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  1. I've been reading this now for a week, as someone who lives in both PA and NJ, I don't think those who have only lived in NJ realize how easy it is to buy a long gun in other states. Its no different than buying a fishing rod in most cases. I hit every yardsale, fleamarket, and auction I can every week, I don't think there's ever been a week where I didn't buy at least one rifle or shotgun cheap and the same goes for fishing rods and reels. I caught hell this weekend because I overstuffed the car so bad the hitch was dragging the ground in both rifles and reels, and ammo and I didn't even manage to spend a $100. I'd say I've got just as many guns as the next guy, but I've never really counted. All I know is that my garage and attic are about stuffed at my PA house. I'm selling my jersey house because the taxes on a 1/4 acre lot with a 70 year old two bedroom house have passed the $6k point this year. Being on a fixed income, I have no choice. I'll be lucky to get $70k for the place from what I'm told but they assessed it at $140. I've got 4 acres in PA, and my taxes are under $500. I can't imagine being forced to live in NJ. As it is, I can't stand being there more than a few days a year anymore. There's just too many things you can't do or can't buy and you pay top dollar not to. I can't imagine how so many people manage to stay residents of that state? Who in their right mind voted for those laws or the idiots who passed them? I'm not sure how others store their long guns but I'm always looking for ideas. Guns safes are a waste of space, and I'd need 50 of them or more. Right now my guns are everywhere in the house, leaning 6ft deep in corners, against the back of the couch, in plastic trash cans, in cardboard barrels in the garage, and piled in wood boxes in the attic and rafters. My fishing rods are in homemade wood rod racks just like you see them in the store. I keep about 40 or so with reels on them that I use, then the rest are just rods with the reels stored in Rubbermaid tubs under the benches, in the attic, etc. I bought a box of about 100 reels for $20 at a yardsale last week, about half of them were nice, the rest are so-so at best, but they were cheap. My garage looks like a forest of rods with guns in barrels in between. I've been here for 50 years, so its taken a while but I don't think I ever want to really take a count of what I've got. Most of my buddies are the same way, only a few add bows and crossbows to their lists as well. A few also are into old model trains too. My brother collects speakers, he's got three houses full of vintage speakers. My uncle collected chainsaws and cash registers here, when he passed it took me a year just to move them all to my place here. We counted 1230 old chainsaws and 400 brass cash registers. One by one they're getting sold online and at various auctions, but right now they're taking up space where I could be putting more guns and fishing rods. I think some people who don't understand how somethings can be had cheap at auctions and estate sales just can't grasp how a collection can easily reach massive proportions in short time. I rarely spend any serious amount of money, rarely do I break the $20 mark, but I always find something to make it worth my while to be at any given sale or auction. When it comes to my guns or fishing tackle, I never sell, once its mine, its going to be mine forever. So the number in my collection will continue to increase till I'm gone. All the anti-gun hype lately has only added to my collection, it seems that lately I've been finding more and more old family heirloom type guns for sale cheap all around here.
  2. Two of the guns from my uncles collection were 70's era Ruger 10/22 semi autos. However they were built on M1 carbine 'Tribute' stocks, making them look just like an M1 carbine. These were not importable into NJ. The receiving dealer would not accept them even though they were stock Ruger 10/22 rifles with 10 round clips. The fact that they 'looked' the part made them illegal. The dealer even called and checked and was told that any gun 'Significantly similar' in function or appearance falls under the ban. I still have both at my PA address, and I suppose if I find different stocks for them they'll be fine in NJ, but for now its not happening. I like these two guns, and really like the carbine style, I'm wondering now if these are banned because they are shorter versions as well as being in an M1 Carbine style stock? Ruger made and still makes a carbine version of the 10/22. I don't see how the look of the wood stock can ban a gun??? It doesn't make it any different a gun then if it had a fiberglass stock. I like the way the M1 style stock covers the top of the barrel. I've got big hands and it makes for a good grip.
