44 wcf question

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If the 44 wcf eventually became the 44-40, is a revolver chambered in 44 wcf classed as an antique? The 44-40 is not according to info I've got ,but the 44wcf must be considered as obsolete, right?
 
Yes. It is different.
A .44-40 pre-98 handgun is not antique, because the .44-40 cartridge is on the list of cartridges that preclude antique status.
 
Yes I realize it is different but in regulation only. Both original black powder rounds before 1898 and both currently mfg. in a modern state-one qualifies for antique status the other does'nt, same for the 45 lc. Another one is the 41 lc -has antique status but has limited availability in modern loads.
I just think the original post is a legit question.
 
fingers284 said:
Yes I realize it is different but in regulation only. Both original black powder rounds before 1898 and both currently mfg. in a modern state-one .
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I think your post reflects a failure to read the regulations. A gun designed or adapted to shoot a specified cartridge is the issue. If an archaic name for the cartridge is stamped on the barrel or frame, that does not alter the fact that the gun is chambered for a specified cartridge.
In the case of the rifle cartridges, the issue is not the availability of ammunition but I am guessing is an attempt to exclude semi modern military rifles produced in the late 1890s.

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Your right I have'nt read the regulations but have watched a number of .45 cal. trapdoors sell at auctions not requiring a PAL and they chamber the same round as any modern marlin 95 or guide gun.
 
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