Proposed change to weapons allowed during black powder season

CRC

Old Mossy Horns
Clarify the definition of a blackpowder firearm to mean “any firearm, including any firearm with a matchlock, flintlock, percussion cap or similar type of ignition system, manufactured in or before 1898, that cannot use fixed ammunition; any replica of this type of firearm if such replica is not designed or redesigned for using rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed ammunition; and any muzzle-loading rifle, muzzle-loading shotgun or muzzle-loading or cylinder-loading handgun that is designed to use blackpowder, blackpowder substitute or any other propellant loaded through the muzzle or cylinder and that cannot use fixed ammunition.”


Justification: When the current language in the N.C. Administrative Code was adopted the Commission followed the federal definition of an antique firearm with the intent of excluding any firearm that uses fixed ammunition, irrespective of when it was manufactured, from the definition of a blackpowder firearm. However, the current language does not exclude firearms that use fixed ammunition if they were manufactured before 1898, or a replica of such firearms. This proposal is to match the N.C. Administrative Code language with agency intent and current language in the Commission’s Regulations Digest.

No more cartridge guns if this passes
 
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