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Originally posted by rob love
d. Black Powder Rifles and Shotguns
1. The barrel must be blocked immediately forward of the flash hole using a blind pin in the manner described in paragraph 1.c.l.
2. The flash hole must be welded closed. In the case of percussion guns, the nipple may be welded closed and then welded to the barrel to prevent replacement.
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Amazing Canadian regs are even stricter than UK. Here there is a date cut off so that older weapons are 'legal' allowing black powder flintlock and percussion firearms to be treated as antiques and not deactivated. In very simple terms if you can put a cartridge in it it needs to be licensed or deactivated, if you have to ram the loose powder and ball in and add a seperate percussion cap or priming then its probably ok (which is slightly illogical as a cap and ball revolver can still be a pretty lethal weapon). Still no one's held up a bank witha horse pistol recently. Doubtless the powers that be will soon take action in case highway men become active on Hampstead Heath again.