Magazine Ruger EC9s/LC9s/LC9, 7 rounds

Capacity per manufacturer: 7. Limit: more than 20 for handgun magazines.

Detachable magazines for centre-fire ammunition that hold more than 20 (handgun) or more than 10 rounds (long gun) of the smallest permitted calibre are prohibited items, together with their bodies (WaffG Anl. 2 Abschn. 1 Nr. 1.2.4.3/1.2.4.4) – the wording makes no distinction between self-loaders and repeaters. A magazine that fits both handguns and long guns counts as a handgun magazine unless its owner may possess a long gun in which it can be used. Existing possession is only protected if a magazine acquired before 13 June 2017 was reported by 1 September 2021; otherwise the only option is an exemption from the Federal Criminal Police Office on application (WaffG § 58 Abs. 17; § 40 Abs. 4).

Legal reference: WaffG Anl. 2 Abschn. 1 Nr. 1.2.4.3/1.2.4.4; WaffG § 58 Abs. 17; § 40 Abs. 4 · Checked 09/2026 · No guarantee – WaffG and your authority decide.

Capacity per manufacturer: 7. Limit: more than 20 for handgun magazines.

Magazines for semi-automatic centre-fire weapons are prohibited if they hold more than 20 (handgun) or more than 10 rounds (other firearm) (§ 17 Abs. 1 Z 9 und 10 WaffG 1996). The authority may grant an exemption; sport shooters who lawfully own a category B firearm are entitled to the exemption for the firearm, and magazines for a firearm held under such a permit need no separate one (§ 17 Abs. 3 und 3c, § 58 Abs. 13 WaffG 1996). Anyone who lawfully owned such magazines when the ban took effect and reported this within two years is granted an exemption.

Legal reference: § 17 Abs. 1 Z 9 und 10 WaffG 1996; § 17 Abs. 3 und 3c, § 58 Abs. 13 WaffG 1996 · Checked 09/2026 · No guarantee – WaffG 1996 and your authority decide.

Capacity per manufacturer: 7. Limit: more than 20 for handgun magazines.

Magazines for semi-automatic centre-fire weapons holding more than 20 (handgun) or more than 10 rounds (long gun) are high-capacity loading devices (Art. 4 Abs. 2bis WG). Only someone entitled to acquire the corresponding firearm may acquire them – usually with a cantonal exemption permit, for example for sport shooting or as a collector; anyone who acquired them lawfully may keep them. A firearm equipped with such a magazine counts as a prohibited weapon (Art. 5 Abs. 1 lit. c, Art. 16b, Art. 28c WG).

Legal reference: Art. 4 Abs. 2bis WG; Art. 5 Abs. 1 lit. c, Art. 16b, Art. 28c WG · Checked 09/2026 · No guarantee – WG and your authority decide.

The firearms act does not mention magazines: it lists the essential parts of a firearm exhaustively, and the magazine is not among them (art. 5 ust. 2 uoBiA). It therefore sets no capacity limit.

Legal reference: art. 5 ust. 2 uoBiA · Checked 09/2026 · No guarantee – uoBiA and your authority decide.

Capacity per manufacturer: 7. Limit: more than 20 for handgun magazines.

Magazines for centre-fire firearms that hold more than 20 (handgun) or more than 10 rounds (long gun) are over-limit magazines (příloha 1 bod 3.5 z. č. 90/2024 Sb.). The rules for ammunition category S2 apply to them: handling only with a firearms permit or firearms licence plus an exemption granted for named reasons, for example to sport shooters with a year of training or competition records, to collectors or for professional purposes (§ 9 odst. 5, § 49, § 150 odst. 6 z. č. 90/2024 Sb.). Anyone who lawfully acquired them under the old law may keep them; in the firearm, the new rules apply.

Legal reference: příloha 1 bod 3.5 z. č. 90/2024 Sb.; § 9 odst. 5, § 49, § 150 odst. 6 z. č. 90/2024 Sb. · Checked 09/2026 · No guarantee – z. č. 90/2024 Sb. and your authority decide.

Capacity per manufacturer: 7. Limit: more than 20 for handgun magazines.

Magazines for semi-automatic centre-fire firearms holding more than 20 (pistol) or more than 10 rounds (rifle) may only be acquired, owned and carried for named purposes (RelvS § 20¹ lg 7): a shooting discipline that requires them – with proof of club membership and competition –, historical re-enactment, collecting, the Defence League or national defence. Hunting and self-defence are not among them; they may only be used at a shooting range. Firearms with such a magazine registered before 1 March 2020 remain permitted on the previous terms (RelvS § 28 lg 1 p 2¹; § 91 lg 24).

Legal reference: RelvS § 20¹ lg 7; RelvS § 28 lg 1 p 2¹; § 91 lg 24 · Checked 09/2026 · No guarantee – RelvS and your authority decide.

Capacity per manufacturer: 7. Limit: more than 20 for handgun magazines.

Magazines for semi-automatic centre-fire firearms holding more than 20 (handgun) or more than 10 rounds (long gun) are prohibited in civilian circulation (GŠKĮ 7 str. 3 d. 1 p.). Only someone who lawfully owns such a category A firearm may acquire and own them, and only for that firearm (GŠKĮ 11 str. 3 d.); permits for such firearms go, for example, to athletes with competition records, members of a shooting organisation, the Riflemen's Union and soldiers. Hunters and collectors are not named.

Legal reference: GŠKĮ 7 str. 3 d. 1 p.; GŠKĮ 11 str. 3 d. · Checked 09/2026 · No guarantee – GŠKĮ and your authority decide.

Capacity per manufacturer: 7. Limit: more than 20 for handgun magazines.

Magazines for semi-automatic centre-fire firearms holding more than 20 (short firearm) or more than 10 rounds (long firearm) count as firearm parts (ampuma-aselaki 3 § 2 mom.); acquiring and owning them requires a permit. A permit is only granted to sport shooters with at least twelve months of club membership, for reservist training (long firearms only), to collectors, for professional reasons and for demonstrations – not for hunting. Anyone who already holds a permit for the corresponding particularly dangerous firearm needs no separate one to acquire them (ampuma-aselaki 44 b §; 19 § 1 mom. 4–5 k.).

Legal reference: ampuma-aselaki 3 § 2 mom.; ampuma-aselaki 44 b §; 19 § 1 mom. 4–5 k. · Checked 09/2026 · No guarantee – ampuma-aselaki and your authority decide.

Capacity per manufacturer: 7. Limit: more than 20 for handgun magazines.

Magazines holding more than 20 rounds for handguns or more than 10 for long guns may only be manufactured, imported and sold for the armed forces or for export, subject to sporting use (art. 2, secondo comma, L. 110/1975) – regardless of ignition type or action. Only sport shooters belonging to a shooting federation recognised by CONI or to the Tiro a Segno Nazionale may acquire and own them; every such magazine must be reported within 72 hours (art. 12 co. 4 D.Lgs. 104/2018; art. 38 TULPS). For anyone who lawfully owned one on 13 June 2017, the previous law applies.

Legal reference: art. 2, secondo comma, L. 110/1975; art. 12 co. 4 D.Lgs. 104/2018; art. 38 TULPS · Checked 09/2026 · No guarantee – L. 110/1975 and your authority decide.