  3. I've been dealing with two recent deaths in my family, my father and an uncle. My father was a NJ resident his whole life, (I was born in NJ but have lived in PA and NJ on and off for the last 20 years). My uncle was a PA resident all of his life but hunted in NJ and kept a few guns at my father's house. My father had a 12ga side by side shotgun, an Enfield 303 rifle, and a .22 LR rifle. My uncle owned many guns, both here in PA and a few in NJ. Most that were in PA cannot be taken to NJ. He had a 12ga pump single barrel shotgun, a .410 single shot shotgun, a 20ga side by side barrel shotgun, an M1 Garand, a Henry .45 rifle, and a pump action .22 which he kept in NJ at my dad's house. I am the sole heir to my dad's house and my uncle gave me his guns before he passed away, (there's no other relatives either way but he told me 5 or more years ago as he got too old to hunt that the guns were mine. PA doesn't register long arms, and doesn't require any paperwork to transfer one that I've ever seen. I have never had an FID card in NJ. I've also got several of my own guns here in PA, most of which were bought at local flea markets and estate sales. (I've never so much as been asked for my name let alone any formal ID or driver's license, let alone any sort of Firearm ID card. These will also be coming with me. I have no handguns. If I need to pay a dealer to ship them, I'll likely just give them to a buddy here. The cost of shipping them through a dealer would far exceed what I paid for any of them here. Do I have to get an FID card? I don't intend to purchase any new guns and likely won't ever need to buy ammo if I can bring what I have from PA with me when I move. I had to sell off most of the guns my uncle kept in PA, but most of the ammo remains. He had several M1 Carbine's there, a few full automatics, and several AK variants that I was told cannot come to NJ. Those were all sold. Now what I do have is roughly 50,000 rounds of .30 Carbine ammo in PA. and nothing to fire it in. Is there a NJ legal gun that uses it? Can I legally bring the ammo to NJ? (As a note, most of the guns my uncle left me in PA were sold to a used gun collector in PA, the requirement that I needed to use an FFL in PA to transfer the guns to NJ was more trouble and costly than it was worth. Many were broken down in parts and sold online as well. The logistics of storing so many guns here was also going to be a big issue. I also had problems finding an FFL in PA who wanted to get involved, and the few that did wanted anywhere from $50 to $100 per gun to make the transfer. I only inquired about shotguns, so there was no NJ legal issues at hand, they just didn't care to deal with it and weren't familiar with doing such a transfer.) I will be moving full time to NJ in June, the house I am moving to belonged to my father and his and my uncle's guns are there. Since I am not purchasing any guns, do I still need an FID card to posses those guns? I called the local PD in the town where my dad's house is and was told that I need to apply for an FID card and purchasers permit for each gun, and I needed to be fingerprinted. I am not purchasing any guns, both persons in question are dead, the guns are mine by default, as is the house, the cars, and everything else they owned. Many of the guns were handed down through generations the same way. I'm a bit unclear on what the FID card is since we didn't have any such thing in PA or any other state I've lived in. I'm certain that neither my dad or uncle had one either, they both hunted family land or farms or shot at a gun club. I'm not even sure if they ever needed a card but most if not all the guns in question are older than 1970 and were either inherited by them or bought new over 40 years ago. I do know that my uncle bought most of his ammo in PA, he had a buddy years ago who got him deals on ammo somewhere and he did his own reloading. (I also have all his reloading equipment and supplies that covers just about every size shot shell and rifle round known, plus loads of supplies as well). Now, I will likely continue to hunt in PA, not so much in NJ, what are the laws about carrying a shotgun from NJ to PA for hunting? Also, Do I need an FID card to receive a gun as a gift or from a friend who wishes me to have a particular gun? (A family friend in NJ was going to give his antique 30/30 Winchester to my dad, but dad is gone and he told me he'd like me to have it. Its probably just a wall hanger in the condition its in but do I need anything to accept it in NJ?
