King Medallion
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- Jan 12, 2021
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This year we in Illinois are allowed you use rifles in single shot only. There is a long list of calibers to which are legal. naturally, the one I want to use is not on the list.
I want to use my Uberti 1876 in 45/60. So I sent an email to the DNR asking if it was legal, giving dimension, caliber, fps, blah blah. Should be a simple question. The response this morning is this:
Legal Ammunition • For shotguns and muzzleloading firearms, the minimum size of the projectile shall be .44 caliber. A wad or sleeve is not considered a projectile or a part of the projectile. • For handguns and single shot centerfire rifles, a bottleneck centerfire cartridge of .30 caliber or larger with a case length not exceeding 1.4 inches, or a straight-walled centerfire cartridge of .30 caliber or larger, both of which must be available as a factory load with the published ballistic tables of the manufacturer showing a capability of at least 500 foot pounds of energy at the muzzle. There is no case length limit for straight-walled cartridges. • Non-expanding, military-style full metal jacket bullets cannot be used to harvest white-tailed deer; only soft point or expanding bullets (including copper/copper-alloy rounds designed for hunting) are legal ammunition.
I responded with: Thanks for the response, but what I really was looking for is a "yes it's legal ot No it's not". Is that too much to ask for?
I want to use my Uberti 1876 in 45/60. So I sent an email to the DNR asking if it was legal, giving dimension, caliber, fps, blah blah. Should be a simple question. The response this morning is this:
Legal Ammunition • For shotguns and muzzleloading firearms, the minimum size of the projectile shall be .44 caliber. A wad or sleeve is not considered a projectile or a part of the projectile. • For handguns and single shot centerfire rifles, a bottleneck centerfire cartridge of .30 caliber or larger with a case length not exceeding 1.4 inches, or a straight-walled centerfire cartridge of .30 caliber or larger, both of which must be available as a factory load with the published ballistic tables of the manufacturer showing a capability of at least 500 foot pounds of energy at the muzzle. There is no case length limit for straight-walled cartridges. • Non-expanding, military-style full metal jacket bullets cannot be used to harvest white-tailed deer; only soft point or expanding bullets (including copper/copper-alloy rounds designed for hunting) are legal ammunition.
I responded with: Thanks for the response, but what I really was looking for is a "yes it's legal ot No it's not". Is that too much to ask for?