I went through this dance in Virginia four or five years ago. It turned out the woman who was my housemate had been convicted in a Federal Court of Conspiracy to Distribute a 15 years ago while she was married to someone who sold illegal steroids via US mail. She brought packages to the Post...
I should add, based on my chronograph tests with 1949 manufactured Kynoch commercial cordite rifle loads for the 577-450, the muzzle velocity of the 480 grain bullet from the rifle is about 1440 fps, while from the carbine the same ammunition generates 1250 fps average, but with much unburnt...
I have several Martini Henry guns, both rifle and carbine variants. I use the carbine version for hunting and have taken a nice buck with it.
I am of the suspicion your broken firing pin was already broken when you purchased the gun. I have fired many shots through my own MH guns and never...
Absolutely. Otherwise the transaction would be illegal and one of them (with only 1 lawful exception category) would thereafter be someone 'prohibited from ownership' as I wrote.
Abulg1972 - Your definition of modern may be different than mine. LoL. It was quite legal in the 1970s as the handgun registration process then only applied to firearms purchased from a dealer. You as the owner of a used pistol had the option of registering your new but used acquisition...
I certainly miss the 'evil' old days when good folks could simply trade possessions like cars, guns and boats without much red tape. I have a T/C pistol with 2 barrels I lawfully obtained as payment once for rebuilding someone's car engine after their block cracked. There is a Baltimore cop...
Hi. I used to live in MD back in the 70s and early 80s. Everything was simple then. Registration was a new gun thing and no one cared much about old pistols trading hands back then. I moved away to VA so much of what has happened to 2A issues in MD is brand new to me. So a friend has a...