Magnum Wheel Man
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maybe this has been covered before here ( I don't normally venture into this door of the forum )...
I'm starting to get old, & a couple years ago, got a permit to carry for MN... that's all good & fine...
... a couple years ago, I started collecting early black powder cartridge revolvers, specifically CCW type pocket guns... most of these range from antique spur triggers to S&W "lemon squeezers" that were made from the middle / late 1800's well into the early 1900's... I've become so enamored with a pair of antique spur trigger snubbies, one in 32 S&W, & one in 38 S&W, that I've begun to carry these, since I live a pretty low risk lifestyle... ( I've made modern conceiled carry holsters for each one ) ( I know the "don't reload your CCW ammo" mantra, but these are technically antiques ) I have tested & now load a medium charge with light weight, for bore, cast bullets, & am getting both diecent velocities, & acceptable accuracy... neither are super powerhouse loads, but still fall within some of the smaller modern mouse gun loads as far power
the other day I ran across a blurb of info on the internet, that I think was based towards cap & ball revolvers, in such, that one did not need a carry permit in the state of MN, for cap & ball revolvers ( because the state uses the federal definitions of what defines a gun )... well iregardless, I have no ambition to carry a cap & ball revolver, but that got me thinking, that the 2 snubbies I dearly love to carry, are not considered guns by the feds, they are antiques... so in theory, I could carry these without a permit ???... Um... but I already have a permit... but following further down that slippery slope... then that should mean, that I could carry these "antiques" into areas that are typically no gun areas ???
I guess I can see a big trial, & lots of legal fees... if I got caught, or pushed it, & of course any place where there is a metal detector could create issues, but being as the antique is conceiled, I guess I don't normally see a problem...
BTW... I'm friends with several local LEO's, & none of them were aware of any exception for cap & ball revolers, let alone antique cartridge revolvers...
just curious as to everyones thoughts on the subject...
I'm starting to get old, & a couple years ago, got a permit to carry for MN... that's all good & fine...
... a couple years ago, I started collecting early black powder cartridge revolvers, specifically CCW type pocket guns... most of these range from antique spur triggers to S&W "lemon squeezers" that were made from the middle / late 1800's well into the early 1900's... I've become so enamored with a pair of antique spur trigger snubbies, one in 32 S&W, & one in 38 S&W, that I've begun to carry these, since I live a pretty low risk lifestyle... ( I've made modern conceiled carry holsters for each one ) ( I know the "don't reload your CCW ammo" mantra, but these are technically antiques ) I have tested & now load a medium charge with light weight, for bore, cast bullets, & am getting both diecent velocities, & acceptable accuracy... neither are super powerhouse loads, but still fall within some of the smaller modern mouse gun loads as far power
the other day I ran across a blurb of info on the internet, that I think was based towards cap & ball revolvers, in such, that one did not need a carry permit in the state of MN, for cap & ball revolvers ( because the state uses the federal definitions of what defines a gun )... well iregardless, I have no ambition to carry a cap & ball revolver, but that got me thinking, that the 2 snubbies I dearly love to carry, are not considered guns by the feds, they are antiques... so in theory, I could carry these without a permit ???... Um... but I already have a permit... but following further down that slippery slope... then that should mean, that I could carry these "antiques" into areas that are typically no gun areas ???
I guess I can see a big trial, & lots of legal fees... if I got caught, or pushed it, & of course any place where there is a metal detector could create issues, but being as the antique is conceiled, I guess I don't normally see a problem...
BTW... I'm friends with several local LEO's, & none of them were aware of any exception for cap & ball revolers, let alone antique cartridge revolvers...
just curious as to everyones thoughts on the subject...
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