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NateKirk · April 11, 2013, 11:04 AM

So the other day I went into bass pro and bought another pistol ('51 navy, I'll post pics later). Now I'm 18 so it is sort of weird that the law would let me buy a pistol but not let me buy a cartridge pistol. It seems to me that you can kill someone just as dead with a BP revolver as you can with a modern one; Thats pretty much all they used 150+ years ago right? BTY I'm in michigan. Anybody know why its like this?

April 11, 2013, 11:04 AM	#1
NateKirk Senior Member Join Date: February 28, 2013 Location: Detroit Posts: 435	Are BP Revolvers REALLY not considered firearms by the law? So the other day I went into bass pro and bought another pistol ('51 navy, I'll post pics later). Now I'm 18 so it is sort of weird that the law would let me buy a pistol but not let me buy a cartridge pistol. It seems to me that you can kill someone just as dead with a BP revolver as you can with a modern one; Thats pretty much all they used 150+ years ago right? BTY I'm in michigan. Anybody know why its like this?