Business Overview

Are you a fan of arms and militaria as they feature in period photos, books, movies and museums? Do you have a knack for collecting records of items that are associated with important historical events and personalities? Lock, Stock & Barrel Gunshop is the leading outlet in Malta that sources, sells, values and restores fine antique and vintage firearms and militaria. Our local and international contacts give us the possibility to purchase single pieces or whole collections and our knowledge and experience are readily available to the discerning collector who wants to make sure that his investment is worth it. LSB may also ship firearms to international customers who provide us with the correct original import permits issued by their authorities.

Schedule I of the Arms Act 2005 comprises automatic firearms and long firearms with smoothbore barrels that are less than 50cm in length. Such arms may only be sold to Read Morethose in possession of a Collector Licence A provided the firearms are of a pre-1946 manufacture, rare, historical or artistic.

Schedule II of the Arms Act 2005 covers the following arms: semi-automatic or repeating short firearms, semi-automatic or repeating long firearms with rifled barrels, single-shot short firearms, single-shot long firearms with rifled barrels, long firearms with smoothbore barrels which are not less than 50cm in length and muzzle-loading firearms.

Our Collection Schedule III of the Arms Act 2005 covers firearms manufactured prior to 1900, replicas of pre-1900 single shot-muzzle loading firearms, deactivated firearms and firearms designed for alarm, signalling or life-saving. No licence is required to purchase and retain such arms. However they are registered with the Police and a transfer declaration is necessary.



All the products in this section are non-firing imitation firearms that do not require any Police licence or registration to purchase. They are offered on the condition that they are kept for collection or decorative purposes only and may only be carried outdoors by authorised re-enactors. Moreover, it is our policy to sell these products only to persons who are eighteen years or over. Our replicas include items associated with post-WWII, with WWI and WWII, as well as those related with the pre-1900 era.

Lock Stock and Barrel Gunshop - your go-to place for any historical piece which you would like to purchase, value or restore.