No more BP to under 21???

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Third_Rail
August 28, 2005, 05:17 PM
If this is the ATF pulling this, I'm going to be very annoyed. I tried to purchase BP (3Fg for a small smoothbore) and I was told that I needed to be 21. I bought the dang pistol now, I'm 18. I can buy the chemicals to make BP, but not the BP itself? What?


Is this just a shop policy, or is this the ATF? PowderHouse told me the same thing...
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CARRY'IN
August 28, 2005, 06:07 PM
Make your own! Just be careful and dont blow yourself up. Many young men who dabble with explosives end up maimed or dead.
444
August 28, 2005, 06:17 PM
I hope that isn't the case. I can't answer your question, but hopefully you can find out for sure.
I wouldn't try to make my own: it is dangerous. And this is one of those things that is dangerous to people besides yourself: such as starting a house fire..................

When I was eighteen I was already a bona fide gun enthusiest (sp). I owned a bunch of guns including a .22 handgun, but I really wanted a bigger handgun. Since I wasn't old enough to buy one, I bought a Ruger Old Army which I shot and enjoyed for several years. Way back then, I didn't have any problem buying black powder but that was 25 years ago.
mec
August 28, 2005, 06:20 PM
I had to fill out one of those things swearing to be 21 and provide a copy of my drivers license to order black powder. Don't know whose policy, the store, the government, the insurance company or the spirit of Carry Nation urinating on our upturned faces.
4v50 Gary
August 28, 2005, 06:27 PM
Are you in California, Maryland, Massachusetts or New Jersey?
CARRY'IN
August 28, 2005, 06:47 PM
I take it back. Dont make your own. Bad advice.
dpesec
August 28, 2005, 07:30 PM
Carry,
Yes not a good idea, but I'd like to know how just in case I need it
Third_Rail
August 28, 2005, 08:53 PM
I'm in MA. And guys - I already make my own BP. I just want some store bought.
stevelyn
August 29, 2005, 10:18 AM
Use a substitute like Pyrodex, Triple 7, or Goex Pinnacle.
Blackpowder is classified as an explosive and the BATFEces tend to get their shorts in a bunch about it.
Derby FALs
August 29, 2005, 01:10 PM
I really like 777
Third_Rail
August 29, 2005, 03:35 PM
I really like authentic BP, though...

Guess I'll have to get my neighbor to buy it for me, then give it as a gift. Would that be legal or not?
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