flintlock pistol

Flintlock longarms are classed as antiques, regardless of when they were made. Flintlock pistols made post 1897 are not, and are therefore subject to the same restrictions as modern cartridge pistols.
 
doc25 said:
Why? I thought the flintlock action made it not a firearm. Not the length of the barrel etc.
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Because they are so commonly used in murders, bank robberies and rebellions agains our eastern government :>) :>)

cheers mooncoon
 
:D Ya really but ill tell ya id rather not get shot with a 60 caliber flintlock pistol either!

Just cause it goes whoshhhh and ya have to clear the smoke away to see if ya hit anything dont meen they dont hurt something feirce ;)

Whats the barrel restriction on a flintlock rifle ???
Is it ok if your Modern flintlock rifle is a copy of some Rifle made in the 1830s but only had a 12 inch barrel?
 
I expect it would be the same as for a modern cartridge gun. overall length must be over 26 inches and barrel over 18 or 18.5" (can't remember) unless it came that way from the manufacturer. I expect that would allow you to have unrestricted blunderbusses (blunderbi?) which commonly have short barrels but make it unlikely to find a conventional rifle with such a short barrel.
It does raise an interesting question however; if you spent $1000 to be a licensed gun manufacturer, could you then manufacture short barreled rifles as long as they were designed to be used with two hands and had a total length over 26"?

cheers mooncoon
 
Copied these from the firearms act
restricted firearm”

« arme à feu à autorisation restreinte »
“restricted firearm” means

(a) a handgun that is not a prohibited firearm,

(b) a firearm that

(i) is not a prohibited firearm,

(ii) has a barrel less than 470 mm in length, and

(iii) is capable of discharging centre-fire ammunition in a semi-automatic manner,

(c) a firearm that is designed or adapted to be fired when reduced to a length of less than 660 mm by folding, telescoping or otherwise, or

(d) a firearm of any other kind that is prescribed to be a restricted firearm;


Barrel length
(2) For the purposes of this Part, the length of a barrel of a firearm is

(a) in the case of a revolver, the distance from the muzzle of the barrel to the breach end immediately in front of the cylinder, and

(b) in any other case, the distance from the muzzle of the barrel to and including the chamber,

but does not include the length of any component, part or accessory including any component, part or accessory designed or intended to suppress the muzzle flash or reduce recoil.
 
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