30mm A10 Thunderbolt

[drclark]

I've got a 30 mm inert round I bought from the USAF A-10 west demonstration team when they were at reno a few years back.

They were selling them for 25 bucks. They reload the case up to 4 times (marking the bottom of the case around the primer each time it is loaded - in a similar manner that is shown in the gunbroker photo...). After the case was fired 4 times, they loaded the empty case with an aluminum replica projectile and sold them at airshows. Proceeds went to the squadron xmas party.

[Diabolus]

It says any ammunition greater than .60 caliber which fires fixed ammunition conforming to the definition of a "destructive device" found in subsection (b) of Section 479.11 of Title 27 of the Code of Federal Regulations (Click here for the code)

I'm no a lawyer, but it seems it would be legal to own a 30mm round according to this definition.

(3) Any weapon of a caliber greater than 0.60 caliber which fires fixed ammunition, or any ammunition therefor, other than a shotgun (smooth or rifled bore) conforming to the definition of a "destructive device" found in subsection (b) of Section 479.11 of Title 27 of the Code of Federal Regulations, shotgun ammunition (single projectile or shot), antique rifle, or an antique cannon. For purposes of this section, the term "antique cannon" means any cannon manufactured before January 1, 1899, which has been rendered incapable of firing or for which ammunition is no longer manufactured in the United States and is not readily available in the ordinary channels of commercial trade. The term "antique rifle" means a firearm conforming to the definition of an "antique firearm" in Section 479.11 of Title 27 of the Code of Federal Regulations.