swampmusic

Can anyone give me advice for a good semi-auto rifle that shoots a cartridge legal for deer hunting in Ohio and Indiana? Here is my criteria:

Prefer a gun with readily-available ammo that is reasonable priced

I rarely ever take a shot over 100 yds.

Preference given to guns that offer more than 5-shot magazines.

Thanks for any help you can offer!

d80hunter

I believe Ohio has a 3 round ammo limit and the only guns that would work in your scenario would be a semi-auto shotgun or the Ruger .44 magnum Deerfield Carbine.

In Indiana you can use 450 Bushmaster, 458 Socom, and 50 Beowulf in an AR-15 platform.

Topgun 3006

A .44 Mag is all you need and there is absolutely no reason to have a hunting rifle that holds more than 3 or 4 rounds!

swampmusic

Thanks for the input guys. I never carry more than 3 rounds when deer hunting. But I'd also like to have higher magazine capacity to shoot just for fun.

As long as I can render it 3 rounds or less to make it legal while hunting, I'd like to be able to have higher capacity on hand for other purposes.

Ridge Runner

whats the regs on ohio rifles?
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gregrn43

I just bought a marlin 45/70 for hunting Ohio. Looking for a 444 marlin for my wife, not having much luck in finding one right now. I've hunted there since the late nineties and have always used a muzzy.

Major Woods

Ruger Mini-30

Topgun 3006

Legal deer hunting rifles are chambered for the following calibers: .357 Magnum, .357 Maximum, .38 Special, .375 Super Magnum, .375 Winchester, .38-55, .41 Long Colt, .41 Magnum, .44 Special, .44 Magnum, .444 Marlin, .45 ACP, .45 Colt, .45 Long Colt, .45 Winchester Magnum, .45 Smith & Wesson, .454 Casull, .460 Smith & Wesson, .45-70, .45-90, .45-110, .475 Linebaugh, .50-70, .50-90, .50-100, .50-110 and .500 Smith & Wesson.

Topgun 3006

Not legal in IN or OH

Ridge Runner

so basically any straight walled case?
450 bushy, 50 beowolf, 458 lott, should be a few others, would take some digging to find them all, but they ain't common. never could figure out why there was never a 357 max built in an AR
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