Just for the record, I searched entire forum and could not find any threads on this at all.
A friend of mine in Mass, wants to cast (as in melt some brass and pour) a signal cannon, those are usually pretty small, but functional cannons that can range in size. Most often they are not used to shoot any projectiles and powder charge is fairly small. I got a bunch of questions related to that:
1. Is it legal to make one, as the act of fabrication itself?
2. Is it legal to posses one, as in having it in your home office? There is not way to lock it somehow to prevent firing and it's a technically a muzzle-loader.
3. Discharging one. I'm not talking about a public park, but say in my backyard or off a boat. My guess is probably no.
4. Is there some sort of process to register primitive firearms? Is there a requirement to stamp a serial number on it?
5. Selling/transferring it. Would the owner need to fill in a form, similar to other firearms?
6. Caliber. Some of the small ones could weigh a couple of pounds, but it's not too outrageous to make one that's a couple of hundred pounds. I guess by that time it's no longer a "signal" cannon. My question is: where is the line when it stops being a primitive firearm and becomes a WMD?
any links specific to Mass laws would be appreciated.
A friend of mine in Mass, wants to cast (as in melt some brass and pour) a signal cannon, those are usually pretty small, but functional cannons that can range in size. Most often they are not used to shoot any projectiles and powder charge is fairly small. I got a bunch of questions related to that:
1. Is it legal to make one, as the act of fabrication itself?
2. Is it legal to posses one, as in having it in your home office? There is not way to lock it somehow to prevent firing and it's a technically a muzzle-loader.
3. Discharging one. I'm not talking about a public park, but say in my backyard or off a boat. My guess is probably no.
4. Is there some sort of process to register primitive firearms? Is there a requirement to stamp a serial number on it?
5. Selling/transferring it. Would the owner need to fill in a form, similar to other firearms?
6. Caliber. Some of the small ones could weigh a couple of pounds, but it's not too outrageous to make one that's a couple of hundred pounds. I guess by that time it's no longer a "signal" cannon. My question is: where is the line when it stops being a primitive firearm and becomes a WMD?
any links specific to Mass laws would be appreciated.