42.__Muzzle-loading firearm.__"Muzzle-loading firearm" means a muzzleloader, a traditional muzzleloader or a muzzle-loading shotgun.

Sec. 8. 12 MRSA §10001, sub-§§42-A and 42-B are enacted to read:

42-A.__Muzzleloader.__"Muzzleloader" means a firearm that:

A.__Is capable of being loaded only through the muzzle;

B.__Is ignited by a matchlock, wheel lock, flintlock or caplock, including an in-line caplock or shotgun or rifle primer mechanism;

C.__Has a rifled or smooth-bored barrel or barrels, each barrel capable of firing only a single charge;

D.__Propels a ball, bullet or charge of shot; and

E.__May have any type of sights, including scopes.

42-B.__Muzzle-loading shotgun.__"Muzzle-loading shotgun" means a firearm that:

A.__Is capable of being loaded only through the muzzle;

B.__Is ignited by a matchlock, wheel lock, flintlock or caplock with an exposed ignition mechanism;

C.__Has a smooth-bored single or double barrel, each barrel capable of firing only a single charge;

D.__Is charged with black powder or black powder replica only;

E.__Propels a load of shot for the purpose of fowling or small game hunting;

F.__Propels a charge of buckshot, patched round ball or full-bore diameter lead bullet for purposes of big or small game hunting; and

G.__May have only open or aperture sights.