Restricted

• Airsoft guns, replica guns, or other imitation firearms may be listed when:

  • They have blaze orange barrel markings or a blaze orange barrel plug permanently attached to the weapon.

  • They can't be converted to shoot lethal projectiles.

  • State laws must be followed. In most states, you have to be at least 18 years old to buy an airsoft gun.

• Ammunition magazines for replica airsoft firearms, including imitation firearms modeled after assault weapons that show the top of the magazine. You need to include a picture of the item in your listing to show that your item isn't a real assault weapon magazine.

• Novelty lighters that look like guns can be sold, as long as they're listed in the Collectibles > Tobacciana > Lighters category and the starting bid price is less than $50.00.

• Miniature firearms, like those that come with action figures. You need to describe the item's size in your listing, and include a picture that shows scale using a ruler or a coin.

• Paintball guns without replica markings (such as an orange plug) as long as they're listed in one of the Sporting Goods > Outdoor Sports > Paintball categories. The listing must describe the item as a paintball gun and can't describe the item as a firearm.

• Training firearms, usually brightly colored, solid plastic replicas. In your listing, you'll need to include a picture of your item showing that it's solid and that it isn't real.

Not allowed

• Airsoft guns, replica guns, or other imitation firearms that can be converted to shoot a lethal projectile.

• Any replica firearms that don't have permanent blaze orange barrel markings. If the markings look fake or temporary, the listing will be removed.

• Paintball cannons

• Parts and accessories for replica assault weapons, including airsoft or imitation firearms that are based on actual assault weapons.

• Replica guns that were made by converting real guns, even if you can't convert them back to a working gun.

• Silencers for airsoft guns, replica guns, or other imitation firearms.

Allowed

• Ammunition for BB guns, pellet guns, or airsoft guns

• Plastic, polymer, rubber, or wooden bullets or ammunition

• Snap caps

Restricted

• Converted brass (also known as trench art). The item has to show that it's been converted and that it can't be converted back into a usable casing.

• Empty ammunition boxes. The listing needs to say the item doesn't contain ammunition.

• Reloading equipment and weaponsmithing tools are allowed as long as there is no mention of assault weapons in the listing.

Not allowed

• Blank ammunition

• Bullets, buck shot, or lead shot

• Cartridges, casings, shells, or hulls

• Dummy ammunition

• Gunpowder or primers

• Inert ammunition

• Live ammunition rounds

Allowed

• Exploded diagrams of assault weapons that can't be used to build or convert firearms

• Manuals, books, or instructional materials for assault weapons

Restricted

• Accessories that fit a variety of different weapons, including assault weapons. In your listing, you can't mention any assault weapon compatibility.

Not allowed

• Any weapon defined as an assault weapon by federal or California law

• Bayonets designed to fit an assault weapon

• Blueprints, milling, or forging specifications for assault weapons

• Flash suppressors

• Grenade launchers

• Instructions or blueprints on how to convert a semi-automatic to a fully automatic weapon

• Any item identified as a part for an assault weapon or as an accessory for an assault weapon

• Listings for gun parts that don't specify the kinds of weapons the parts are used for

• Receivers or frames for assault weapons, regardless of whether they're complete receivers and frames, components and parts of receivers and frames, or "cut" or "80%" receivers

Allowed

• Airsoft guns that aren't considered air rifles

• You can use the word "BB" to describe the ammunition for a BB gun

• You can use the words "Gas Blow Back" or "GBB" to describe a replica firearm with that feature

Not allowed

• Air rifles and pistols

• BB guns

  Note: Listings for airsoft or replica guns can't use the words "BB gun" in the title or description.

• Pellet guns

• Pop guns

Allowed

• Body armor that isn't military issued. Find out more about our requirements to list body armor in the Additional information section of our military items policy.

• Tannerite targets

Restricted

• Level I, II, or III body armor or Small Arms Protection Insert (SAPI) plates, as long as you call out the specific level in your listing. Find out more about our requirements to list body armor in the Additional information section of our military items policy.

• Toy or replica grenades and other ordnance as long as your listing clearly calls out both of the following:

  • The item was never actual ordnance

  • The item can't be converted into actual ordnance.

Not allowed

• Atom or nuclear weapons

• Explosives

• Grenades of any kind (see our military items policy)

• Land mines

• Level IV Small Arms Protection Insert (SAPI) plates

• Missiles, rockets, or launchers

• Nerve gas

Allowed

• Caliber conversion information or blueprints

• Magazine holders, speed loaders, stripper clips, or moon clips

• Manuals or instruction materials about firearms

• Non-pneumatic spear guns

Restricted

• Accessories and parts for guns such as butt plates, cases, cleaning supplies, dies, grips, holsters, molds, racks, pistol grips, scopes, slings, stocks, storage cases, or trigger guards. The listing must include a description of the type of firearm the accessory or part is for and what it's used for. If it doesn't, the listing may be removed.

