Apply for DSS Status

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A shooter with Dedicated Sports Status will be permitted the following privileges by the SAPS:

1. An unlimited number of firearms under section 16, provided you are able to motivate for those firearms individually.
2. You may hold more than 200 rounds and more than 2,400 primers per firearm.
3. A section 16 license will run for 10 years as opposed to the usual 5

 

REQUIREMENTS:

1. One must be a member of a KZNPSA affiliated club, KZNPSA and SAPSA.
2. The shooter must have accumulated a minimum of 6 points within the last 12 months to apply. These are earned by attending shoots. The following points apply:
   Level 1 Shoot – 1 point
   Level 2 Shoot – 2 points
   Level 3 Shoot – 3 points
   Level 4 Shoot – 4 points
   Level 5 Shoot – 5 points

 

APPLY FOR DSS:

1. Download the DSS Application Form
2. Go to Practiscore.com to find the details of the shoots you have participated in.
3. Fill in the application form and submit to your club secretary
4. The club secretary will submit to SAPSA on your behalf.
5. Your SAPSA profile on the website will be updated and you will be able to download your SAPSA DSS letter

 

MAINTAIN DSS:

1. KZN will start calling for all member’s points around November/December
2. Points are for a single calendar year, January to December
3. Go to Practiscore.com to find the details of the shoots you have participated in.
4. If you do not quite have enough, you still have time to get a few shoots in before the end of the year
5. Submit your points to your secretary when he/she asks for them.
6. Your secretary will submit all club members points to KZNPSA to update the database.
7. If you do not submit your points you will loose your DSS Status and will need to reapply.

 

DOWNLOAD YOUR DSS LETTER:

1. Go to www.sapsa.co.za and go to the Login page
   If you are an existing SAPSA member your profile should already exist.
2. Username: SAPSA Number
   Password: ID Number
3. Go to the menu at the top of the page – go to Profile – Certificates – Dedicated Sports Shooter
4. Your certificate will be available for immediate download
5. If it is NOT there then either there is a problem with your profile or points have not been submitted, contact your club secretary