Do I need a firearms license to ownor purchase a musket?
No. We have researched it; everyone has researched it. No, you don’t. It is a replica antique firearm, manufactured before 1898, yada yada yada. We have photocopies from current official police documents stating that these are exempt from the stupid firearm law. The government gets nervous when percussion cap muskets are used, but we use flint lock muskets, so no worries. Flint lock pistols are a different story, but very likely you won’t ever need those. No problem for a Canadian bringing a musket into the States, and no problem for an American bringing it into Canada. The only thing you must do, is the first time you have it and are crossing the border with it, before you cross, bring it into the Customs office on your side of the border and have Customs officials fill out a form/card, showing that you had the firearm with you before you left your country. That way, when you come back, you show them this card and they know you didn’t purchase it on this recent trip and they cannot ch
