Abulg1972
Ultimate Member
Well, the concern I raised a few months ago just came to pass. Specifically, the auction house in Maine, which I must say has been as professional as can be since day 1 of my interaction with them, just refused to ship the 12-round magazine with my Swiss Model 1889. Thankfully, they were more than happy to ship it to an out of state address. I anticipated this and spent a good amount of time last week going through MD law to try to find why a 12-rd mag for an antique is not covered by the high cap mag prohibition, and it isn't there. It is illegal to ship or receive a "magazine" capable of holding more than 10 rounds of ammo for a "firearm". The defined term "firearm" found in the introductory article of MD law is broad and does NOT exclude an "antique firearm". There are certain sections of MD law that say that "for purposes of THIS section, the term firearm does not include an antique firearm" but those are not sections of general application. Like I said, I spent a few hours trying to find the hole, and I concluded that it doesn't exist - I do believe that "high cap" mags for any gun are illegal to receive.
It's nice to know that I can't be held criminally responsible for leaving my antique Argentine Mauser Model 1891 full of ammo and accessible to my son (because that law says that firearm doesn't include an antique), but I can't import a 12 round magazine for ammo that no one makes anymore.
It's nice to know that I can't be held criminally responsible for leaving my antique Argentine Mauser Model 1891 full of ammo and accessible to my son (because that law says that firearm doesn't include an antique), but I can't import a 12 round magazine for ammo that no one makes anymore.
