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<blockquote data-quote="Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow" data-source="post: 1294860" data-attributes="member: 7123"><p>My opinion on it is this: Primitive should definitely be primitive (somewhat primitive anyway; say, pre-mid-19th century technology):</p><p></p><p>No scopes (unless visually impaired or over 65, let's say), but fiber optics on your irons are ok, I guess, since everyone's just gonna paint glow in the dark paint anyway if you don't allow it.</p><p>No pelletized powder</p><p>No conical bullets</p><p>No saboted bullets (patches ok)</p><p>No inline (sidelock only)</p><p>No smokeless powder</p><p>Certainly no "primitive metallic cartridge" rifles, like a Sharps, as are allowed in some states in the Southeastern US</p><p></p><p>(But allow rifling and percussion cap ignition, I suppose, just to draw the line somewhere. Whether to allow BP equivalents would be a tough tough call for me).</p><p></p><p>BUT,<em> unless and until that happens</em>, then (1) No one should look down their noses or talk trash at anyone who uses anything that's legal - I certainly don't, and (2) I myself personally am gonna use everything and anything that's legal, simply because the NEXT guy a hundred yards down on public land, or over the property line from me on the next private land, where that big buck might jump to or from, is gonna be using everything that's legal (and sometimes more), and it's an arm's race to keep up with him, to have the same advantages - at least where I hunt now, which is 'tough huntin'.</p><p></p><p>I can just see it now in the regs: "Every licensed hunter must wear and display at least two of the following while hunting: Coonskin cap (with tail), fringed buckskin suit, or actual horn material powder flask draped across the chest." <img src="/images/smilies/new/laugh6.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":laugh6:" title="Laugh6 :laugh6:" data-shortname=":laugh6:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow, post: 1294860, member: 7123"] My opinion on it is this: Primitive should definitely be primitive (somewhat primitive anyway; say, pre-mid-19th century technology): No scopes (unless visually impaired or over 65, let's say), but fiber optics on your irons are ok, I guess, since everyone's just gonna paint glow in the dark paint anyway if you don't allow it. No pelletized powder No conical bullets No saboted bullets (patches ok) No inline (sidelock only) No smokeless powder Certainly no "primitive metallic cartridge" rifles, like a Sharps, as are allowed in some states in the Southeastern US (But allow rifling and percussion cap ignition, I suppose, just to draw the line somewhere. Whether to allow BP equivalents would be a tough tough call for me). BUT,[I] unless and until that happens[/I], then (1) No one should look down their noses or talk trash at anyone who uses anything that's legal - I certainly don't, and (2) I myself personally am gonna use everything and anything that's legal, simply because the NEXT guy a hundred yards down on public land, or over the property line from me on the next private land, where that big buck might jump to or from, is gonna be using everything that's legal (and sometimes more), and it's an arm's race to keep up with him, to have the same advantages - at least where I hunt now, which is 'tough huntin'. I can just see it now in the regs: "Every licensed hunter must wear and display at least two of the following while hunting: Coonskin cap (with tail), fringed buckskin suit, or actual horn material powder flask draped across the chest." :laugh6: [/QUOTE]
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