  4. I took a trunk full of the black powder rifles marked "Replica" today to a local gun shop who's tag I found on one of the rifles. Out of 28 cap and ball rifles, all marked 'Replica' above their serial numbers, three were not able to fire a round. One of those three was simply disabled by pinning the ramrod in place, another had a non drilled cap holder, and the third had a barrel that was not drilled through to the cap so the charge couldn't be ignited by the cap. All the rest were completely functional. I was told that they are marked replica to distinguish them from a more valuable original cap and ball rifle from that period. Since they carry the same markings as the original, without the "Replica" stamping, they would be identical. The rifle made in Japan apparently is pretty desirable but not very valuable. Its by far the most detailed with the best fit and finish but it looks too good to be a good copy. They all have hex shaped barrels with round rifled bores. Out of the black powder handguns, all but one is in firing condition, with the one needing some work to fix barrel alignment. Its likely just well worn or worn out. It figures that the guns that mean the least to me turn out to be in the best shape. The later rifles and handguns are all in rough shape, either due to rust, wear or missing parts. A few appear to have been disabled intentionally. One Winchester 30/30 has the name of some High School branded into the stock, its barrel is plugged preventing it from taking a loaded round. Otherwise its a complete gun. One .22 Remington has the barrel cut off, and they brazed the sights back on the end. Most everything has had parts replaced, work done to it, or modifications made. Nearly every shotgun has a replacement barrel, some are OEM branded, others are not. Some appear to be a mix of years, such as a 1985 magnum barrel on a 1971 2-3/4" shotgun action. In some cases, parts can be swapped around to make them right again. I don't think they were switched around, I think its just a matter of chance and that they were acquired that way over many years. I don't think he had any real idea how many he bought over the years, they just accumulated. At some point he was sorting them into separate boxes and lockers but I think towards the end they just got stacked in the corners and behind furniture in the house. I think it was a matter of him just liking guns, and he probably bought anything that was cheap when he had the chance. What i'm finding is a lot of well worn pieces with worn out barrels and worn down firing pins. Many appear to have been used till they just quit working or couldn't be cobbled back together again. Its starting to look like this whole mess may be a giant waste of time, so far I've only found seven or eight decent pieces that I'll keep and bring home. The banned rifles are a different story, most are in decent shape, although many have been halfheartedly disabled by either removing the firing pin, plugging the breach with a wood plug, or filling the magazines with non-firing shells which are glued together. One Browning BAR has a red wooden plug tapped into the breach and another into the end of the barrel. The clip is filled with bright orange fake plastic rounds and the firing pin is gone. They were likely either disabled for display or stage use. On models with they're firing pins removed or disabled, the firing pin is in most cases with the gun or nearby so most can be converted back to a working firearm again. So far its looking like the replica black powder guns are the best of the lot.
  5. From what I've seen, there are different types of gun shops around, those that are full service shops, stocked with an array of new items are one type, then I see specialty shops, those that deal only in hunting rifles and shotguns, and often archery and other sporting goods, and then there's the few that have only used guns or old military surplus and ammo. The latter best describes the place I went into. I was told that so long as I can give him a PA address that I can receive mail at I'm a PA resident in his eyes. They card as a formality. I doubt if they are an actual FFL or not, it more or less seems like a display of someone's personal collection with some used guns for sale. They don't have a sign, they don't advertise but they do have used guns with prices on them on display behind glass. Back when I worked in PA full time, in the mid 1990's, I bought several long guns from Dick's with nothing more than the guy behind the counter checking my DL for age. I then took the boxed rifle to the front register to pay. No different than buying a fishing rod at the time. I went in there with the intent to buy a pellet gun to chase critters off my boat dock in the morning and got talked into a .22 rifle that was on sale for cheap. A week