South African Arms & Ammunition Collection Association
Categorization
Category A
Fully Automatic Firearms
Described as “Prohibited” without rigous motivation and special storage requirements and arrangements for firing.
(Panges which can allow the safe discharge of such weapons)
Category B
Semi-Automatic rifles, carbines, and shotguns.
Described as “Restricted” and also requiring strong motivation. Pistols of the self-loading type do not fall into this Category even though they are semi-automatic.
Stingent storage requirements.
Category C
Manually operated rifles and shotguns, including single-shots types, magazines-fed type (Rotary, Tubular or Box) plus pistols and revolvers.
Percussion revolvers are expected to be licensed in this Category for Collectors, but Andrew states that there are still problems with regulations as there were many sold legally which were never on he CFR files.
Category D
A “Probation Category” for juniors and Members (subject to confirmation) with a limited number of firearms.