Association of Maltese Arms Collectors & Shooters

🎯 AMACS Youth Open Day – Saturday, 1 August 2026

Ever wanted to try target shooting? Here's your chance!

Join us at the AMACS Shooting Range & Clubhouse, Tigné, for a morning of safe, supervised BB gun shooting and an exciting display of World War II and Cold War equipment.

📅 Saturday, 1 August 2026

🎯 Shooting Sessions
🕘 9:00 AM – Youths (14–18) FREE
🕙 10:00 AM – Youths (14–18) FREE
🕚 11:00 AM – Youths (14–18) FREE
🕛 12:00 PM – Adults (€7)

🪖 WWII & Cold War Display
Available throughout the morning from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM.

✅ Open to everyone
👥 Only 15 places per shooting session
⏳ First come, first served

Register now using the link below:
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9am Youth Session : https://forms.gle/omDWVsbqmckUuAPM8

10am Youth Session : https://forms.gle/BjeqPDbZzdwaKAbp7

11am Youth Session : https://forms.gle/g5HoNzQK7Aq2rt2MA

Adult Session : https://forms.gle/xNVh6zqHksGhi5EPA

Bring your friends and family and discover the exciting world of target shooting in a fun, safe, and welcoming environment.

Whatever collectors, re-enactors, sport shooters and dealers enjoy today is all thanks to the foresight, determination and toil of the few who turned a dream into reality 20 years ago.

20 years after we succeeded in giving Malta a new and sensible arms law, we are still at the forefront of positive change at the highest level.

Reality Check for the Evaluation of the Fi****ms Directive This Reality Check meeting marks the first large-scale, direct dialogue between DG HOME and the private fi****ms sector. Participants included European associations representing fi****ms and ammunition manufacturers, fi****ms traders, sport shooters, hunters, and fi****ms collectors.

MALTA’S ARMS LEGISLATION: MARKING TWENTY YEARS SINCE ITS ENACTMENT

The Arms Act and the Arms Licensing Regulations (Cap. 480 and S.L. 480.02) came into force on 25 August 2006, marking the culmination of almost seventeen years of negotiations initiated by AMACS with the Government, the Opposition, the Ministry responsible for Home Affairs and the Police. This process also included the establishment of an interim police policy in 1996, ten years earlier. Through the Association’s sustained efforts and constructive input, Malta adopted one of the most balanced and pragmatic fi****ms legislative frameworks within the European Union, a distinction it has retained despite the subsequent revisions to the EU Fi****ms Directive in 2008 and 2017.

To commemorate this significant milestone, AMACS is organising a half-day seminar on Saturday 25 July, from 09:00 to 13:00. This will take place at the Mediterranean Conference Centre, Valletta, in combination with the Arms & Militaria exhibition “50 Years of Period Vehicles, Arms & Militaria” being held at the MCC on the weekend. Senior officials and key stakeholders who contributed to the legislative process, or who played an important role in safeguarding its achievements over the years, are being invited to attend a presentation followed by a question-and-answer session.

PROGRAMME
09:00 Welcome & introduction of VIPs, followed by a Presentation.
09:45 Guest speakers (x3)
10:30 Coffee break and visit to the exhibition
11:30 Q&A session
12:30 Conclusion – the future
13:00 Closing of seminar

AMACS members are invited to attend after confirming their attendance by emailing [email protected]

This is the final call for bookings for the AMACS' 41st anniversary dinner. If you wish to attend, you must book by today.

Simply click https://forms.gle/vhMMHLkdm8Ftatuv7 to open the booking form where you may enter your details and food choices. You may also proceed to pay by Revolut or bank transfer. Alternatively, you may settle payment in person at the AMACS office this Wednesday. Partners and accompanied guests are welcome. However, please note that the booking must be done for each individual person!

THE NATIONAL RANGE PROJECT – THE AMACS WAY FORWARD

With national elections taking place this Saturday, it is inevitable that members of Malta’s growing target shooting community, now numbering in the tens of thousands, will be approached by political candidates seeking support and engagement. Candidates increasingly recognise the importance and growth of a community that continues to face a long-standing challenge: the lack of proper pistol and rifle shooting facilities.

It is equally inevitable that members of this community, together with their club representatives, will use this opportunity to voice their frustration. Nearly twenty years after the introduction of the landmark Arms Act in 2006, a legislative achievement that placed Malta ahead of many EU Member States in adopting a sensible and progressive fi****ms framework, the infrastructure necessary to fully realise its potential in the national interest remains absent.

While the majority of community members put forward constructive proposals and solutions in good faith, there are some who focus solely on negativity. There are also a small number whose interests do not align with the community’s broader objectives and who pursue different agendas.

