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Originally Posted by DWalt
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An additional comment is that the U. S. Postal Service has its own separate interpretation of what constitutes antique arms, which is somewhat more exclusionary than BATFE's regarding allowability for shipping by the U. S. mail. Basically, they consider any handgun of any age which uses cartridges to be excluded from classification as an antique.
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I didn't know about that part.
I do know from experience that an 1891 Mauser, with the correct serial to confirm the date (manuf. in 1893), can be (and was) shipped directly to the door, from seller in Maine, to buyer in Louisiana.
And that you can buy new manufactured ammo for this caliber, both by Norma, and by PPU. And that the PPU, which is boxer primed brass, full cartridges, which are available at SGAmmo and other easily found online sites, is cheaper than empty Norma brass.
Walt, did the USPS decide that recently? I remember there being a pre-1899 "parts gun" in maybe .38 S&W, that may have been shipped directly to somebody's house....