That’s a good idea. I’ll hunt around locally as well for a case. There’s a yard sale coming up and I visit estate sales regularly.
I don’t recall anyone saying that, although I did say the following:
Which should not be taken in any way to mean they aren’t dangerous, and aren’t regulated at all. I agree with your point that a black powder (cap and ball or otherwise) are a fully lethal and dangerous weapon and should be treated as such at all times.
As mentioned above, there are very few restrictions in acquiring one. Ownership is a separate issue, and especially use.
The Outlaw Josey Wales shows him with cap & ball.
I am pretty sure this falls under the ATF “Curio and relic” rules.
It also shows how you could speed-load a Colt 1858 cap and ball revolver: Remove the spent cylinder and swap in another pre-loaded cylinder.
Tuco, the scene where he’s at the gun shop in The good, the bad, and the ugly is checking out different cap and ball pistols and mixing and matching parts. He also demands a box of metallic cartridges, which of course won’t fit. I would say it’s a fairly common error in movies, they don’t usually worry themselves too much about authenticity or accuracy or period correctness.
You don’t have to follow any additional rules, it just allows you to sell to an additional type of person, FFL03 holders, by receiving a copy of their license without going through 4473 process. You aren’t obligated to sell in a particular way, you can insist on going through a third party FFL if you really want to.
Yeah, that was cool. But he also carries several revolvers.
Yeah, if you have a C&R licence, which is much easier to get that an FFL, you can get you collection by mail order.
Mind you it covers older, collectible guns only.