Never mentioned bullet weight. Only one or 2 states have a minimum weight that I saw in my searches. The hiccup was bore size verses actual bullet caliber size. Was trying to gather the info quickly and had a small brain fart.

That confuses me because when listing the rule in my Virginia state rules book they only talk about caliber size! Never heard a bore size talked about in any other rules for different states?!?!?

Does your state list bore sizes instead of caliber size???

I think you are having the same brain fart I had raf! Didn't know they were corntagious! MOST of the states list the FIREARMS caliber not the BULLET caliber for the minimums. I.E. "muzzleloader must be a minimum of .45 caliber" and only a few states list a minimum BULLET caliber I.E." Muzzleloader must be a minimum of .45 caliber and firing a projectile of no less than .40 caliber" such as that.

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On the VA DGIF website it lists both:

Only muzzleloading firearms, .45 caliber or larger, loaded from the muzzle of the gun.

Muzzleloading firearms must be single shot, capable of firing only a single bullet or saboted bullet (.38 caliber or larger).

I can shoot a 215 gr 40 cal lehigh cf bullet in my 45 cal knight legally i plan on doing just that come deer season .

The printed regulation taken from the 2015 handbook indicates you need to use at least 44 caliber projectiles. Chet, me thinks you will be in violation if you discharge them 40 caliber bullets out of your 45 caliber rifle.

I would ask about one portion of that. Telescopic sight do not necessarily magnify. You can get a 1X which has zero magnification. They should clarify that reg as it is not written correctly.

Those line define the meaning of telescopic sights. By the definition, a 1X rifle scope is not a telescopic sight. Nor is a 1X red dot sight, or prism sight. Me, i use a 1X scope, during muzzle loader season, because it is not a telescopic sight by definition. During rifle season i use a telescopic sight, a 4X rifle scope.

In Minnesota we will be allowed magnifying scopes during muzzleloader season for the first time this year. That is for those of us over 60. I'm in.

Nope i already talked to head of law enforcement in Pierre . I explained it was a 40 cal bullet shot from a 45 cal gun with a sabot . He said as long as bullet and sabot combined were at least 44 cal i was fine. So according to the head honcho the sabot counts in the equation and i can use it legally and not be in violation