer	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	Unknown
61	.41 Long Colt	1877	Colt	Thunderer	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	01/09/2022
62	.41 Short Colt	1874-1879	Colt	New Line 41	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	01/09/2022
63	.42	1860	Plants MFG Co	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	24/01/2007
64	.43	1864	Remington	Egyptian	Ammunition is Commercially Available	02/06/2006
65	.43 Westley Richards	1880	Gahnedra (Nepalese)	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	21/10/2015
66	.44	1866	Winchester	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	01/06/2006
67	.44-40*	1876 to 1878	Merwin Hulbert	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	16/01/2009
68	.44	1875	Colt	71-72	Ammunition is Commercially Available	01/06/2007
69	.44	1866	Winchester	Henry Flat	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	10/10/2011
70	.44	1878	Colt	Henry Flat	Ammunition is Commercially Available	01/06/2007
71	.44	1875	Colt	71-72 Open Top	Ammunition is Commercially Available	01/06/2007
72	.442	Unknown	Webley R.I.C	Tranter Kurz	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	05/05/2005
73	.442	1873 to 1893	Jacques	Brithish Bulldog	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	05/05/2005
74	.442	Pre 1897	Webley	No 1	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	05/05/2005
75	.442	1878	Adams	Mk11	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	05/05/2005
76	.442	Unknown	Kurz	RIC	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	05/05/2005
77	.45	1879 and 1883	Reichs commission	Unknown	Ammunition is Commercially Available	14/09/2005
78	.45	1875 and 1878	Smith & Wesson	Schofield	Ammunition is Commercially Available	10/08/2009
79	.45	1892	Colt	Peacemaker	Ammunition is Commercially Available	30/03/2006
80	.45 Long Colt	1878	Colt	Unknown	Ammunition is Commercially Available	30/03/2006
81	.45-70	1884	Springfield	Trap Door	Ammunition is Commercially Available	13/02/2006
82	.45	Unknown	W.H.Tisdale	Martini	Ammunition is Commercially Available	12/05/2005
83	.45	Unknown	Enfield	Martini	Ammunition is Commercially Available	12/05/2005
84	.45	Unknown	Tipping & Lawden	Martini	Ammunition is Commercially Available	12/05/2005
85	.45	Unknown	Webley & Son	Martini	Ammunition is Commercially Available	12/05/2005
86	450 Eley	Unknown	Adams	450 Boxer	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	18/01/2017
87	.455	1883	Webley	MkI & MkII / Bulldog	Ammunition is Commercially Available	07/12/2006
88	.460	1870	Remington	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	07/06/2014
89	.476	Unknown	Enfield	MkI	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	13/10/2005
90	.476	1884 and 1885	Enfield	MkIII	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	13/10/2005
91	.476	1884 to 1888	Enfield	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	13/10/2005
92	.476	1887	Colt	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	13/10/2005
93	4 Bore	1876	E M REILLY	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	21/05/2021
94	.537-539	1860	Calisher and Terry	Breechloader	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	10/09/2007
95	.563 Westley Richards	1860	Howdah	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	01/06/2007
96	.577	1878	BSA	Snider	Ammunition is Commercially Available	01/08/2005
97	.577	Unknown	BSA Martini-Henry	MkII and MkIII	Ammunition is Commercially Available	09/06/2005
98	.577	1880	CB Bonehill	Snider	Ammunition is Commercially Available	01/08/2005
99	.577	Unknown	Enfield	Mk 11	Ammunition is Commercially Available	01/08/2005
100	.577/450	Unknown	Enfield Martini-Henry	MkIII	Ammunition is Commercially Available	09/06/2005
101	.577/450	Unknown	Martini-Henry	MkIV	Ammunition is Commercially Available	09/06/2005
102	.58	1858 to 1873	Howdah	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	25/06/2009
103	.58	1867	Spanish Berdan	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	26/07/2011
104	.68	1850 to 1890	French Gras	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	30/11/2006
105	.297/230	1887	Francotte	Morris	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	19/01/2006
106	.297/230	1907	BSA	Francotte	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	19/01/2006
107	.297/230	Unknown	Francotte	Martini	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	19/01/2006
108	.297/230	1880	Martini-Henry	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	19/01/2006
109	.31 .36 .38 .41	1855	Volcanic	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	08/06/2006
110	32-40	1890	Tholet	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	21/02/2008
111	32-40	1870	Remington	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	21/02/2008
112	38-45	Unknown	Belgium	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	20/02/2007
113	38-45	1864	Stevens Arms	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	20/02/2007
114	38-56	1890	Colt	Lightning Bolt	Ammunition is Commercially Available	30/10/2009
115	40-40, 40-60, 40-70	1882	Maynard	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	18/01/2007
116	40-60	1883	Winchester	Unknown	Ammunition is Commercially Available	30/10/2009
117	40-60-260	1885	Colt	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	18/01/2007
118	40-70	1871	Husqvarna	Sharps	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	16/02/2006
119	45-70	Unknown	Springfield	Unknown	Ammunition is Commercially Available	13/02/2006
120	45-75	1876	Winchester	Unknown	Ammunition is Commercially Available	03/05/2006
121	500-450	1880	Tolley	Unknown	Ammunition is Commercially Available	13/02/2006
122	50-70	1871	Husqvarna	Unknown	Ammunition is Commercially Available	13/09/2006
123	50-95	1876	Winchester	Unknown	Ammunition is Commercially Available	18/01/2007
124	56-46RF Spencer	1865	Spencer	Sporting Carbine	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	14/02/2020
125	56-50RF Spencer	1865	Spencer	Repeating Carbine	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	14/02/2020
126	56-52RF Spencer	1865	Starr Arms Co	Carbine	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	14/02/2020
127	56-56RF Spencer	1865	Spencer	Carbine	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	14/02/2020
