Muzzle loader shotgun

[bobcat]

I own a 12 gauge muzzle loader shotgun, 11 inch double barrel. Is it legal to hunt upland birds with it in California? Thank you.

[NapalmCheese]

311(c) makes it explicitly legal to hunt small game (upland game birds included) with a muzzle loading shotgun.

Is it really 11 inches long? Nothing specifies a barrel length if I recall in the rules.

[bobcat]

Thank you, yes it is 11 inches long. It is a muzzle loader shotgun pistol.

[L-2]

[bobcat]

Napalmcheese, I found the info I was looking for; thanks to you. 507.-3 hunting upland birds, muzzle loader shotgun.

[edgerly779]

Just get steel shot.

[bobcat]

Yes, I got steel shot. Thank you!

[W.R.Buchanan]

I think that is a Howdah Pistol used on the platform atop of Elephants while hunting Tigers in India as a last chance gun in case the Tiger decided to come aboard and eat you.

Randy

[edgerly779]

I have fffg in sales section

[Quiet]

Fish & Game Code 2002
It is unlawful to possess a bird, mammal, fish, reptile, amphibian, or part of any of those animals, taken in violation of this code or a regulation adopted pursuant to this code.

California Code of Regulations Title 14 Division 1 Subdivision 2 Chapter 1 Section 250.1
Prohibition on the Use of Lead Projectiles and Ammunition Using Lead Projectiles for the Take of Wildlife.
(a) Purpose. This regulation phases in the requirements of Fish and Game Code Section 3004.5, which prohibits the use of any lead projectiles or ammunition containing lead projectiles when taking any wildlife with a firearm on or after July 1, 2019.
(b) Definitions.
(1) A projectile is any bullet, ball, sabot, slug, buckshot, shot, pellet or other device that is expelled from a firearm through a barrel by force.
(2) Nonlead ammunition is any centerfire, shotgun, muzzleloading, or rimfire ammunition containing projectiles certified pursuant to subsection (b)(3) or subsection (f).
(d) Phased Approach to Prohibit the Use of Lead Ammunition for the Take of Wildlife. The use of lead projectiles is authorized until the effective dates described in subsections (d)(1), (d)(2), and (d)(3).
(3) Effective July 1, 2019, it shall be unlawful to use, or possess with any firearm capable of firing, any projectile(s) not certified as nonlead when taking any wildlife for any purpose in this state.

California Code of Regulations Title 14 Division 1 Subdivision 2 Chapter 2 Section 311
Methods Authorized for Taking Resident Small Game.
The take or attempted take of any resident small game with a firearm shall be in accordance with the use of nonlead projectiles and ammunition pursuant to Section 250.1. Only the following may be used to take resident small game:
(c) Muzzle-loading shotguns.

California Code of Regulations Title 14 Division 1 Subdivision 2 Chapter 7 Section 507
Provisions Related to the Taking of Migratory Game Birds.
(a) Authorized Methods. Only the following methods may be used to take migratory game birds:
(3) Muzzle-loading Shotguns.