California FSC Gun Test 2026

You can't buy a gun in California until you pass the Firearm Safety Certificate test. You take it at a licensed gun dealer: 30 questions on paper, and you need 23 right to pass. This app gets you ready with the study material, every question with the correct answer and its source, a handbook, practice tests and the safe handling demonstration, all in one app.

Full-color illustrations run from trigger discipline to a cartridge cutaway. The answers follow the DOJ study guide and California law.

Who it's for
Anyone taking the FSC test, for a first purchase or the renewal five years later. And anyone who wants to learn more about firearms, shooting and self-defense.

Quick Test
Random questions across the topics, for the five minutes you have in a parking lot.

Practice Test
The same length and mix as the real test at the counter. For when you mean it.

Timed Practice Test
A 30-minute clock and 23 right to pass. The clock is our idea; the real test isn't timed.

Handbook and guides
Everything on the written test in 19 chapters, plus a step-by-step guide from the written test to the DROS check and the 10-day wait. Just reading, no quizzes. Each chapter cites its study guide chapter or Penal Code section.

Practice by topic
Pick one topic and drill it until it sticks.

Fix Your Mistakes
The app remembers what you got wrong and brings it back, so you study what you don't know yet.

Question of the Day
One question a day, with a streak to keep alive.

Safe handling demonstration
Passing the written test isn't the last step. Before the dealer hands over the gun, you open the action, check the chamber, load and unload it in front of the instructor, then sign an affidavit that you did. The app walks you through it, so you're not learning it at the counter.

Your Progress
Your score for each topic, so you stop reviewing what you already know.

With every question
The correct answer, a plain-English explanation and its source: the Penal Code section for legal questions, the study guide topic for the rest. Get feedback after each question, or at the end like the real test.

Topics
- A: Gun Safety Rules
- B: Handling and Operation
- C: Firearms and Children
- D: Storage, Transportation and Ownership
- E: California Laws and Buying a Firearm
- F: Range and First Aid, bonus material beyond the official test

California FSC Gun Test
Practice questions written from the 2025 California DOJ Firearm Safety Certificate Study Guide, the guide the real test is drawn from, plus a handbook, color illustrations, safe handling practice and a step-by-step guide to the certificate. Answers follow California law as it stands for 2026. This is an independent study aid, not affiliated with the California DOJ.

Free and full version
The free version includes some of the questions from topics A, B and C, with explanations and legal references, plus the Quick Test from that pool, the intro and A to C handbook chapters, mistake practice, a taste of the safe handling demonstration and the Question of the Day, drawn from the whole bank. The full version unlocks the rest: topics D, E and F, the remaining chapters, the Practice Test, the Timed Practice Test, the full safe handling practice and questions added to the locked topics later. No subscription. You pay once.

Privacy
No account. No ads. No analytics. Works offline and nothing leaves your phone. Purchases go through Google Play.

Official sources
The questions are based on the DOJ study guide and publicly available California law. The legally binding text is here:
- Firearm Safety Certificate: the test, the fee and the retest (California Department of Justice, Bureau of Firearms): https://oag.ca.gov/firearms/fscfaqs
- California Penal Code, including sections 26840, 26850 and 31615 (California Legislative Information, the state's official law site): https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov

Good luck at the counter.