Legal bullets
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cjwils
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Can you legally make and sell round lead fishing sinkers? I think so. For a round hunk of metal, I don't see a legal difference between sinkers and musket balls. But laws can be goofy. Maybe I am wrong.
Jenrick
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Texas? Unless there's some Federal regulation I am not aware of, you are perfectly fine producing and selling round lead balls in Texas. I can tell you for a fact that no where in the penal code is anything like that mentioned.
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TheVision
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I know that the OP is in Texas, but perhaps this is not a good test. The sale and use of lead fishing tackle is illegal in several states (such as New York, New Hampshire and Maine) due to migratory bird concerns.
edwardware
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Well, since Texas hasn't succeeded yet, I would expect you'd need an FFL 6 to manufacture components.
Unless I've missed an exception for components for non-fixed ammunition. . .
Unless I've missed an exception for components for non-fixed ammunition. . .
dogtown tom
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Texas has succeeded for years, but hasn't seceded in a long while.
No FFL is required to manufacture components.
An 07 or 06FFL is only required when you manufacture ammunition for sale.
Hunter86004
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Looks like the law is pretty clear.
(a) No person shall engage in the business of … manufacturing ammunition, until he has filed an application with and received a license to do so from the Attorney General. The application shall be in such form and contain only that information necessary to determine eligibility for licensing as the Attorney General shall by regulation prescribe and shall include a photograph and fingerprints of the applicant. Each applicant shall pay a fee for obtaining such a license, a separate fee being required for each place in which the applicant is to do business, as follows.
(1) If the applicant is a manufacturer—
(C) of ammunition for firearms, other than ammunition for destructive devices or armor piercing ammunition, a fee of $10 per year.
18 U.S.C. § 921 provides us the definition of ‘ammunition’.
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(A) The term “ammunition” means ammunition or cartridge cases, primers, bullets, or propellent powder designed for use in ANY FIREARM. (emphasis added)
(a) No person shall engage in the business of … manufacturing ammunition, until he has filed an application with and received a license to do so from the Attorney General. The application shall be in such form and contain only that information necessary to determine eligibility for licensing as the Attorney General shall by regulation prescribe and shall include a photograph and fingerprints of the applicant. Each applicant shall pay a fee for obtaining such a license, a separate fee being required for each place in which the applicant is to do business, as follows.
(1) If the applicant is a manufacturer—
(C) of ammunition for firearms, other than ammunition for destructive devices or armor piercing ammunition, a fee of $10 per year.
18 U.S.C. § 921 provides us the definition of ‘ammunition’.
(17)
(A) The term “ammunition” means ammunition or cartridge cases, primers, bullets, or propellent powder designed for use in ANY FIREARM. (emphasis added)
illinoisburt
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You can make all the bullets you wish for personal, non-commercial use. Casting is certainly a popular and common enough hobby.
Once selling gets involved, things change. It is a regulated business and requires a license.
As for the question of "Is it legal?", of course it is with proper licensing.
From ATF website https://www.atf.gov/rules-and-regulations :
Manufacturer of ammunition -- a person who devotes time, attention, and labor to
manufacturing ammunition as a regular course of trade or business with the principal objective of livelihood and profit through the sale or distribution of the ammunition manufactured (18 U.S.C. § 921(a)(21)(B))
Once selling gets involved, things change. It is a regulated business and requires a license.
As for the question of "Is it legal?", of course it is with proper licensing.
From ATF website https://www.atf.gov/rules-and-regulations :
Manufacturer of ammunition -- a person who devotes time, attention, and labor to
manufacturing ammunition as a regular course of trade or business with the principal objective of livelihood and profit through the sale or distribution of the ammunition manufactured (18 U.S.C. § 921(a)(21)(B))
rbernie
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I thought that black powder weapons were not considered firearms by Federal law?
Hunter86004
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Good catch!
18 U.S. Code § 921 - Definitions
(a) As used in this chapter—
(3)
The term “firearm” means (A) any weapon (including a starter gun) which will or is designed to or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive; (B) the frame or receiver of any such weapon; (C) any firearm muffler or firearm silencer; or (D) any destructive device. Such term does not include an antique firearm.
"Antique Firearm” means—
(A)
any firearm (including any firearm with a matchlock, flintlock, percussion cap, or similar type of ignition system) manufactured in or before 1898; or
firearm described in subparagraph (A) if such replica—
(i)
is not designed or redesigned for using rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed ammunition, or
(ii)
uses rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed ammunition which is no longer manufactured in the United States and which is not readily available in the ordinary channels of commercial trade; or
18 U.S. Code § 921 - Definitions
(a) As used in this chapter—
(3)
The term “firearm” means (A) any weapon (including a starter gun) which will or is designed to or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive; (B) the frame or receiver of any such weapon; (C) any firearm muffler or firearm silencer; or (D) any destructive device. Such term does not include an antique firearm.
"Antique Firearm” means—
(A)
any firearm (including any firearm with a matchlock, flintlock, percussion cap, or similar type of ignition system) manufactured in or before 1898; or
firearm described in subparagraph (A) if such replica—
(i)
is not designed or redesigned for using rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed ammunition, or
(ii)
uses rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed ammunition which is no longer manufactured in the United States and which is not readily available in the ordinary channels of commercial trade; or
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