The thought was that there weren't that many folks that would fall into this catagory, the repro guns are expensive and the originals hard to come by.
That one statement right there creates a big problem for me.
Sounds like the state is wanting to give an advantage to the people with money. Be it the money to buy a replica or the money to collect an original. Either way the average hunter that buys a $300 in line can not come close to afford a Sharps, new or original.
IMHO the people involved with drafting this asanine rule had their heads crammed up their butts right up to their shoulders.
Hopefully Mississippi with rethink this rule and do away with it all together. Honestly you may as well just have one long hunting season with no regard to the killing tool one chooses.