Yes
USC Title 18, forbids convicted felons from possessing firearms. Blackpowder arms are classified as firearms under this statute - UNLESS it is a genuine ANTIQUE manufactured prior to a certain year, you may not legally possess one. And the same applies to the blackpowder necessary to shoot it. Blackpowder is classified as an explosive whose possession is also prohibited to felons.
No not even a hunting permit
Percussion cap ignition in muzzle loading firearms was introduced around 1830.
crescent made shotguns for Hermitage from 1904 to 1930. nothing mentioned on muzzle loading rifles.................
Any gun that is loaded from the front (that is the muzzle). The firearms used during the American Revolution were mainly muzzleloaders, during the Civil War, they began to change to breech loading firearms. Type can include cannon, muskets, rifles, pistol and revolvers.
U.S. Code Title 18, specifically classifies black powder arms as "firearms" under the definition of the Criminal Code, and prohibits their possession to convicted felons.
Breech loading firearms can be reloaded much more quickly, they can be reloaded when moving, and they are easy to reload when lying down. The muzzleloader must be loaded when standing upright.
National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association was created in 1933.
A muzzle loading, black powder shotgun made by Scott & Co.
Ralph T. Walker has written: 'Black powder gunsmithing' -- subject(s): Gunsmithing, Muzzle-loading firearms
It is an assembly consisting of the cartridge case, gunpowder, a primer and a projectile (bullet). It is one complete round of ammunition. Early muzzle loading firearms did not use them.
Wayne McLerran has written: 'Browning model 1885 black powder cartridge rifle' -- subject(s): Browning rifles, Muzzle-loading firearms