128	56-50 56-52	Unknown	Spencer	Unknown	Ammunition is Commercially Available	20/06/2006
129	.45	Unknown	Alexander Henry	Unknown	Ammunition is Commercially Available	09/06/2005
130	3mm	1885 to 1860	Le Petit	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	24/07/2008
131	5mm	1890	Belgian Baby PF	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	16/08/2011
132	5mm	1896	Bergmann	No2	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	03/08/2007
133	5mm	1880	Flobert Fabricacionale	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	26/07/2011
134	5mm	1860	German	Purse	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	25/08/2008
135	6.5mm	1892	Steyr Romanian & Dutch	Unknown	Ammunition is Commercially Available	05/08/2005
136	6mm	1845	Flobert	Saloon	Ammunition is Commercially Available	07/12/2006
137	6mm	1850	Apache	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	13/06/2006
138	6mm	1850	Belgium	1840	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	13/06/2006
139	7mm	Unknown	Dresse Laloux RF	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	05/10/2017
140	7.2mm	1850	St Etienne	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	25/08/2008
141	7.5 mm x 53.5R	1889	Schmidt-Ruben	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	25/10/2013
142	7.65	1880 to 1890	Belgian	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	30/08/2005
143	7mm	1854	Belgian	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	14/09/2005
144	7mm	1878	The Guardian	1878	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	14/09/2005
145	8g	1888	Cashmore	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	28/05/2008
146	8mm	1890	Mauser	Loewe	Ammunition is Commercially Available	05/08/2005
147	8mm	1870	Lefaucheux	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	10/10/2006
148	8mm	1898 to 1912	Rast-Gasser	Unknown	Ammunition is Commercially Available	19/05/2009
149	8mm	1874	Carl Gustaf	X58R	Ammunition is Commercially Available	03/05/2006
150	8mm	1790	Belgian	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	10/10/2006
151	8 x 50	1896	St Etienne	Unknown	Ammunition is Commercially Available	01/02/2010
152	8 x 50Rmm	Unknown	Mannlicher	1888	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	20/01/2006
153	8 x 50Rmm	1886	Steyr	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	12/01/2006
154	8 x 60Rmm	1886	Kropatschek	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	05/12/2005
155	9.4mm	1890 to 1900	Joseph Marechal	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	20/05/2015
156	9mm	1854	Belgian	Nagant	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	14/09/2005
157	9mm	1873	Belgium	Pepperbox	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	14/09/2005
158	9mm	1885	E M Reilly	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	14/09/2005
159	9mm	1869	Belgium	Malchair	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	14/09/2005
160	10 G 2 1/2"	1890	Beattie & Son	Damascus	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	29/03/2005
161	10g	Pre 1900	A Lewis	Unknown	Ammunition is Commercially Available	20/09/2006
162	10mm	1865	Belgium	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	20/03/2006
163	10.4mm	Unknown	Glisenti	Unknown	Ammunition is Commercially Available	14/08/2017
164	10.4 x 38mm	1867 to 1890	Vetterli	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	30/09/2013
165	10.35mm	1865	Glisenti	Unknown	Ammunition is Commercially Available	14/08/2017
166	11.15 x 60 Rmm	1887	Mauser	AKA	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	10/10/2006
167	11.15 x 58Rmm	1877	Werndl	AKA 43	Ammunition is commercially Available	24/04/2013
168	11.2 x 44	1870	Remington	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	07/06/2014
169	11.43 x 55mm Turkish	1874 to 1887	Peabody-Martini	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	30/03/2015
170	11.4 x 50mm	1873	Werndl	Snider	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	26/10/2005
171	11mm	1870	Chassepot	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	03/06/2015
172	11mm	1885	Leige	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	16/05/2007
173	11mm	1869	Werndl	69	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	26/10/2005
174	11mm	1854 and 1862	Lefaucheux	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	14/09/2005
175	11 x 50Rmm	1867	Belgian Albini	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	26/07/2011
176	11 x 59Rmm	1850 to 1890	French Gras	Unknown	Ammunition is Commercially Available	30/11/2006
177	12g	1870	Brunn Maker	Unknown	Ammunition is Commercially Available	03/05/2006
178	12g	Unknown	Scholefield	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	14/09/2005
179	12g	1866	Roper	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	15/05/2015
180	12g	1865	Wesley Richards	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	14/09/2005
181	12g	1861	Purdey Jones	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	14/09/2005
182	14g	1853	London	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	21/06/2016
183	16g	1837	Lefaucheux	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	20/08/2007
184	16g	1861	Daw	S X S	Ammunition is Commercially Available	13/02/2006
185	16g	1850 to 1860	Christopher Funk	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	20/08/2007
186	12.17 x 42	Unknown	Remington/Husqvarna	Rolling Block	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	10/03/2011
187	12.7 x 44	1868	Remington (Swedish)	Krag	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	05/06/2017
188	12mm	1859	Perrin	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	12/01/2017
189	12mm	1850 to 1870	Lefaucheux	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	30/01/2008
190	12mm	1850 to 1860	Santander	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	30/01/2008
191	14.5 x 32mm	1867	Wanzel	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	24/04/2013
192	14mm	1858 to 1873	Howdah	Unknown	Ammunition is NOT Commercially Available	25/06/2009

The commercial availability of cartridges is constantly fluctuating and whether or not ammunition is deemed unavailable is subject to change.

Weapons Licensing are currently reviewing our list of antique calibres - please contact Weapons Licensing for further information.

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