Code, Section 921(a)(16) defines antique firearms as all guns made prior to 1899. IMA considers all of our antique guns as non-firing, inoperable and/or inert. USPS Priority Mail international will not accept these. NOTE: International orders of antique firearms MUST be shipped using UPS WW Services (courier). While not 'original', it certainly looks the part at a fraction of the price of the real thing. Just a bit of dirt and light oxidation in areas. The bore is quite nice, with crisp lands and grooves and a mostly bright finish. The lock functions correctly, holding at half cock, and firing at full. Original Kentucky Rifles were expensive, hard to find, and not something someone wanted to use, which made these perfect for the budding gun collector. These were quite tell made, simply and robustly constructed. 45cal, these were the answers to frontier dreams. Anyone who read lots of gun catalogs in the 1960s-1970s should recognize this.
