-----Original Message----- >From: Greg Jacobs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Feb 3, 2006 2:55 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: NFA issue > >I ran the antique shotgun thing by my class 4 dealer and got the following >reply; it is totally his and I have not verified the statute or the regs: > >>Not a Hypothetical situation. Real Life NFA Law, First, to be considered >>to be a modern firearm is has to be made after 1899 and be able to shoot >>smokeless powder. Anything else made before 1899 and can be fired with >>black powder is by BATF defination as a Non-gun and does not require a >>BATF form 4473 to purchase such items. So, if an object was made before >>1899 and is not a gun then there is no such laws that can be applied to a >>non-gun. A black powder firearm can be any length, have any size stock, >>and can shoot as many times as possible. When talking about a short bbl >>rifle or shotgun or pistol with a stock, anything goes as long as it is a >>real antique. > >***GRJ***
I wouldn't count on that in this situation. A *muzzle loader* can be of any length. But the 1899 rule governs, as I recall, GCA 68 but not the NFA definition of "firearm." I forget now what the exception is for firearms using fixed ammo no longer available in commercial channels. _______________________________________________ To post, send message to [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
