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1882 revolver

wallie
Is a 1882 pistol that shoots modern ammo subject to FFL rules. I know this question must of came up at one time or another. This pistol is in better shape than most morden ones. I know the cut off date is 1898 but was wondering about the gun shooting easy to get ammo. I would think there would be some restrictions. Thanks Wallie
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  • v35
    This gun was made during the black powder era and would be unsafe with modern smokeless powder ammunition. While it might or might not blow up, it probably would start loosening up significantly and lose any collectors' value it had.
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  • rufe-snow
    Depends where you live. Although the Federal statutes use 1898 as the cut off date for antiques, certain States & Cities have their own laws concerning firearms that supersedes this.

    Some of the on-line milsurp dealers note on their sites that they won't ship pre 1898 firearms to certain areas because of this, and will only ship to a 01 FFL.

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  • EOD Guy
    quote:Originally posted by wallie
    Is a 1882 pistol that shoots modern ammo subject to FFL rules. I know this question must of came up at one time or another. This pistol is in better shape than most morden ones. I know the cut off date is 1898 but was wondering about the gun shooting easy to get ammo. I would think there would be some restrictions. Thanks Wallie


    The fact that an antique firearm can use modern ammo has no bearing on it's status as an antique under Federal law. The modern ammo clause applies only to reproductions of antique firearms.
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  • Contender Man
    For the sake of this discussion ... let's assume you are talking about a handgun chambered in 45 Colt (aka "long" Colt).

    Yes you can buy the ammo and it will chamber in the gun.

    No the gun is not designed for the higher pressures of modern (smokeless) ammo.

    If you fire modern ammo in this gun, even "cowboy" level loads the gun is liable to have a massive structural failure (blow up in your hand) thus ruining the gun and maybe injuring you or someone standing near by.

    If you want to safely shoot this gun there are blackpowder cart. available from small custom load shops or you can do it yourself with a small amount of familiarization with the proper loading techniques for black powder (which are a little different than modern).


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  • allen griggs
    EOD is right. If the gun was made in 1898 or earlier it is not a modern firearm under federal law. Whether ammo is available or not has no bearing on it's legal status as an antique.
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