dcmdon
NES Member
Hi all.
So I was commenting on another thread re storage, so I re read the law. I noticed that 131L has this carve out:
(f) This section shall not apply to the storage or keeping of any firearm, rifle or shotgun with matchlock, flintlock, percussion cap or similar type of ignition system manufactured in or prior to the year 1899, or to any replica of any such firearm, rifle or shotgun if such replica is not designed or redesigned for using rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed ammunition.
So the question is, based on that language, would the Mosin Nagant rifle be exempt from safe storage laws, even if it was made post 1899 because it was designed and manufactured first, before 1899. In other words, that WWII era Mosin is a replica of the 91/30 model, which pre-dates 1899.
I ask because when in CT, I would occasionally leave a Mosin out with the bolt and magazine removed. Those items were put in my safe. The gun was useless if stolen, and it was safe for children etc.
I know that MA case law has determined that removing a bolt is not enough to render a firearm incapable of firing a shot.
The practical application of this question would be to store (hide) some of my Mosin's outside my safe. It seems that per the law, they could be stored this way intact, complete with bolt and magazine. But because I look at everything primarily from an ethical perspective, I would still remove the magazine and bolt.
Thoughts?
Don
p.s. a half dozen Mosin's takes up a lot of room in the safe.
So I was commenting on another thread re storage, so I re read the law. I noticed that 131L has this carve out:
(f) This section shall not apply to the storage or keeping of any firearm, rifle or shotgun with matchlock, flintlock, percussion cap or similar type of ignition system manufactured in or prior to the year 1899, or to any replica of any such firearm, rifle or shotgun if such replica is not designed or redesigned for using rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed ammunition.
So the question is, based on that language, would the Mosin Nagant rifle be exempt from safe storage laws, even if it was made post 1899 because it was designed and manufactured first, before 1899. In other words, that WWII era Mosin is a replica of the 91/30 model, which pre-dates 1899.
I ask because when in CT, I would occasionally leave a Mosin out with the bolt and magazine removed. Those items were put in my safe. The gun was useless if stolen, and it was safe for children etc.
I know that MA case law has determined that removing a bolt is not enough to render a firearm incapable of firing a shot.
The practical application of this question would be to store (hide) some of my Mosin's outside my safe. It seems that per the law, they could be stored this way intact, complete with bolt and magazine. But because I look at everything primarily from an ethical perspective, I would still remove the magazine and bolt.
Thoughts?
Don
p.s. a half dozen Mosin's takes up a lot of room in the safe.