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| 492.1 | RE: NEW MASS LAWS | JAIMES::STEVEVAN | | Mon Oct 02 1989 16:54 | 6 |
| More info needed on the rifled muzzleloader for this season...
Is this just in western mass or the whole state.....
If this is true then i'll tell my wife that the season's not over
yet, there's still 3 more days.....
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| 492.3 | muzzleloading season | EXPRES::UFHEIL | | Tue Oct 03 1989 13:17 | 3 |
| I would check the laws first ,but I believe it is the whole state. I
think it is Dec. 18,19,20.
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| 492.4 | statewide! | IOENG::TESTAGROSSA | dtn 297-7581 | Tue Oct 03 1989 17:17 | 3 |
| It's the whole state! Rilfed barrels, round ball only.
Barry
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| 492.5 | In-line's now legal in MA | 38114::BING | | Wed Aug 17 1994 12:45 | 11 |
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According to "The American Hunter", MA has now legalized the use
of "In-Line" iginiton systems for black powder rifles. I don't
know if it starts this year or 95'. If you have one of these types
of BP rifles I suggest you call the F&G dept and see when you can
start using it. The only drawback to this is that I have been told
that it is possible to put a 12 gauge deer slug into these firearms
and shoot it accurately. No doubt some knucklehead will try it, get
caught and get them banned again.
Walt
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| 492.6 | ??? | 34838::ROGERS | hard on the wind again | Thu Aug 18 1994 01:03 | 11 |
| Yes, it would be possible to load a Remington .50cal sabot and shoot
that out of a .50 rifle. but so what, are sabots illegal in Mass. Can
you only shoot round ball?
Here in Michigan, the muzzleloader is just that, a muzzle loader. slow
to reload. anything else goes.
The only thing an inline gives you is faster lock time.
What's the issue F&G has?
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| 492.7 | I hope this is a little clearer | 38114::BING | | Thu Aug 18 1994 09:46 | 13 |
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After re-reading my note and -1 I think maybe I didn't make myself
clear. Some folks have in the past have put modern day, factory made
12 gauge deer slugs (cartridge's) in the in-line ML's. (or so I'm told)
The F&W folks thought this was cheating because you
were not using powder and ball, therefore it was not "Primitive",
so to prevent this they banned in-line ML's.
As far as I know Sabots, buffalo bullets etc are legal in MA.
This is a step forward for the MA F&W Dept. They also in the past
couple years allowed the use of releases for bow hunting and rifled
barrels for ML's.
Walt
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| 492.8 | Sabots are useless here... | 27748::BUTCH | No Shortcut Too Short | Thu Aug 18 1994 10:23 | 5 |
| I don't think sabots make much difference in Mass anyways
because without a rifled slug barrel, illegal in Mass, they lose
their accuracy advantages.
Butch
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