AMACS has always remained, and continues to remain, the genuine representative of those community members united by one clear goal: to see target shooting sports flourish through the establishment of professionally designed and modern facilities.

With this objective in mind, the Association has worked tirelessly with both governments and oppositions since 1985, consistently striving to achieve meaningful results. The landmark Arms Act itself was made possible through such sustained efforts, despite obstacles and resistance from organisations that lacked our long-term vision.

Nothing has changed in this regard.

Over recent weeks, AMACS has been working quietly and effectively alongside SportMalta to advance our community’s longstanding aspirations by ensuring that pistol and rifle ranges for both static and dynamic target shooting form part of the national range project and are included within the brief for new plans that are expected to be submitted to the Planning Authority in the near future.

AMACS remains committed to serving the community that emerged and flourished following the introduction of the Arms Act twenty years ago. We will continue working toward ensuring that Malta finally gains the facilities necessary for target shooting sports to reach their full potential.

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Bl-elezzjonijiet nazzjonali li se jsiru nhar is-Sibt li ġej, huwa inevitabbli li membri tal-komunità Maltija tat-target shooting, li qed tikber b’rata kostanti u li llum tlaħħaq għexieren ta’ eluf ta’ persuni, jiġu avviċinati minn kandidati politiċi li qed ifittxu l-appoġġ u l-involviment tagħhom. Il-kandidati qed jagħrfu dejjem aktar l-importanza u t-tkabbir ta’ komunità li ilha tiffaċċja sfida persistenti: in-nuqqas ta’ faċilitajiet adegwati għall-isparar bil-pistoli u rifles.

Bl-istess mod, huwa inevitabbli li membri ta’ din il-komunità, flimkien mar-rappreżentanti tal-klabbs tagħhom, jużaw din l-opportunità biex jesprimu l-frustrazzjoni tagħhom. Kważi għoxrin sena wara l-introduzzjoni tal-Att dwar l-Armi tal-2006, kisba leġiżlattiva importanti li poġġiet lil Malta fuq quddiem ta’ ħafna Stati Membri tal-Unjoni Ewropea fl-adozzjoni ta’ qafas sensibbli u progressiv dwar l-armi tan-nar, l-infrastruttura meħtieġa biex il-potenzjal kollu ta’ dan l-Att jitwettaq fl-interess nazzjonali għadha nieqsa.

Filwaqt li l-maġġoranza tal-membri tal-komunità jippreżentaw proposti kostruttivi u soluzzjonijiet b’intenzjonijiet tajba, hemm xi wħud li jagħżlu li jiffukaw biss fuq in-negattività. Hemm ukoll numru żgħir ta’ persuni li l-interessi tagħhom ma jaqblux mal-għanijiet usa’ tal-komunità u li jsegwu aġendi differenti.

AMACS dejjem kienet, u tibqa’, ir-rappreżentant ġenwin ta’ dawk il-membri tal-komunità li huma magħqudin b’għan wieħed ċar: li jaraw l-isport tat-target shooting jiffjorixxi permezz tal-istabbiliment ta’ faċilitajiet moderni u mfassla b’mod professjonali.

B’dan l-għan quddiemha, l-Assoċjazzjoni ħadmet bla waqfien kemm ma’ gvernijiet kif ukoll ma’ oppożizzjonijiet sa mill-1985, dejjem tfittex li tikseb riżultati konkreti u sinifikanti. L-istess Att dwar l-Armi sar possibbli permezz ta’ dawn l-isforzi kontinwi, minkejja ostakli u reżistenza minn organizzazzjonijiet li ma kellhomx il-viżjoni fit-tul li kellha l-Assoċjazzjoni.

F’dan ir-rigward, xejn ma nbidel.

Matul dawn l-aħħar ġimgħat, AMACS ilha taħdem b’mod diskret iżda effettiv flimkien ma’ SportMalta sabiex tavvanza l-aspirazzjonijiet li l-komunità tagħna ilha żmien twil tistenna li jsiru realtà, billi tiżgura li ranges għall-pistoli u rifles, kemm għat-target shooting statiku kif ukoll dinamiku, jiffurmaw parti mill-proġett nazzjonali tar-ranges u jkunu inklużi fil-brief tal-pjani l-ġodda li mistennija jiġu sottomessi lill-Awtorità tal-Ippjanar fil-futur qarib.

AMACS tibqa’ impenjata li taqdi lill-komunità li ħarġet u kibret wara l-introduzzjoni tal-Att dwar l-Armi għoxrin sena ilu. Se nkomplu naħdmu biex niżguraw li Malta finalment tikseb il-faċilitajiet meħtieġa sabiex l-isport tat-target shooting ikun jista’ jilħaq il-potenzjal sħiħ tiegħu.