Guide for New Pistol Club Members
Our mission at Te Tari Pūreke — Firearms Safety Authority is to make
firearms possession and use in New Zealand the safest in the world. We do
this by effectively regulating firearms use and possession to help keep our
communities safe.
We’re committed to working with the firearms community to support the
safe and responsible use of firearms in New Zealand. This includes ensuring
everyone applying for their pistol target shooting endorsement understands
the purpose of the endorsement, their obligations and the application process.
The workbook explains the obligations you must comply with to possess
and use the pistol(s) as a pistol target shooting endorsement holder. Your
understanding of your obligations is tested as part of the examination you
must sit at the completion of your club’s pistol training course. Passing the
examination in the safe possession and use of pistols, and the obligations
of an endorsement holder is a prerequisite to making an application for the
endorsement