• Muzzle loader or black powder gun parts or accessories, as long as each item is offered in one listing at a time. (However, having separate listings for items that can be used to build a gun is prohibited.)

• The following gun parts and accessories are allowed on the eBay US site only. The seller must be in the US and offer domestic shipping only. These allowed parts must be clearly identified in the title or description of the listing:

  • En bloc clips

  • Barrels

  • Bolts

  • Choke tubes

  • Cylinders

  • Firing pins

  • Hammers

  • Sellers must follow all applicable state and local laws for magazine sales. High capacity magazines that accept more than 10 rounds aren't allowed. Please note that some states may have a lower capacity limit.

  • Listings for magazines must clearly identify the make and model in the item title or description.

  • Slides

  • Trigger assemblies

Not allowed

• Firearms regardless of their ability to fire, how old they are, or their status as collectibles

• Firearm frames, including grip frames

• Firearm kits that are used to create a firearm

• Firearm receivers, including parts, upper or lower, "cut" or "80%" receivers

• Flash suppressors

• Any magazine sold in violation of state or local law. High capacity magazines that accept more than 10 rounds and magazine extenders aren't allowed. Please note that some states may have a lower capacity limit.

• Pneumatic spear guns

• Powerheads, stick guns, or their equivalents because they work like firearms

• Sears

• Silencers

• Starter pistols or blank guns, regardless of their markings

• Zip guns

Allowed

• Instruction or training manuals on how to use hand weapons

• Wii Nunchuk controllers for the Nintendo Wii

Restricted

• Miniature brass knuckles. In your listing, you'll need to include a picture of your item that shows scale, like a ruler or a coin.

• Training or practice batons, night sticks, nunchakus, or tonfas that are made of rubber foam, dense foam, or foam with plastic interior tubes—you have to specify this detail in your listing. However, weapons that are foam padded or foam with a metal interior aren't allowed.

Not allowed

• Brass knuckles, including those made from other materials

• Knives with raised knuckle guards or knuckle dusters

• Leaded canes, crutches, staffs, or sticks

• Nightsticks, billy clubs, war clubs, batons, PR 24s, Monadnock batons, ASPs, tonfas, truncheons, and similar items

• Nunchakus (also called nunchucks or numchuks), chain sticks, or two-section staffs

• Sansetsukon or three-section staffs

• Saps, sand clubs, sandbags, slung shots, or blackjacks

Allowed

• Books, informational materials, and training on Shuriken-jutsu

• Katana or stick swords

• Oversized balisong knives—the kind that require 2 hands to open

• Tactical daggers

• Throwing knives

Restricted

• Parts for switchblades, as long as they can't be used to make a complete switchblade. Sellers have to list each item individually, in one listing at a time.

• Practice balisong or butterfly knives that have holes in the blade and can't be sharpened

• Spring-assisted knives. There has to be manual movement of the blade by a thumb stud or screw that's clearly visible on the blade.

• Training or practice throwing stars that are made of resin and aren't sharp enough to penetrate the body

Not allowed

• Automatic knives

• Balisong knives

• Butterfly knives

• Dual-action knives

• Gravity knives

• Hidden or disguised knives such as air gauge knives, belt buckle knives, lipstick case knives, or writing pen knives

• Out-the-front (OTF) knives

• Paratrooper knives

• Push knives—they're also called push daggers, punch daggers, punch knives, push dirks, and T-handled knives

• Replica or imitation switchblades

• Shuriken

• Switchblade knives (knives with a blade that open automatically—for example, by pressing a button or through inertia or gravity)

• Sword canes

• Throwing stars, ninja stars, throwing cards, Batman symbols, or Cyclone knives

Allowed

• Blowgun darts

• Bows and arrows

• Crossbows

• Information or instructions on how to make a potato gun

• Paintball blowguns

• Slingshots

• Spud pistols

Restricted

• Pepper spray, disguised pepper spray, or mace can be sold, as long as the item is shipped domestically

Not allowed

• Blow guns

• Dart guns

• Flare guns or flares

• Potato guns such as bazookas, cannons, or launchers

• Tear gas

Allowed

• Stun gun holsters

Restricted

• Sellers need to state in their listings that they won't accept bids from people located in places where stun guns are illegal. This includes Hawaii, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Washington, D.C., and Wisconsin.

Not allowed

• Disguised stun guns

• Stun batons

• Stun gun listings that offer shipping to cities or states where stun guns are prohibited

• Tasers