AR's for hunting in Pa.

[DClan]

I bought 2 lowers from PSA during their Labor Day Sale. A friend of mine suggested I build them for hunting in Pa. As in being in a good deer cartridge, and built using a side charge upper without a gas system so as to require hand cycling, like a straight pull bolt action. I guess my question is, ( since I don't hunt ), would this interest hunters enough to make it worthwhile?
Unfortunately, I am disabled, and do these kinds of things to make extra money.

[Yellowfin]

You'd want to do them in 6.8 SPC for that kind of purpose and there are side charging uppers made for that. I'm not sure how much interest it would have unless you specifically knew some people asking for it--such effort is probably best directed at helping get the current bill we have passed to open up semi autos for hunting in PA.

[Dredly]

Think you would do better making them up as "tactical" and selling them that way

[Maryland_Shooter]

I bought 2 lowers from PSA during their Labor Day Sale. A friend of mine suggested I build them for hunting in Pa. As in being in a good deer cartridge, and built using a side charge upper without a gas system so as to require hand cycling, like a straight pull bolt action. I guess my question is, ( since I don't hunt ), would this interest hunters enough to make it worthwhile?
Unfortunately, I am disabled, and do these kinds of things to make extra money.

I thought you couldn't use an AR for hunting in PA

[Yellowfin]

I thought you couldn't use an AR for hunting in PA

At present, no, but if we can overcome the anti gun people, the anti hunting people, and the Luddites in our own camp who help the former two, we might get that changed fairly soon.

[streaker69]

Unfortunately, I am disabled, and do these kinds of things to make extra money.

I thought you couldn't use an AR for hunting in PA

At present, no, but if we can overcome the anti gun people, the anti hunting people, and the Luddites in our own camp who help the former two, we might get that changed fairly soon.

The OP is disabled, he may fall into the exception that allows him to hunt with a Semi-auto.

[str8shooter]

I thought you couldn't use an AR for hunting in PA

You can't use a semi-auto. Sounds like the OP is contemplating building a manual feed AR, which I think would make it legal for hunting.

[Maryland_Shooter]

At present, no, but if we can overcome the anti gun people, the anti hunting people, and the Luddites in our own camp who help the former two, we might get that changed fairly soon.

What is the reasoning used to distinguish a semi-auto and say a Remington shotgun?

Semi-auto shotguns illegal as well?

[streaker69]

You can't use a semi-auto. Sounds like the OP is contemplating building a manual feed AR, which I think would make it legal for hunting.

What is the reasoning used to distinguish a semi-auto and say a Remington shotgun?

Semi-auto shotguns illegal as well?

Hunting with a semi-auto is legal under certain conditions. We discussed it recently here: http://forum.pafoa.org/hunting-23/14...d-hunting.html

There's links there to the state late that disabled persons can hunt with a semi-auto.

Not sure about the shotgun question, as I'm not a hunter myself, but I would assume the difference is in what you're hunting for. Ducks and Geese, I think a semi-auto shotgun is allowed, deer, no.

[Pistol Packin Preacher]

-such effort is probably best directed at helping get the current bill we have passed to open up semi autos for hunting in PA.

Is there a bill out there considering opening up semi-autos for hunting in Pa. or are you saying "if it does happen?"

Do all other states allow semi-autos or are there some that do not as Penna.?

Just curious ...

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