Blackpowder purchase question

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I don't know what a 4473 is, but you can purchase black powder rifles and pistols through the mail, heck, you can even buy a twelve-pound howitzer through the post. You can't buy bulk powder or anything that shoots a metal cartridge that way, so no Henry rifles.

Check out Dixie Gun Works.

And stay away from the new line of replica Baker rifles: they're good looking smoothbores :mad:.
 
what about a T/C encore 209 x 50?
Single Shot Performance & Versatility Have Never Been So Good!
An exposed hammer with a patented automatic hammer block makes the Encore® 209x50 Magnum one of the most "user
friendly" muzzleloaders you can buy. Like all hammer guns, it comes up and gets ready for action fast.
The Encore® 209x50 Magnum, with a 26" barrel of 4140 rifle grade steel is designed to handle Magnum charges of up to 150
grains of black powder or Pyrodex® equivalent (or 3 Pyrodex® Pellets). Using T/C's Mag ExpressTM Sabots and a 240 grain
XTPTM bullet with 3 Pyrodex® Pellets, it produces a muzzle velocity of 2203 ft/second, and is lethal out to 200 yards!
The Encore® 209x50 Magnum features a stainless steel universal breech plug which is easy to remove. This universal breech
plug allows for quick reliable ignition with both loose powder or Pyrodex® Pellets. It's special shoulder sealing design prevents
fouling from making its way into the threads, and because there is no striker, all fouling is contained in the barrel.
Cleaning the Encore® 209x50 is easy. You merely remove the barrel, remove the universal breech plug and clean from either the
muzzle or the breech end.
The Encore® 209x50 Magnum features an interchangeable barrel. The barrel can be removed in seconds, and there is an array
of centerfire barrels available for almost any application, from 22-250 Rem for varmints, up to 300 Win Mag. for larger game.
There's also a 20 Gauge barrel available with a vent rib for grouse, pheasant or woodcock.
Click to expand...

http://www.tcarms.com/mlrifles/enc209x50/index.html
 
Only if the blackpowder arm uses a cartridge that contains some form of priming mixture. A muzzleloader, if it uses a paper cartrige, and an external cap for ignition isn't considered a firearm by FEDERAL regs. State and local laws often define a firearm as any device that uses compressed or expanding gass to launch a projectile. Black powder revolvers, which use percussion caps for ignition are not considered a firearm, and can legally be sold via mail. A conversion kit, which converts a .36 cal muzzle loading Colt to a .38 special is considered a part, and not a firearm, and can also be ordered via mail or sans 4473. Technicly, you can buy a muzzleloader in .36cal BP and convert it to .38Special and not run afoul of any FEDERAL regs.(State and localare a differnent story. You cannot however buy one that has already been converted without a 4473, since it now uses a primed cartridge. In case you're wondering, the conversions aren't really a kitchen table type of conversion where you just drop in a few parts. It takes some major fitting and reworking, or in other words, it's a job best left to a very good smith to do.
 
i asked at a gunshop today about the T/C encore blackpowder pistol. They said because the T/C readily accepts the centerfire barrel system, buying the T/C Blackpowder pistol or rifle requires filling out a 4473

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dZ
 
i gather however, that the T/C blackpowder pistol would be exempt from Marylands cartridge fingerprint ID requirement
 
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