This 10 day waiting period has effectively gutted gun shows.....maybe another reason to get a FFL for curios and relics.......

To be recognized as C&R items, 478.11 specifies that firearms must fall within one of the following categories:

Firearms which were manufactured at least 50 years prior to the current date, but not including replicas of such firearms;

Firearms which are certified by the curator of a municipal, state, or federal museum which exhibits firearms to be curios or relics of museum interest; and

Any other firearms which derive a substantial part of their monetary value from the fact that they are novel, rare, bizarre, or because of their association with some historical figure, period, or event.

Firearms automatically attain C&R status when they are 50 years old. Any firearm that is at least 50 years old, and in its original configuration, would qualify as a C&R firearm. It is not necessary for such firearms to be listed in ATF's C&R list. Therefore, ATF does not generally list firearms in the C&R publication by virtue of their age. However, if you wish for a classification of your particular firearm under categories 1 or 2 above and wish your item to be listed, you may submit the weapon to the Firearms and Ammunition Technology Division (FATD) for a formal classification.

This 10 day waiting period has effectively gutted gun shows.....maybe another reason to get a FFL for curios and relics.......

This 10 day waiting period has effectively gutted gun shows.....maybe another reason to get a FFL for curios and relics.......

This is something I've wanted to know, thanks for enlightening me. I kinda' figured that the days of WAC shows will be over, no more countless vendors selling cool classics and vintage guns, because now what, do the paperwork and despite having a CCW you still cannot take the gun from the show, so now what? So now nobody goes to shows.

Were you at a recent show and was it a ghost town?