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me and I will update the original Inspection Sheet and issue the permanent SAC card.

NB - Conditional Approvals have an expiration date. In other words, after the end date indicated on the sheet passes, permission to use the arm expires. If you are found to be using such an arm after the expiration date, you, and or your team, will be penalized.

As per the N-SSA’s Rules, if you sell, trade, or otherwise dispose of an arm which has a SAC Card issued to it, the SAC Card is to go with the arm. For your future convenience, if you purchase an arm from another member that requires a SAC card, ask them for it. This could save you untold grief. The reason for that is that there are many old-time arms that were inspected decades ago, and given SAC cards, that no longer meet the updated requirements of today. If such an arm is submitted for re-inspection you may be facing expensive upgrading to the current SAC standards. We will do everything we can to find the archival documentation for you to prevent an unpleasant situation. But, if the SAC card is no longer with the arm, and we are not able to recover the old information, the arm in question will have to go through the entire inspection process.

If you are in possession of an old worn out SAC Card that has become nearly illegible, we will reissue you a new replacement. In order to preserve your SAC Card you are permitted to laminate it, or make a Xerox copy of both sides and present the copy when required to do so. This way you can store your original in a safe place. Just remember where that “safe place” is, as I have things I’ve stored in safe places that are so safe I don’t think I’ll ever see them again!

SAC inspection sheets: Although the current generation of sheets has been “fleshed out” with enough information that an arm can be completely replicated from them, you, the builder, have a personal responsibility to know what the arm actually looks like before you begin! Please be an educated consumer. There are more excellent books on Civil War arms available today than ever before. The next time your family is stuck on an occasion that may require a gift, you might just suggest that special book on Civil War arms that you have always wanted!

On the N-SSA’s website you will find a tab with a drop-down for “Rules & Forms”. This will take you to the updated 2021 “Approved Arms List”, and the “Approved Arms List by Manufacturer and Importer”, which is designed as a cross reference list. These lists will save you a lot of time, and sometimes anguish, wondering if an arm is approved for use in the N-SSA, or not. This is also a very handy cross reference list to have available when you are at the next gun show! Please note that if an arm is not on the list, it has not been submitted for, and does not have, a “Production Approval”. Some of those arms which have not been submitted can receive an “Individual Approval”, and some can not.

I highly recommend reading and becoming familiar with the N-SSA Rules, and especially Section 19, which is “Small Arms”. This will answer many questions you may have regarding sights, modifications, and what does and does not have to be inspected.

Best wishes on your future projects, and know that your SAC will assist any way possible!

John Holland Chairman, SAC

Editor Note: John Holland can be reached via email at JH44NY@VERIZON.NET