s&w antique question

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Donksidius

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Hello fellas
I have in the family a s&w model 1 gen 3, seven shot .22 revolver.
Now the question i can't figure out on the actuall government sites is, is it concidered an antique? or a prohibited fire arm in the eyes of the law?
it is in pretty good condition, but the family member had it decomisioned, it might be able to be fixed back to working condition depending on the skill of the gun smith.
I am just wondering for a legal standpoint and u guys probably have more of a handle on the laws ( or interpretation that what i do)
from what i can find on info on said firearm, the gen 3 was made from 1868 t0 1881, this one i think was stamped in 1871 according to the serial number.
 
Well it's old enough...but since it is .22 it would not be considered antique. If it was functional it would be prohib due to barrel length (not %100 of the length of those but I'm pretty sure they are too short) :-(
 
I would leave it the way it is. As its way to old to shoot modern 22 shorts the cylinders werent heat treated back then and they were using black powder ammo back in the day. The only ammo you would be safe with were the floberts 22 bb caps and they are not easy to find. The cylinders are paper thin and even CB Caps will crack the cylinder walls not worth it. And yes they are Prohibs the barrel lenghts are 2 11/16" which are rare and the 3 1/16" there not classified as Antique Status its to bad there cool little guns...
 
Ah well that stinks about the .22 not being antique, even tho its like 141 bloody years old......... i would never think to firing it even if it wasn't decomitioned, being ammo is pretty much non existant.
it will be kept in the family as a conversation piece, i think its been there since the early 1900's
its a beautiful piece of art in any case.
 
Or this
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hmmm i don't know how u did that lol (magic!) but ya, my wifes great grandmother bought that after some over zelous small town sheriffs in the good ol us of a shot up their car as they were sleeping in a rest stop, 4 adults and 2 little kiddies( mistaken identity, shoot first investigate later) so ya, she was a wee bit paranoid after that
 
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