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A theory?
Considering how effective this year's greatest salesman has been at racking up the sales of metallic cartridge firearms, I wonder what the effects have been on black powder firearms, especially cap and ball revolvers? Anyone have any ideas?
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They aren't considered firearms so probably not much
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Precisely! No record of ownership.
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Unless the black powder firearms can be readily
converted to fire fixed ammunition by replacing the barrel, bolt, breechblock, or any combination thereof. Then, they do come under the provisions of the GCA.
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A theory is worth a guess.....
I think black powder sales have been steady all along. It's kind of a world unto itself and BP people don't give a hoot about the concerns of metallic people. For some of them, that's the reason to go BP. I think I heard of exactly one person talking about giving up metallic in favor of BP over the last few years.
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Precisely! No record of ownership.
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True but not many are looking for big, heavy, slow, low capacity firearms. What everyone is after are modern (more or less) higher capacity, mag fed, easily concealed guns. Kinda like bows and arrows. There's no record for those either but at the same time they aren't being sought after
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True but not many are looking for big, heavy, slow, low capacity firearms.
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Not to mention the extra maintenance required.
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Unless the black powder firearms can be readily
converted to fire fixed ammunition by replacing the barrel, bolt, breechblock, or any combination thereof. Then, they do come under the provisions of the GCA.
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Not really........I have a 45LC conversion cylinder that drops right into my Pietta 44 cap & ball.......Gun nor cylinder is required to be regulated or registered.
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I had a chance to shoot an Argentine Remington Rolling block this year. Metallic case w/ BP inside. What a hoot to shoot!! Just might have to pick one of them up...
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Not really........I have a 45LC conversion cylinder that drops right into my Pietta 44 cap & ball.......Gun nor cylinder is required to be regulated or registered.
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My quote was directly from the BAFTE rules and regs. I don't know all the ins and outs, but I did read that the lists are constantly evolving, as to what meets the criteria and what doesn't.
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BP and antique (pre-1899) guns are not considered to be "firearms" as defined in GCA-68, and are therefore exempt from it - at present. But I think some of the more backward states may have a different interpretation.
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