later I bought a .410 shotgun the same way. The house I lived in then was company supplied, I lived there for 13 years full time having my mail forwarded from my NJ address the whole time. If I was doing anything illegal, I didn't know it. I considered myself a PA resident at that time and voted in PA. This was in an area about an hour from the NJ line. My place now is 2.5 hours into PA. I stay at either location as I see fit, if I have work to do in PA, I can be there more than in NJ some years. I get mail at both locations. I would most definitely consider my place in PA a residence, its a far nicer place than what I have in NJ. I was originally intending to move full time to PA but decided I don't want to be that far away from the ocean with no place to stay. I keep my boat here too. After spending a few hours today tagging and writing down serial numbers, I'm finding a lot of shotguns and older rifles with no numbers at all, not even a manufacturer's mark. They're obviously antique, but identifying them is going to be tough. Determining whether those marked replica are firing or non firing rifles may be tough, a few are identical copies to a few early US Springfield rifles I found, other than being obviously newer, all functions are the same, the drillings are the same, and all parts seemt of function as intended. A powder load and bullet can be loaded, a cap can be inserted. Other than setting off the charge there would be no other way of knowing if its indeed capable of firing. I have found 5 that have the ram rods pinned in place, but other than that they appear to be identical to known originals. Yet they are marked Replica next to the serial number. My guess is that the percussion cap passage is not drilled through into the barrel but I've not had the time to explore that yet. For now, I'm just sorting the black powder guns into two categories, those marked Replica, and those that are not. I have no intention of bringing them here to NJ to use, if they are display pieces only, then they can be hung on the wall as such rather than hanging a valuable antique there instead.
  6. They're probably worth a lot more to a re-enactor or collector. The thing that I need to be sure of first is if REPLICA means non firing or not on these. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have an address in PA, have had it for 7 years, but the only thing I have showing I own it is the deed, my electric bill, and my property tax bills. I ave no ID card saying PA on it. I stay there when I'm up in PA, but that place is empty most of the time. Even when I worked and lived there, I still had all NJ paperwork. The company I worked for there was based in NJ, all the vehicles were registered in NJ, and they recommended that I keep my NJ license, so I did. Believe it or not, NJ is cheaper to own a truck in, the insurance isn't that far apart, with PA being about a hundred or so cheaper per year, the registration is cheaper in PA but their private inspection system is a mess. No matter which shop you go to, they seemed to find at least $400 worth of work or more it 'needs' to pass inspection. Even on a year old truck with only 4500 miles on it. The last time was the last straw and I registered all my vehicles in NJ. The simple fact I don't have to deal with that every year was worth it. I suppose I could get a library card or Sam's club card with my PA address but I wouldn't think that would serve as ID. Up until a few months ago I owned property in FL, they didn't consider just owning a house there residence. You had to show proof of residence via a minimum of two forms of proof, one being a 6 month or older car registration. I owned that place for 9 years and still had to pay for a non resident fishing license there since none of my credentials said FL on them. The reality of buying a used gun at a flea market in PA is that they really can't prove where you got it. There's at least one used gun dealer near me there and I've never been asked for anything more than a DL, and that was a few years ago when buying ammo. They looked at it only for proof of age, they didn't write anything down or scan it. Since then they've sold to me without any questions. One thing that concerns me is that NJ sort of leaves the 'banned' list pretty open ended with that 'substantially similar' clause. With some of the guns on the list not having any of the banned features forbidden by NJ, yet still are banned, how can I be sure a used gun won't fall under the substantially similar clause? The M1 Carbine is a good example, a fairly low power rifle with a small capacity magazine that on the banned list. Does this mean any semi auto carbine type rifle is banned here too? What are the rules on shotguns? There are several pump action shot guns with 8 or more round capacity mags, (extended mag tubes).
