ModernPrimitive

A guy who works at a lumber supplier I purchase from, after several years of casual conversations, asked me if I was a felon.

Say what?!

He said he figured since I only mention shooting muzzleloaders that maybe I was prohibited from owning "big guns"...

I told him I've been thinking lately about getting a cannon.

8mm/06

I generally dislike nosy questions, from anybody, period.

I would have been tempted to answer with something like ... "Well, that depends on your definition of 'felon', ... Why do you ask...?"

Semisane

Appropriate Answer: Yeah, a few years back I shot a guy who asked me a question I thought was inapprppriate and personal.

ModernPrimitive

Actually, I was most insulted that by inference MLs are little guns.

Maybe my use of cherry logs as targets hurt his feelings.

rjhans53

Felons cant shoot muzzleloaders either

nchawkeye

.54 a small gun???

Just tell him some of us are good enough that a muzzleloader is all we need.....

txhunter58

Tell him, "No, if that were true, I would only be shooting a bow and arrow"

Blackpowdersmoke

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

That's great one Semi. Can you the imagine the look on some A-wipes face if you said that? Priceless!!

BPS

pooldoc

FYI: Most muzzleloaders on the market today are not classified as "Firearms" under the Federal Firearms law, no background checks are required and purchasers do not have to sign Federal Form 4473. Guns with interchangeable barrels that can use centerfire and rimfire metallic cartridges and muzzleloader barrels; like Knights KP-1, the Tompson Contender and others are considered firearms and Form 4473's and a background check are required to purchase. I believe the same is true of some of the custom muzzleloaders being built today using conventional rifle actions(Remington 700, Ruger Num 1 etc) and smokeless powder. If I'm not mistaken, the first version of Savage's 110 ML had to be altered to avoid that problem. The exempt version is known as the 10ML II. Some state laws may prevent felons from hunting with certain weapons.