CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. F:19
ANTIQUE FIREARM
The term “antique firearm” means
[any firearm (including any firearm with a matchlock, flintlock,
percussion cap, or similar type of ignition system) manufactured in
or before 1898]
[any replica of any firearm (including any firearm with a matchlock,
flintlock, percussion cap, or similar type of ignition system)
manufactured in or before 1898 if the replica [is not designed or
redesigned for using rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed
ammunition] [uses rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed
ammunition which is no longer manufactured in the United States
and which is not readily available in the ordinary channels of
commercial trade]]
[any muzzle loading rifle, muzzle loading shotgun, or muzzle
loading pistol, which is designed to use black powder, or a black
powder substitute, and which cannot use fixed ammunition].
The term “antique firearm” does not include any weapon which
incorporates a firearm frame or receiver, any firearm which is converted
into a muzzle loading weapon, or any muzzle loading weapon which can
be readily converted to fire fixed ammunition by replacing the barrel, bolt,
breechblock, or any combination thereof.
History
COLJI-Crim. (2025), Colorado Supreme Court Model Criminal Jury Instructions Committee. The committee's page: "The 2025 edition was published online on February 25, 2026." © 2025 Supreme Court of Colorado for the State of Colorado.
Provenance
- Source
- www.coloradojudicial.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-24
- Edition
- crim-2026-02-25
- Content hash
39b12b61b53040b8b526712417c522adbc8da0b7e96f43fefda4cd95f414ee1a
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