  7. The part I am not clear on is why I need a NJFID to buy a gun at a flea market in PA? They don't even know what that is over here. I was just at a local market and there were more than a dozen guys selling used rifles and shotguns. Most had more than 50 pieces on hand. Basically, you look at it, haggle over the price, pay the man and leave with it. No paperwork at all. Like mentioned above, just like buying a hammer. The guns shops vary, some want your DL, others are leery to sell to anyone with a NJ address or DL. Most will sell once you give them a PA address, but not all. The further from NJ you go the less of this I see. My concern isn't so much as the guns being stolen and used in a crime, but simply loosing them or having the guns alone attract a break in. With my aunt having remainder rights, one of the issues with any guns being in that house is that there is a constant flow of health workers and home aids coming in and out of the house all day long, nearly every day of the year. Most of the guns, (not the hand guns though), were stored either out in the open or hanging on racks on the wall. The living room alone had more than a hundred rifles hanging on hooks. Many others were just stood in closets and stashed in wood boxes in a spare room. There was a gun safe but it was full of papers not guns, and to be honest, probably not much of a gun safe at that since I was able to roll it out of there myself on a cheap hand truck. I doubt if it weighed more than 150 lbs. The handguns were stored in an cedar foot locker, They were each wrapped in an oily rag and just piled into the box. That box had two huge padlocks but like I said, the box was made from wood. More than half of the hand guns are black powder, The majority of these are Remington New Army Revolvers or later remakes of the same model. About a dozen of them appear to be originals. As I go through all of this I'm finding quite a few pieces that are probably just wall hangers. So far it looks like about twenty percent of the lot is non firing replicas, and about half the rest are either missing parts or have been intentionally made inoperable by either removing the firing pin or by blocking the barrel. Several of the black powder pistols have the cylinders drilled out to render them useless. So far, I don't think I've got one really nice, clean working gun, even those that appear new have parts removed. I found nine 1911 pistols, but only two magazines, and the guns that had mags with them are in really bad shape, with obvious barrel wear and worn slides. The others are either appart or missing important pieces. One that looks like new is missing the trigger, another has no firing pin inside. One has the slide removed and all small parts have been removed. One has a round jammed in the barrel so bad the only option I see to remove it is to drill it out. Most of these have tags on them with numbers, so my guess they were cheap auction finds. There are a few dozen shotguns, only one is decent, the rest have barrels worn so bad they are worn thin near the end of the barrel. Most everything has some sort of cosmetic issue, whether its surface rust, water damage to the wood, or just abuse. As it stands now, about a third of the collection is on the NJ banned list, so they can't go there. Another third is either junk or parts, or just wall decoration, and the rest I'd consider decent enough to repair or spend some time on to make them decent. This is not counting the replicas which I'm not even counting now if they are truly a non issue as firearms. The only thing that bothers me is that some of those look like you could load and round and at least fire the cap, what would happen from there I have no idea. I'm not familiar enough with those to know how the are ported and how the fire gets to the charge in the barrel. There are Spanish and French made muzzleloaders which all look basically the same, other than the fine print on these there is little difference between those from Spain and those from France. I did find another lot of guns marked Replica on the barrel that were made in New Bedford, MA. These are not all stamped Replica, and I can't really see any obvious differences other than the oval replica stamp on the barrel near the address and serial number. They look old, but don't look like they've ever been used. I'm sure that's by design if they are meant to represent a vintage rifle. These are all .50 and .54 cal. There are four marked JAPAN too, those are works of art, one if marked Replica, with the same oval stamp, the others are not. These are in matching sewn leather gun cases lined with wool, each has been personalized. These are also more than a foot longer than the others, standing more than 6' tall with the butt on the floor. I found two more of the muzzleloading shot guns, but like the first one, these are in bad shape, lots of mismatched parts, worn barrels, and one has a trigger worn so bad its got a sharp edge on one side. I'm finding more than I first thought was there but most of it is rough. I haven't gotten to the basement of attic yet though. There isn't a single piece so far that I'd feel comfortable either taking hunting or target shooting with, its all either too worn out or too old. If I was younger I'd look at this as a lifelong project to work on piecing some of these back together but I'm having my doubts as to whether or not a lot of these are worth the trouble. I tore down one M1 Garand and the thing is just plain worn out, the barrel is worn badly, I can drop a 30-06 bullet right through it, the rifling is almost completely worn away, the stock is loose, as if it shrank with age, and the trigger mech is worn so bad pins are worn almost through their respective parts and the hammer barely makes contact with a round, and not hard enough to fire the primer. Its been rode hard and put away wet too many times for too long. It,like many others has an auction tag on it and an auction receipt where he paid $12 for it 25 years ago. Its one of many in this condition. There's a Henry 45 rifle that's in similar shape, the lever is detached, with one of the hinge holes obviously worn and pulled through. The trigger on this same rifle is pushed up into the action and jammed. I'm pretty much just separating stuff like these into a pile, I'm still recording the serial numbers but I'm not too concerned about giving them space in the lock up room.
