MattC said:
Hey all. Can anybody speak to the mz regs outside of the US? I know a few people that hunt out of the country, but with cf and bows. I've never spoken to anyone who has wanted to take their mz hunt overseas.
Not permitted here in UK as the game laws expect a combination of velocity and muzzle energy way above that generated by the majority of muzzle loaders. Anyhow, getting to within a hundred yards of your target stag on the Scottish hillside without him actually noticing you is an exercise in futility.
Moreover, since you have to be licensed here to have ANY kind of a live firearm, and give 'good reason' you would have to declare that your 'good reason' was game shooting. TBH I don't know of anybody who has ever tried to obtain a firearm under those conditions. Shotguns, not a problem, but a rifles arm?
Nope.
I can also speak for the Republic of Ireland in that respect.
There, also, it is not only a big no-no, but there are no muzzle-loading BP firearms to shoot with - replica or otherwise - BP is only available to licensed demolition companies, not to individuals per se. There are, however, about a dozen people who have a 'short license' to use BP for demonstration purposes, as in re-enactment, and of course, the couple of mid-day saluting guns in Dublin and Cork.
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