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From: snitor!petert@uunet.UU.NET (Peter Toth)
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Subject: Re: New Mexico Legal Deer Calibers
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Date: 22 Apr 91 12:12:59 GMT
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In article <569@erb1.engr.wisc.edu> boardman%cancer.unm.edu@ariel.unm.edu writes:
>In article 209 rec.hunting:
>    ee5391aa%triton.unm.edu@ariel.unm.edu (Duke McMullan n5gax) writes:
>>I seem to recall that New Mexico doesn't permit anything smaller than
>>.30 cal.  for deer hunting, but don't quote me.
>	The New Mexico Game & Fish Proclamation specifies legal weapons
>    for Deer are centerfire rifles of at least .24 caliber (i.e. at least
>    a .243 or 6mm), same for Elk, although anyone hunting Elk with a .243
>    better be a hell of a shot and place the shots _extremely_ well!
>	Pistols are also legal, but there is a minimum case length of
>    around 1.2" - I don't remember the exact length, but .357 mag, 9mm mag,
>    and .30 cal carbine are specifically excluded.  .41 mag, .44 mag etc. are
>    legal to use.


Sounds gamey and fishy (:^) to me. The case lengths of the 30 carbine,
the 357, 41 and 44 mags is the same: 1.29 inch.


Could there be a hangun caliber limitation as well (say .36) ?
Or a muzzle energy limitation ?


Peter Toth