  8. The guns are not specifically mentioned in the will, but the will reads that all personal possessions and property hereby transfer to my nephew. In PA I don't think the guns would be considered different from possessions or personal property. The will gives my aunt remainder rights, which is fine with me, as long as she lives there I have a reliable set of eyes on the place. She does want the guns out of the house though, but there's a second house nearby which is also mine. It was a case of there being no other next of kin, they had no children, and neither had no surviving siblings. I believe that even without a will, there would be no other to take possession of things at hand. The property was changed into my name years ago, with a remainder right clause. Many of the guns are on display in glass cases all about the house, but many are stored in wooden boxes, foot lockers, and in a 'gun room' he had built. The replicas are mixed in with the real guns, in many cases they are very hard to tell apart. The newer model replicas will load and chamber a round, but the barrel is blocked or not machined through. The cartridge models are loaded with fake bullets, but from what I can tell, the bullets are shorter than a real bullet, meaning that a real bullet won't chamber in the gun, nor fit in the modified magazine or clip. The muzzleloaders will take a round and powder but the ram rod is too large on the end to fit down the barrel, plus the barrel has no touch hole where as to ignite the powder. The same with the cap stud, there is no through hole where the cap could fire off the charge. It will take a real cap and fire the cap though. I found a few replicas which have the barrel plugged near the tip, as if the barrel wasn't machined through at all. There seems to be three or four brands of replica guns, many are from Denix, others are marked "Replica Arms Co" Those marked with the latter carry all the normal markings elsewhere as the real thing. The replica stamp is below the serial number but very faintly marked. It actually took me a while to realize they were non firing guns, I was going through them and making sure none were loaded and couldn't figure out what was blocking the barrel, I had thought maybe a round was jammed in there somehow or maybe it had been loaded and left to rust with a charge in it for years. I finally noticed the faint replica marking and did some online research and found that they don't make real guns. Many of the antiques are likely just wall hangers anyhow, even the real ones due to wear. A few are worn too badly to ever consider trying to fire them. A few look brand new though. The newest is a Henry .45 rifle which was in a rack paired with an older Henry 30/30. The rest are pre-1980's, most are pre-1950's. At this point I'd like to keep everything together as much as possible, at least till I really take a proper inventory of it all. It'll take a few more weeks to go through everything, I want a record of what is there and what is to be brought home here and what will stay in PA. I don't think he ever did that, he just kept buying. I found I can buy ammo online or just buy it in PA if needed. Since many of the guns didn't have ammo, (or at least I didn't find it yet), I wanted to get a rough idea on the condition of a few of them). I also want to know what I am carrying in my car. I also suppose I need to make 100% certain that those marked replica are indeed non firing replicas. The M3's will chamber a round and take real ammo, but can't fire. It appears that on them, the firing pin either stops short or misses the round, and the barrel is blocked. They are not 'plugged', the barrel itself is not milled through all the way. Those have a plastic plug in the end as well but the plug is black not brightly colored. There are real and replical Browning M1918 rifles, those will also chamber a real round but the replica guns have fake mags that will only hold the fake rounds, but a real mag will clip in and chamber a round, but the hammer never contacts the round. (I took a spent shell and put a piece of foil tape over the primer to see if the hammer would make a mark and it never touches the round at all). The fake rounds are brass with what appears to be plastic bullets and no powder charge and a non active primer. I pulled one apart to make sure they were fake. However, if it were laying in front of you, you would have a hard time telling it was fake without comparing its length to a real round. I suppose these may have been meant for movie use, where a close up would require more accurate detail than say just using a snap cap. How about buying guns in PA? Since I'm there a few times every month, I like to hit a few local auctions and flea markets, guns are often sold there. Guns are sold at such venues with no papers, not even a question. I was at one auction where several shot guns were sold and passed directly to the buyer through the crowd to be paid for later, no different than if he bought a rake or shovel. I've been to auctions in NJ and they won't sell to anyone who hasn't been pre-approved prior to the auction and you have to have a valid DL and Purchaser's ID card in hand. I did start the process of getting a purchaser id card about a year ago but was told that the process had halted since there was no response to questionnaire or letter sent out to one of my references. (He passed away suddenly about a month after I applied. I was told I have to start over. Its mostly just a matter of getting the time to go back down there and re-apply with new references. I'm told the turn around time is about four months, at least that's how long it took a neighbor here to get his after he inherited his dad's guns.
