Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 30 > Chapter 20 > Part 2 - Montana Ammunition Availability Act

• Ammunition components: means propellants, primers, and cartridge cases. See Montana Code 30-20-203
• Black powder: means a propellant made from potassium or sodium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur or a substitute for black powder made differently that is used for conventional small arms or antique or replica arms. See Montana Code 30-20-203
• Cartridge cases: means the casings that contain and hold together the propellant, primer, and bullet, which may be formed from brass, aluminum, steel, plastic, or some combination of those or other materials. See Montana Code 30-20-203
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• Primary business: means a manufacturer in which more than one-half of its product produced is and more than one-half of its gross income comes from sales of ammunition components. See Montana Code 30-20-203
• Propellant: includes smokeless propellant and black powder. See Montana Code 30-20-203
• Property: means real and personal property. See Montana Code 1-1-205
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Real property: means lands, tenements, hereditaments, and possessory title to public lands. See Montana Code 1-1-205
• Small arms: means pistols, revolvers, rifles, shotguns, and other similar devices that are portable by one person, the possession and use of which are protected by Article II, section 12, of the Montana constitution. See Montana Code 30-20-203
• Small arms primers: means the priming component for a round of ammunition intended for use in small arms that is usually made of a cup, an anvil, and a shock-sensitive chemical compound and is designed to ignite the propellant in an ammunition cartridge for conventional small arms. See Montana Code 30-20-203
• Smokeless propellant: means a chemical substance designed to expel a projectile from small arms through burning and expansion at a quick but controlled burning rate. See Montana Code 30-20-203
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201