S&W model 320 revolving rifles
- Thread starter snurge
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No repeating centerfire rifle is classified as antique.
Because the stock is detachable, one is most likely considered to be a handgun.
If the .32 caliber cartridge it uses is not on the no go list, then if pre-1898, it should be an antique revolver.
Someone with FRT access could check the classification.
Because the stock is detachable, one is most likely considered to be a handgun.
If the .32 caliber cartridge it uses is not on the no go list, then if pre-1898, it should be an antique revolver.
Someone with FRT access could check the classification.
the actual wording of the law is non magazine rifles. That raises the interesting question of whether a revolving cylinder is a magazine when found in a centerfire rifle.
cheers mooncoon
This is a very simple question to answer.
A revolver cylinder is made up of multiple firing chambers or breech's and in no way can be thought of as a magazine as used in common usage or as defined by Parliament.
A magazine on the other hand is a container that holds the cartridges. A magazine is only a storage vessel that transfers it's cartridges to a breech or chamber.
This is the definition of a cartridge magazine according to the Parliament of Canada -
"cartridge magazine'' means a device or container from which ammunition may be fed into the firing chamber of a firearm.
http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?DocId=2328365&File=145&Language=e&Mode=1
Also if a revolver cylinder was a magazine under law then what would be the Canadian firearm law ruling regarding more than 5 cartridge cylinders? some cylinders go has high as 15 cartridges.
