Popular Handguns

Learn all about the most common handguns in South Africa.

Whether it's for self defence or sports shooting, the list below will give you accurate information on the most popular firearms in South Africa long with detailed specs from our database that includes our five key metrics: Power, recoil, capacity and concealability to give an overall "defence factor" rating.

For the purpose of licence applications and general education, Licence Me feel that it is important to know what is the most suitable handgun for your needs, as well as what the ballistic information is on this specific weapon. Not only does this help with your supporting documentation in your licence application motivation, but this general knowledge of your specific firearm is important in the safe use of any / all weapons.

Glock: 43X MOS Handgun Glock 43X MOS Handgun image example used by LicenceMe for professional SAPS firearm motivations, firearm licence applications and renewals. More Info
Glock: 43X Handgun Glock 43X Handgun image example used by LicenceMe for professional SAPS firearm motivations, firearm licence applications and renewals. More Info
Glock: 43 Handgun Glock 43 Handgun image example used by LicenceMe for professional SAPS firearm motivations, firearm licence applications and renewals. More Info
Glock: 26 Gen5 Handgun Glock 26 Gen5 Handgun image example used by LicenceMe for professional SAPS firearm motivations, firearm licence applications and renewals. More Info
Glock: 26 Gen4 Handgun Glock 26 Gen4 Handgun image example used by LicenceMe for professional SAPS firearm motivations, firearm licence applications and renewals. More Info
Glock: 26 Handgun Glock 26 Gen3 Handgun image example used by LicenceMe for professional SAPS firearm motivations, firearm licence applications and renewals. More Info
Glock: 19X Handgun Glock 19X Handgun image example used by LicenceMe for professional SAPS firearm motivations, firearm licence applications and renewals. More Info
Glock: 19 Gen5 MOS Handgun Glock 19 MOS Gen5 Handgun image example used by LicenceMe for professional SAPS firearm motivations, firearm licence applications and renewals. More Info
Glock: 19 Gen5 Handgun Glock 19 Gen5 Handgun image example used by LicenceMe for professional SAPS firearm motivations, firearm licence applications and renewals. More Info
Glock: 19 Gen4 MOS Handgun Glock 19 MOS Gen4 Handgun image example used by LicenceMe for professional SAPS firearm motivations, firearm licence applications and renewals. More Info
Glock: 19 Gen4 Handgun Glock 19 Gen4 Handgun image example used by LicenceMe for professional SAPS firearm motivations, firearm licence applications and renewals. More Info
Glock: 19 Handgun Glock 19 Gen1 Handgun image example used by LicenceMe for professional SAPS firearm motivations, firearm licence applications and renewals. More Info
Glock: 17 Gen5 MOS Handgun Glock 19 MOS Gen5 Handgun image example used by LicenceMe for professional SAPS firearm motivations, firearm licence applications and renewals. More Info
Glock: 17 Gen5 Handgun Glock 17 Gen5 Handgun image example used by LicenceMe for professional SAPS firearm motivations, firearm licence applications and renewals. More Info
Glock: 17 Gen4 MOS Handgun Glock 17 MOS Gen4 Handgun image example used by LicenceMe for professional SAPS firearm motivations, firearm licence applications and renewals. More Info
Glock: 17 Gen4 Handgun Glock 17 Gen4 Handgun image example used by LicenceMe for professional SAPS firearm motivations, firearm licence applications and renewals. More Info
Glock: 17 Handgun Glock 17 Gen1 Handgun image example used by LicenceMe for professional SAPS firearm motivations, firearm licence applications and renewals. More Info
Smith & Wesson: M&P M2.0 Subcompact Handgun Smith & Wesson M&P 2.0 Subcompact Handgun image example used by LicenceMe for professional SAPS firearm motivations, firearm licence applications and renewals. More Info
Smith & Wesson: M&P Compact Handgun Smith & Wesson M&P 2.0 Compact Handgun image example used by LicenceMe for professional SAPS firearm motivations, firearm licence applications and renewals. More Info
Smith & Wesson: M&P M2.0 Compact Handgun Smith & Wesson M&P 2.0 Compact Handgun image example used by LicenceMe for professional SAPS firearm motivations, firearm licence applications and renewals. More Info
Smith & Wesson: M&P M2.0 Handgun Smith & Wesson M&P 2.0 Handgun image example used by LicenceMe for professional SAPS firearm motivations, firearm licence applications and renewals. More Info
Smith & Wesson: M&P 1.0 Handgun Smith & Wesson M&P Handgun image example used by LicenceMe for professional SAPS firearm motivations, firearm licence applications and renewals. More Info
SIG: P365 XL Handgun Sig Sauer P365 XL Handgun image example used by LicenceMe for professional SAPS firearm motivations, firearm licence applications and renewals. More Info
SIG: P365 X Handgun Sig Sauer P365 X Handgun image example used by LicenceMe for professional SAPS firearm motivations, firearm licence applications and renewals. More Info
SIG: P365 Handgun Sig Sauer P365 Handgun image example used by LicenceMe for professional SAPS firearm motivations, firearm licence applications and renewals. More Info
SIG: P320 X-Carry Handgun Sig Sauer P320 X Carry Handgun image example used by LicenceMe for professional SAPS firearm motivations, firearm licence applications and renewals. More Info
SIG: P320 Compact Handgun Sig Sauer P320 Handgun image example used by LicenceMe for professional SAPS firearm motivations, firearm licence applications and renewals. More Info
CZ: P-10 S Handgun CZ P10 Subcompact Handgun image example used by LicenceMe for professional SAPS firearm motivations, firearm licence applications and renewals. More Info
CZ: P-10 C Handgun CZ P10 C Compact Handgun image example used by LicenceMe for professional SAPS firearm motivations, firearm licence applications and renewals. More Info
Beretta: APX 9mm Handgun Beretta APX Handgun image example used by LicenceMe for professional SAPS firearm motivations, firearm licence applications and renewals. More Info
Canik: METE MC9L Handgun Canik Mete MC9 Handgun image example used by LicenceMe for professional SAPS firearm motivations, firearm licence applications and renewals. More Info
Canik: METE MC9LS Handgun Canik Mete MC9 Handgun image example used by LicenceMe for professional SAPS firearm motivations, firearm licence applications and renewals. More Info
Canik: METE SFT Handgun Canik Mete SFT Handgun image example used by LicenceMe for professional SAPS firearm motivations, firearm licence applications and renewals. More Info
Canik: METE SFx Handgun Canik Mete SFX Handgun image example used by LicenceMe for professional SAPS firearm motivations, firearm licence applications and renewals. More Info

 

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