Originally Posted by
edmehlig
I once spoke to a game warden and asked if I removed the magazine from my 10-22 and hunted squirrels would that be legal? I was told definitely not as the shell was automatically ejected plus it was not permanent thus not disabling the semi auto capability.
In that instance, correct. That is a modification that is too easily modified under field conditions (just put in a magazine). But his wording was incorrect. The law doesn't specify "auto ejection". It specifies "auto loading".