ML starts this weekend!!

[DEER 24/7]

Well I'm working up in New Jersey right now, but hopefully will catch the last half of black powder. Might be the only time I will be able to hunt this year but I hope not.

may i ask want line work your in to be in New Jersey

 

[SWRhodd]

may i ask want line work your in to be in New Jersey

Boilermaker, working at petrol-chemical plants all over the U.S.

 

[Toney]

I'm ready!!!

 

[Oklahomabassin]

I wonder if convicted felons can be around muzzleloaders?

 

[goosedestroyer]

I will be duck and Sandhill Crane hunting in Zone 1 with my Dad this Saturday morning then going to Western Okla. for deer hunting with my smoke pole this Saturday evening and Sunday! I can't wait!

 

[Okie4570]

I will be duck and Sandhill Crane hunting in Zone 1 with my Dad this Saturday morning then going to Western Okla. for deer hunting with my smoke pole this Saturday evening and Sunday! I can't wait!

Saw quite a few cranes out west this last week. Increasing numbers at Salt Plains as well.

 

[goosedestroyer]

Saw quite a few cranes out west this last week. Increasing numbers at Salt Plains as well.

That's great! Thanks for the info! We will be hunting not too far away from Salt Plains!

 

[bbriscoe]

I'll be out there in Osage with my CVA .50 cal and my son. He doesn't shoot yet, but he loves to tag along. Most years I use ML as scouting time for gun season because its so warm I never see anything but tracks, but hopefully this weekend is different.

 

[Sticky Stokes]

I'll be hunting all weekend, I killed my two biggest deer in blackpowder season so I always go....hell or high water.

 

[dennishoddy]

I wonder if convicted felons can be around muzzleloaders?

Actually in some circumstances convicted felons can own and shoot muzzleloaders.

Here is an exerp from a longer list of the "top 10 questions submitted to the BATF":

1. Can a person prohibited by law from possessing a firearm acquire and use a black powder muzzle loading firearm?
The Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA) prohibits felons and certain other persons from possessing or receiving firearms and ammunition (“prohibited persons”). These categories can be found at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) and (n) in http://atf.gov/publi...f-p-5300-4.pdf.
However, Federal law does not prohibit these persons from possessing or receiving an antique firearm. The term “antique firearm” means any firearm (including any firearm with a matchlock, flintlock, percussion cap, or similar type of ignition system) manufactured in or before 1898. The definition includes any replica of an antique firearm if it is not designed or redesigned for using rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed ammunition, or uses rimfire or conventional centerfire ammunition which is no longer manufactured in the United States, and which is not readily available in ordinary channels of commercial trade. Further, any muzzle loading rifle, shotgun, or pistol which is designed to use black powder or black powder substitute, and which cannot use fixed ammunition, is an “antique firearm” unless it (1) incorporates a firearm frame or receiver; (2) is a firearm which is converted into a muzzle loading weapon; or (3) is a muzzle loading weapon which can be readily converted to fire fixed ammunition by replacing the barrel, bolt, breechblock, or any combination thereof. See 18 U.S.C. § 921(a)(3), (a)(16).
Thus, a muzzle loading weapon that meets the definition of an “antique firearm” is not a firearm and may lawfully be received and possessed by a prohibited person under the GCA.
In addition, the GCA defines the term “ammunition” to mean “ammunition or cartridge cases, primers, bullets, or propellant powder designed for use in any firearm.” Because an “antique firearm” is not a “firearm,” it would be lawful for a prohibited person to receive or possess black powder designed for use in an “antique firearm.” Also, the Federal explosives laws do not make it unlawful for a prohibited person to acquire and possess black powder in quantities not exceeding fifty pounds if it is intended to be used solely for sporting, recreational, or cultural purposes in “antique firearms.” See 18 U.S.C. § 845(a)(5)
By contrast, a prohibited person may not receive or possess black powder firearms that can be readily converted to fire fixed ammunition by replacing the barrel, bolt, breechblock, or any combination thereof. ATF has classified certain muzzle loading models as firearms. All of these models incorporate the frame or receiver of a firearm that is capable of accepting barrels designed to fire conventional rimfire or centerfire fixed ammunition. These muzzle loading models do not meet the definition of “antique firearm” as that term is defined in 18 U.S.C. § 921(a)(16), and are “firearms” as defined in 18 U.S.C. § 921(a)(3). Furthermore, as firearms, these and similar models, regardless of the barrel installed on the firearm or provided with the firearm, are subject to all provisions of the GCA. Persons who purchase these firearms from licensed dealers are required to fill out a Firearms Transaction Record, ATF Form 4473, and are subject to a National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) check. Felons and other prohibited persons may not lawfully receive or possess these firearms or ammunition.
The following is a list of weapons that load from the muzzle and are classified as firearms, not antiques, under the GCA, because they incorporate the frame or receiver of a firearm: - 2 -


Savage Model 10ML (early, 1st version)
Mossberg 500 shotgun with muzzle loading barrel
Remington 870 shotgun with muzzle loading barrel
Mauser 98 rifle with muzzle loading barrel
SKS rifle with muzzle loading barrel
PB sM10 pistol with muzzle loading barrel
H&R/New England Firearm Huntsman
Thompson Center Encore/Contender
Rossi .50 muzzle loading rifle

This list is not complete and frequently changes. There may be other muzzle loaders also classified as firearms. As noted, any muzzle loading weapon that is built on a firearm frame or receiver falls within the definition of a firearm provided in 18 U.S.C. § 921(a)(3).
Finally, even though a prohibited person may lawfully possess an antique firearm under Federal law, State or local law may classify such weapons as “firearms” subject to regulation. Any person considering acquiring a black powder weapon should contact his or her State Attorney General’s Office to inquire about the laws and possible State or local restrictions. A list of State Attorney General contact numbers may be found at www.naag.org