[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR1150.1]

[Page 401]
 
                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
      CHAPTER XI--TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 1150_MARKING OF TOY, LOOK-ALIKE AND IMITATION FIREARMS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1150.1  Applicability.

    This part applies to toy, look-alike, and imitation firearms 
(``devices'') having the appearance, shape, and/or configuration of a 
firearm and produced or manufactured and entered into commerce on or 
after May 5, 1989, including devices modelled on real firearms 
manufactured, designed, and produced since 1898. This part does not 
apply to:
    (a) Non-firing collector replica antique firearms, which look 
authentic and may be a scale model but are not intended as toys modelled 
on real firearms designed, manufactured, and produced prior to 1898;
    (b) Traditional B-B, paint-ball, or pellet-firing air guns that 
expel a projectile through the force of compressed air, compressed gas 
or mechanical spring action, or any combination thereof, as described in 
American Society for Testing and Materials standard F 589-85, Standard 
Consumer Safety Specification for Non-Powder Guns, June 28, 1985. This 
incorporation by reference was approved by the Director of the Federal 
Register in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. Copies 
may be obtained from the American Society for Testing and Materials, 
1916 Race Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103. Copies may be inspected at the 
office of the Associate Director for Industry and Standards, National 
Institute for Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland, or at 
the Office of the Federal Register, 800 North Capitol Street, NW., suite 
700, Washington, DC; and
    (c) Decorative, ornamental, and miniature objects having the 
appearance, shape and/or configuration of a firearm, including those 
intended to be displayed on a desk or worn on bracelets, necklaces, key 
chains, and so on, provided that the objects measure no more than 
thirty-eight (38) millimeters in height by seventy (70) millimeters in 
length, the length measurement excluding any gun stock length 
measurement.

[57 FR 48453, Oct. 26, 1992]