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It would be a loss to outlaw reenacting or black powder to those who love history and severely limit a chance to show an important part of American history.
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I don't reenact, but in terms of regulation of weapons and gunpowder, what's the deal with the National Battlefields, and the Park Service? What kind of regs are there?
it would make a flintlock rifle and pistol a piece of history junk, as far as a shooter goes. Only blackpowder goes in the pan. Still a lot more flintlock hunters than re-enactors who use flintlock rifles.
John Burns at Gettysburg, reportedly used a flintlock rifle.
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