SBS / SBR Antiques?

[AK all day]

Well, as the title says... Can they be had? More importantly.. In California.

What about reproduction Muzzle loaders like musketoons, or blunder-bust (If I said that right)?

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[jpscoot_21]

Sure, black powder is good ti go.. for now. Even a BP gatling gun

[Capybara]

You can even have C&R SBS/SBR with a trust and a form 4, but good luck trying to find a registered one under $2,500.00

[EOD Guy]

Be careful though. The definition of an antique firearm under the National Firearms Act, which covers, SBS/SBR, is different from the definition in the Gun Control Act.

National Firearms Act:

Antique firearm. Any firearm not designed
or redesigned for using rim fire
or conventional center fire ignition
with fixed ammunition and manufactured
in or before 1898 (including any
matchlock, flintlock, percussion cap,
or similar type of ignition system or
replica thereof, whether actually manufactured
before or after the year 1898)
and also any firearm using fixed ammunition
manufactured in or before
1898, for which ammunition is no
longer manufactured in the United
States and is not readily available in
the ordinary channels of commercial
trade.

Gun Control Act:

Antique firearm. (a) Any firearm (including
any firearm with a matchlock,
flintlock, percussion cap, or similar
type of ignition system) manufactured
in or before 1898; and (b) any replica of
any firearm described in paragraph (a)
of this definition if such replica (1) is
not designed or redesigned for using
rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed
ammunition, or (2) uses rimfire or conventional
centerfire fixed ammunition
which is no longer manufactured in the
United States and which is not readily
available in the ordinary channels of
commercial trade.

The key is that the GCA allows currently available fixed ammunition in antique firearms (not replicas) while the NFA does not.

[AK all day]

Confusing..... So from what I read, a reproduction black powder musket would not be okay with a a 10" barrel?

[ch60639]

If it is loose powder, it is ok, see the following link:

http://www.cabelas.com/product/Shooting/Black-Powder/Traditional-Rifles-Shotguns%7C/pc/104792580/c/104701680/sc/104641380/Pedersoli-20-Gauge-Baker-Cavalry-Shotgun/1278438.uts?destination=%2Fcatalog%2Fbrowse%2Ftraditional-rifles-shotguns%2F_%2FN-1100202%2FNs-CATEGORY_SEQ_104641380%3FWTz_l%3DSBC%253BMM%253Bcat104701680&WTz_l=SBC%3BMM%3Bcat104701680%3Bcat104641380

These are 100% legal and can ship right to your door, no FFL needed.

[AK all day]

Thanks!