Antique Firearm or Not???

Lebang

December 05, 2002 11:45

We are new to GunBroker and are confused as to what denotes a true antique gun and does not need to be sent to an FFL. If this is the wrong place to find the answer, could someone direct us???
Thanks,

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  aglore

  December 05, 2002 11:56

  Manufacturing date of 1898 or earlier.
  
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  Herschel

  December 05, 2002 12:10

  Aglore is correct as far as the Gun Control Act of 1968 is concerned. You may have a problem with some state laws and there may be problems with shipping it as some some carriers have their own restrictions.
  If you sell it to an unlicensed person who is a resident of a state other your state of residence, make sure the date of manufacture is 1898 or prior.

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  Lebang

  December 05, 2002 14:34

  Thanks to both of you for your responses. We were confused in some of the statements about guns that only used ammo that was not commonly found now??
  The guns we are talking about could be fired with conventional ammo.But both are supposedly made before 1889??

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  EOD Guy

  December 06, 2002 05:42

  The "cannot use readily available fixed ammunition" rule only applies to reproductions of antique firearms. For instance, an original Springfield trapdoor made in 1888 in .45/70 Gov't is an antique but a reproduction of the same firearm is not. A reproduction of an antique firearm that does not use fixed ammunition is covered as an antique.

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