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Tenderfoot with a new 1851 Navy replica. QUESTIONS!
Happy owner of an EIG replica 1851 Navy revolver that I'd like to wear at various events around the country. I'm Googled out trying to find a source for answers:
I'm in the state of Georgia, as that might matter, but plan on flying with it to events around the States.
What next?
Legal questions: I've heard that black powder guns don't require registration, but SURELY there must be some government hoops to jump through to keep me safe. Suggestions?
Traveling with one: Airports. Good sense says it should be in my checked luggage. Any other things I need to know to keep from having it confiscated, stolen or other problems?
Care: I don't even know if I'll ever shoot this thing. Getting clumsier every day, to I probably won't. Any basic care to keep this gun nice? I've never owned one, except a small 22 that I've never even fired. (Inherited it.)
Feel free to recommend any web sites or other information. I'd appreciate it. Cross posting here would seem inconsiderate, so I hope this is the right forum to enter with this.
Mike Goettee (I'm not a REAL cowboy. I'm a SEARS cowboy!)
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Permalink Reply by C. F. 'Charley' Eckhardt on -
Keep it oiled. 3-in-1 oil is fine. Wipe it down before you put it in a holster & go out with it, but oil it afterward. If you shoot blanks in it use at most 15 gr of .FFFg & a toilet-paper wad. Afterwards disassemble the pistol, wash everything in hot soapy water--real soap, not detergent, use Ivory bar soap shredded into a blender w/hot water--dry it off, & oil it thoroughly. Before you use it again run a dry patch into the chambers. Otherwise the oil will kill the powder. If you never plan to shoot it but just to use it as a display piece, have the barrel & cylinder plugged. A plugged barrel & cylinder renders it incapable of being loaded & fired.
As for putting it in your checked luggage, simply padlock the luggage. That will keep it from being stolen. It'll certainly be detected by X-ray, so be prepared to answer questions about it. It's a replica of a 19th century percussion revolver & you have no ammo for it. If it's plugged it's a non-firearm.
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Permalink Reply by Michael Goettee on -
Thanks for that. Printing it out to put with my gun. Hadn't planned on firing, but then a few months ago, I hadn't even planned on owning one.
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