  9. In the past few months, I have had two elderly relatives pass away, both were gun owners. One was my father, the other my uncle. In my father's case, I also took over his house, along with several shot guns, rifles, and two handguns. In the case of my uncle, who passed away in PA, left me his house, car, and rather large gun collection. His guns are mostly antique but many are military weapons, a few banned here in NJ. I do not have a firearms ID card and was under the impression I didn't need one till I found I can't buy ammo here without it? I get conflicting stories on what I need to do. The local PD tells me I can legally inherit guns without a Firearms Purchaser ID card. How about inheriting guns from a PA resident? Can I just go get them? I realize its probably not a good idea to just toss a few dozen shot guns and rifles in the trunk and head home, but is it legal? I basically have no documentation on any of these guns, most were likely bought used in PA. What do I do about those that are banned here in NJ? Can they stay in PA at the house I inherited there which is in my name? I asked a local gun dealer there and was told that none of the guns in question are banned in PA, just NJ. Basically I just want to bring a few of the shot guns and smaller rifles here, maybe one or two of the handguns too. The rest are of no use to me here, unless I need to do repairs or cleaning, in which case I'd need to bring them here to my house in NJ. (I realize that some can never come here). I own the house there, but my DL, and main residence is in NJ and I pay income tax in NJ. I only go there as a get away. That house is alarmed, has a very secure safe room for storage, and I have a neighbor there i trust to keep an eye on things when I'm not around. I do however want to bring a few guns home here though, both to use here and for some repairs and maintenance. The handguns in PA are all old, none are registered there, never were, as its not required. How can I bring a few of those to NJ? There are also a few dozen 'replica' rifles there, these are non firing, very realistic replicas of vintage rifles, they are identical in every way to the real thing but they cannot fire a round. Most are black powder muzzleload rifles that use either flint or a brass cap to fire the round. They will fire the pan or cap but the barrel has no opening or path to ignite the powder if you did manage to load a round in it. The ram rods are also pinned in place so they cannot be removed and used. A few are replicas of WW1 and WWII rifles, including an M1 Garrand and an M3 machine gun. They look and feel identical to a real gun from what I'm told, but cannot be made to fire. Are these legal to bring to NJ? I am told that while these are non firing replicas, the do contain various real, or very realistic looking parts for authenticity, such as the hammers and trigger assemblies. There are replicas representing all the major American wars starting with the American Revolution, up to WWII. Can I own these in NJ? I contacted the manufacturer of a few of these replicas and was told that they do not sell to private parties, only to theaters and government agencies using these for training. I'm not sure where they originally came from but likely they were bought at local gun shows or through private parties. They are serial numbered, but I noticed that in the case of duplicates, some have duplicate serial numbers. Some have no markings other than the 'replica' marking on the barrel. There are many duplicates in this lot, I suppose they were bought together, possibly from a movie set or such?. My concern here is that if I were to be pulled over with a box of vintage 'replica' guns, an officer would have no real way of knowing they were non firing unless he was familiar with replica guns like these. (Even I thought they were likely functioning modern remakes until i did some research and found out they are non firing fakes. They look, feel, and weigh the same as the originals.
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