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Wildgoose:
I recieved a PM from a list member in responce to my post about getting a diffrent AR upper for deer hunting. His question revolved around just where the regulations concerning the use of semi-autos is listed and felt that the "offical" listing we have all read in the Neb Game and Parks publications (Semi-auto rifles capable of holding more than six rounds are not allowed.) meant that if a rifle like the AR being capable of using removable mags that can hold more than five are therefore not legal. I set out tonight to find just where this is fully explained or defined and was unable to do so. I did find though several discussions on line and in the Game and Parks own disscussion list where the question was answered. That being as I have always understood it is handled by the same rules that shotguns are regulated. As long as the magazine of the weapon, be it attached or a removable box, can not hold more than five rounds or has been modified so it can not, it is then legal. The rilfe being then only capeable of holding six rounds total (5 in the mag +1 in the chamber) its legal. Of course the hunter must not have in the field or in his vehicle any other mags that are higher capacity. Any one else care to jump in here? Is there any place where this is written down chapter and verse or not? I will keep looking but so far it looks like its a matter of interpitation based on the "no weapon capable" one liner in the big game hand out. 

FarmerRick:
This is how I have always understood it to be as well.  I asked Greg Wagner about it one time, he stated the same thing.

bkoenig:
That was always my understanding.

JimP:
I have seen guys hunting with stock SKS's that had a home-made wood "plug" in the magazine so that only 5 rounds would fit in it.

rugermanx:
Since Buying the ar, I wanted to take a deer with it. (I have a bolt .223 that I have tried for a few years to take a deer with to no avail.) But the ar is enticing, Anyway, if you look at the price of magazines for the ar, you can buy a 30 round mag for about 1/2 the price of a 5 or a 10. So I talked to a few people that were familiar with the law and the general consensus was to "plug" the mag. SOOOOOO what I did was take a kitchen scrubber sponge (bought in a 3 pack for almost nothing) cut it to fit in the box of the magazine, and the soaked it in water. After that I let it dry out and it was rock hard. Shoved it into the bottom of the magazine and it worked like a charm. No feed issues and now it only accepts 5 rounds. I actually had to use 1 and a part to get it long enough but it works.

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