That is another 500's, Stu. Even in the countries you are entitled to possess a firearm produced before a determined date (1891) without having to manifest it, the simple cop who catches the item doesn't qualify to judge it by himself, so: he arrests the thing, just in case, and takes it to their quarters and is you who have to go through all eternal red tape (and not only) to prove the piece is within the law; and you are left to the judge who has to recognize such antiquity to release the item. So all you need is luck and don't get spotted, as with anything else.
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