WrongHanded
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Their intent is to prohibit FMJ rifle ammo. Not cast bullet handgun ammo. If it was intended to prohibit cast bullets, no one could hunt with a muzzleloader loaded with a patched round ball.
And as I said, a cast bullet is considered an expanding bullet. Why would they allow and specifically mention patched round ball but prohibit cast handgun bullets? They wouldn't.
https://cpw.state.co.us/Documents/C...em_14-Issue-Ch_W2-Big_Game-Nov2017-PWCMtg.pdf
Craig, I'm not going to argue with you about whether a cast lead bullet is an expanding bullet or not. Because whilst you may make some great points (and I may agree with them), I don't want to have to argue them with CPW Game Wardens.
Regarding your comment about prohibiting FMJ in rifles being their reason for requiring an expanding bullet, I don't disagree. But what do rifle bullets have to do with handgun bullets?
See the language used in the Handgun section. That's from the 2019 Big Game Guide. And you can not know they wouldn't prohibit the use of cast in handguns just because they allow if for muzzleloaders. Yes, logically they should based on the similarities of terminal performance. But logic probably has very little to do with it.
Bottom line, CPW will likely not accept it. And even if I could convince an individual over the phone, that doesn't mean the warden I bump into would agree.
But the main thing here is that game departments and game wardens don't use logic. Their brains seem to be wired to "the letter of the law". That means you will get a ticket and have to 'logically' explain to the judge that cast bullets do, in fact, expand.
Good luck with that.
Exactly!