SabaII wrote:Oh I agree 100% with you guys. Thats why I put unfortunately we had to consider the idiots.
I'm not entirely sure what line of thinking you are trying to promote... previously it seemed like you were advocating a limitation on magazine capacity in hunting rifles due to the "idiot factor." The problem with idiots is they are often also lack self awareness and don't bother reading/following the regs in the first place. Laws of the sort tend to simply inconvenience the law-abiding, a better solution to avoiding the 30 round spray and pray hunters is to find yourself a chunk of private land to hunt, otherwise beggers can't really be choosers (I occasionally hunt public land and sympathize, hearing a 12 gauge slug fired over a nearby hill whizzing over your head is a ******* feeling).
For me the appeal of lower capacity magazines in a hunting rifle is weight and profile... 30 rounds of 55 grain 5.56/.223 is a full pound that you most likely won't need at one time, why carry it on your rifle? As a previous poster also stated, prone a 30 round magazine is a liability sticking out of your rifle... But again both are really personal/ergonomic choices that may not impact all hunters, don't know if I need the law making such decisions for me though.
The cheap Thermold / Master Molder 20 round AR magazines you can pick up for $3-4 are about the lowest profile/highest capacity magazine I've found for an AR (compared to the C-products curved/straight body, PMag and Colt 20 rounders) and work surprisingly well from the bench or prone in the field with a pack rest or bipod.