Legal? Hunting dove with a .410 revolver

[Moonpie]

Chambers plugged with snap caps allowing three live rounds.

legal or not?

 

[sobi1998]

Unless those snap caps are permanently in there. If the warden can take them out you’re in trouble. That’s only the 3 round stipulation. I’m not sure on any other rules


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[Moonpie]

So the argument would be over "permanently"?
A shotgun tube plug isn't "permanent".

 

[sobi1998]

So the argument would be over "permanently"?
A shotgun tube plug isn't "permanent".

Yeah but it’s inside the tube capped off.
-Who’s to say you didn’t put the snap caps in when you saw the warden pull up.
-I’m not meaning like weld a plug on the cylinder but obviously permanent enough not to be changed while hunting.
-I’ve always wondered if there was a minimum barrel length for shotgun hunting
-Maybe superglue or something less damaging to the surface


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[Big Dipper]

But most shotguns (if not all) need to be partially taken apart to put the plug in. The snap caps could be done behind your back while the warden is walking up to you.

 

[Moonpie]

Ok, lets say an expandable insert that uses a hex-key to "block" the chamber is used.
It would take a minute or two to install/remove it using a tool.
Which is more than most shotgun plugs require for removal.
Then the gun would be legal to hunt with yes?
Its a legal firearm. Semi-permanently altered to prevent 3+ loading.

 

[sobi1998]

Ok, lets say an expandable insert that uses a hex-key to "block" the chamber is used.
It would take a minute or two to install/remove it using a tool.
Which is more than most shotgun plugs require for removal.
Then the gun would be legal to hunt with yes?
Its a legal firearm. Semi-permanently altered to prevent 3+ loading.

I would think that if a finger nail or the extractor rod on the gun can’t push them AT ALL. And the fact that it requires a tool. It should work. But I’d still run it across a warden first. Better to ask than get ticketed and maybe lose the gun and license


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[Big Dipper]

Per Texas Parks and Wildlife only a shoulder fired shotgun is legal.

https://tpwd.texas.gov/regulations/outdoor-annual/hunting/migratory-game-bird-regulations/methods

 

[BRD@66]

Is this Moonpie or Savage20?

 

[Moonpie]

Per Texas Parks and Wildlife only a shoulder fired shotgun is legal.

https://tpwd.texas.gov/regulations/outdoor-annual/hunting/migratory-game-bird-regulations/methods

and that settles it.

Dang T.P.&W. sure knows how to harsh my mellow.

 

[sobi1998]

and that settles it.

Dang T.P.&W. sure knows how to harsh my mellow.

Get one of those .410 revolver rifles


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[Kar98]

Or add a shoulder stock to your Governor.

 

[Moonpie]

Or add a shoulder stock to your Governor.

Heck with that.
I'd just as soon get a nice pump shotgun.

 

[sobi1998]

Heck with that.
I'd just as soon get a nice pump shotgun.

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[TxStetson]

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Must be shoulder fired.

 

[Army 1911]

How do you get your shoulder in the trigger guard to pull the trigger?

 

[vmax]

Itching for a ticket

 

[BRD@66]

How do you get your shoulder in the trigger guard to pull the trigger?

Put it against someone else's shoulder.

 

[sobi1998]

Boom problem solved


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[Bozz10mm]

Per Texas Parks and Wildlife only a shoulder fired shotgun is legal.

https://tpwd.texas.gov/regulations/outdoor-annual/hunting/migratory-game-bird-regulations/methods

Whoa! So I can't hunt doves until I'm Harvest Information Program (HIP) certified? What fresh hell is this? I never heard of such until I clicked that link. And how does one get HIP certified?