bonza
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Just tossing this out there for comment. I collect & shoot, almost exclusively, antique & vintage firearms. Most firearms made pre-1899 are considered a non-gun under federal law so there are no problems buying & shipping those, & my C&R FFL covers all the post-1899 guns I'm interested in. I recently bought a couple of WWI-era handguns on my C&R, both made between 1914 & 1916, & it dawned on me that they are close to a hundred years old now, & was wondering if the BATF will eventually revise the date (eg. 1909) that determines antique status? Incidentally, anyone know when the 1899 date was established as the antique cut-off, & why?