Thread: Flying with a Flintlock.

Originally Posted by JohnDuxbury

If it does not require modern ammunition, ie cap and ball of flint and powder, then you do not need a firearms license to possess it. But that's got nothing to do with whether the airline consider it dangerous.
I would do as ZQlewis advises and let the airline follow the procedures they are familiar with.

Interesting. I thought a flintlock would have been classed as a firearm.

Arms Act Section 2
"firearm—
(a) means anything from which any shot, bullet, missile, or other projectile can be discharged by force of explosive;..."