Unloaded Open Carry of pre-1898 .38 Long Colt?

I have a Colt Navy Model 1895 Revolver made in 1895.

As I was unable to find any replicas of such; capgun, airsoft, blankfire, dummy, so I buckled down and bought the real thing.
As it turns out, it seems like even though it was made before 1898, and it's an antique, that I may not be able to unloaded open carry this revolver?

The law states:

"Any antique firearm. For purposes of this section, "antique firearm" means any firearm not designed or redesigned for using rimfire or conventional center fire ignition with fixed ammunition and manufactured in or before 1898 (including any matchlock, flintlock, percussion cap, or similar type of ignition system or replica thereof, whether actually manufactured before or after the year 1898) and also any firearm using fixed ammunition manufactured in or before 1898, for which ammunition is no longer manufactured in the United States and is not readily available in the ordinary channels of commercial trade."

I'm concentrating on the second part of that run-on sentence:
"... also any firearm using fixed ammunition manufactured in or before 1898, for which ammunition is no longer manufactured in the United States and is not readily available in the ordinary channels of commercial trade."

Here's the details:

It's made before 1898.
It's black powder.
It is "fixed ammunition"?
While it is a black powder cartridge, is it "conventional center fire"?
.38 Long Colt basically went extinct when .38 Special came about. There was a time (decades!) when this ammunition was no longer produced. So, there was a time period when ammo was not produced, and as such, this revolver qualified as a "antique firearm" under the State of California.

I was unable to find any gunstore that sold .38 Long Colt...
However, due to the popularity of Cowboy Action Shooting, a couple of outfits started making obsolete cartridges, and now you can actually mail order .38 LC, if you're lucky enough to find it in stock.
Specifically, there's Black Hills Ammunition, and Ultramax, both of which come in vintage style boxes.
However does a couple of specialty outfits, who's ammo that you can only find at a handful of specialty ammo dealers qualify as "ordinary channels of commercial trade"? Because if would be my opinion that .38 LC isn't in the "ordinary channels". It's fairly vague.

So since this ammunition is apparently made in the United States again, it would seem that the 1895 Colt would no longer be an antique according to state law, because a small time outfit decided to start making .38 LC ammo?

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Unloaded Open Carry of pre-1898 .38 Long Colt?