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It is a common misinterpretation of federal law, that a gun made before 1899 is not antique if ammo is still available for it. I run into this misinterpretation 3 or 4 times a year.
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Ironically after I told a gun collector friend of mine this whole story, he responds with "well they're not antique if they fire a common cartridge, regardless of manufacture date" so I said, "no thats not true. That statute applies to replica firearms of antiques such as conversions. Any gun before 1899 is antique." Then he says "well the dealers paper antique guns a lot" so I said "I don't care what the dealers do, I'm telling you what the law is, straight from the state FIREARMS division" I think he still didn't believe me.
Who would reference what a dealer does as a support that they're right about a law? A lot of dealers don't know the laws well and many don't really know what they're doing.