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hermannr · July 24, 2012, 01:03 AM

RCW 9.41.010

(1) "Antique firearm" means a firearm or replica of a 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 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.

If it meets this definition...it is an "antique firearm" per WA law.

If you read closely, WA law does NOT include some things the ATF considers "antique"

July 24, 2012, 01:03 AM	#3
hermannr Senior Member Join Date: March 24, 2011 Posts: 730	RCW 9.41.010 (1) "Antique firearm" means a firearm or replica of a 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 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. If it meets this definition...it is an "antique firearm" per WA law. If you read closely, WA law does NOT include some things the ATF considers "antique"