If a place tries to force you to do a background check and fill out a form 4473, and your state law does not require it for a black powder weapon (most don’t), leave that place at once.
I’ve done it myself.
Nailed it.Bass Pro purchased Cabela's and ruined it.
Meh. It doesn't bother me to fill out whatever paperwork makes the seller happy. I'm already known to the authorities as having guns. And an "antique" muzzleloader is like a nothing compared to some of my other guns.[/B]
Boldface mine.
By the time the country in general gets around to banning C&B revolvers, I'll be long dead. Sure, there are some jurisdictions that have gone overboard in banning guns, but they're in the distinct minority.As of now, today, 08 October 2021.
Yet many jurisdictions nowadays include even air guns and BP muzzleloaders in the "firearms" category --or at least the general "things that throw other things and ought to be banned" category. Like even slingshots.
So think again.
By the time the country in general gets around to banning C&B revolvers, I'll be long dead. Sure, there are some jurisdictions that have gone overboard in banning guns, but they're in the distinct minority.
Besides that, I don't think the trend is inevitably toward more and more bans. In fact, many so-called "liberals" are arming themselves as never before. Gun control is a losing issue for those who espouse it (look at what happened to Beto O'Rourke).
This begs a question: Making end of life decisions, I am contemplating selling my C&B revolvers...a Ruger Old Army (3 cylinders fired, meticulously cleaned), 2 Uberti 1860 Colts (1 lightly used, meticulously cleaned, 1 fluted cylinder, unfired), 1 SS Uberti 1858 Remington (lightly used, meticulously cleaned), sets of replacement nipples for each, several boxes .452 Hornady balls, 1 box Hornady .457 balls. What is required for me to sell these as they are not classified as firearms per se.? (Mods, if this is an inappropriate post here, please move or delete.)
Harry
In Oregon (where I live unfortunately), Gun dealers don’t have to complete a background to sell antique firearms. This exemption, however, doesn’t exist for private party sales of antiques. If I sell a cap and ball revolver to a friend, I’m supposed to go through a gun dealer.Depends on your state of residence. In Virginia I can walk into a local gun shop or Cabelas and buy a cap and ball revolver like any non-firearm purchase. (They might ask for ID to be sure you are old enough but that hasn't been a factor for me for 50 years.) I can also have C&B revolvers or any other muzzleloader from an online place like MidwayUSA or Midsouth shipped right to my door.
Jeff
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Having to go through all those extra steps plus having to pay an extra $30 just to satisfy a state provision that is designed not to control gun crime in any way but explicitly to make it more difficult for law-abiding citizens to purchase a firearm bothers the hell out of me.
Bolding mine.
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AlexanderA, Good morning. I have seen this in my neighborhood and also where I work. Professed liberals who have guns and when asked what they would do if they were forced at some point, to give them up, most merely laughed and said in defiance,...good luck taking my guns away!?! It's nice to know that their are liberal minded people who do enjoy their second amendment rights. Just a personal thought. Thank you, TimBy the time the country in general gets around to banning C&B revolvers, I'll be long dead. Sure, there are some jurisdictions that have gone overboard in banning guns, but they're in the distinct minority.
Besides that, I don't think the trend is inevitably toward more and more bans. In fact, many so-called "liberals" are arming themselves as never before. Gun control is a losing issue for those who espouse it (look at what happened to Beto O'Rourke).