IMA considers all antique guns offered on our website as non-firing, inoperable and/or inert. This law exempts antique firearms from any form of gun control or special engineering. Code, Section 921(a)(16) defines antique firearms as all guns manufactured prior to 1899. Every musket, rifle, display machine gun, machine gun parts set or gun sold by IMA, Inc is engineered to be inoperable according to guidelines provided by the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATF). Everything for sale on is completely legal to own, trade, transport and sell within the United States of America. Legal Notice - International Military Antiques, Inc observes all Federal, State and local laws. Pre-1899 Manufacture, no licenses required, allowed to ship to almost any deliverable address across the globe. By purchasing an antique gun from IMA you thereby release IMA, its employees and corporate officers from any and all liability associated with use of our Antique guns. Any attempt at restoring an antique gun to be operational is strongly discouraged and is done so at the risk of the customer. They are sold as collector’s items or as wall hangers. These antique guns are not sold in live condition. Therefore, all of IMA's Antique guns may be shipped to all US States and most nations around the world. All rifles and muskets sold by IMA that were manufactured prior to 1899 are considered Antiques by the US BATF (United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms).
1873 springfield carbine license#
No FFL, C&R or any license is required to posses, transport, sell or trade Antique guns. This law exempts antique firearms from any form of gun control or special engineering because they are not legally considered firearms.
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Code, Section 921(a)(16) defines antique firearms as all guns made prior to 1899. IMA considers all of our antique guns as non-firing, inoperable and/or inert.
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1873 springfield carbine serial number#
The serial number indicates that it was built at Springfield in 1887, while the stock was produced shortly before that. Serial # 347025 with a legible SWP 1886 cartouche, overall very good metal finish with all proofs still present. Offered in very good/excellent condition is this trapdoor rifle in 45-70 government caliber. This is a real peach and well worth placing in any U.S. The Trapdoor Springfield Rifle was the weapon used, in its carbine form, by the troopers of the 7th Cavalry that met their fate at the Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876.
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The rifle is in very nice condition with great amounts of the original finish remaining and looks as if it has come right out of very long term storage. The wood stock bears a military inspector's cartouche dated 1886. This is a wonderful example of the classic Springfield trapdoor rifle, it's breach block is marked: