Reloading w/ condor safe bullets: verboten?

[otteray]

So I bought some expensive 45-70 Barnes bullets to reload for pig hunting in the condor zone.
Now, someone said that I cannot use reloads; but must use only those factory rounds blessed by the anti-hunters and certified by F&G.
Since this is the Twilight Zone state we live in, will a Rod Serling please, step forward and tell me what is real?

[sorensen440]

Thats bull you can use lead free reloads

[bohoki]

yea aren't frangables non lead too

[Fjold]

The bullets are certified by F&G

[7x57]

Thats bull you can use lead free reloads

Yeah, as long as the bullets themselves are blessed by the all-wise state you're good. What you can't do is use non-lead bullets the state didn't approve, because that Is Not Allowed.

7x57

[ke6guj]

Heres the list of allowable Barnes bullets, directly from F&G.

http://www.dfg.ca.gov/wildlife/hunting/condor/docs/ammo/Barnes-Web-Info-9-3-08.pdf

http://www.dfg.ca.gov/wildlife/hunting/condor/certifiedammo.html

[santacruzpaul]

I called DFG in Monterey

I have heard from non official sources that only factory ammo was approved.
I called DFG in Monterey, and the chick told me it was all good using reloaded ammo with Barnes Copper in sidearms and rifles,
She also told me I could carry a sidearm with lead ammo, while legally upland game hunting with a shotgun using lead shot,
But, I would like to get the info from a warden,
Paul

[Solidmch]

Thats bull you can use lead free reloads

I do it all the time! So does my dad and one of the Land Managers in the area.

[7x57]

I called DFG in Monterey, and the chick told me it was all good using reloaded ammo with Barnes Copper in sidearms and rifles,
She also told me I could carry a sidearm with lead ammo, while legally upland game hunting with a shotgun using lead shot,
But, I would like to get the info from a warden,
Paul

That advice worries me. I gather one of the most common violations is having a sidearm with normal ammo. AFAIK it doesn't matter how insane the weapon/game combination; if you have it, you're treated as though you're hunting with it.

7x57

[santacruzpaul]

That advice worries me. I gather one of the most common violations is having a sidearm with normal ammo. AFAIK it doesn't matter how insane the weapon/game combination; if you have it, you're treated as though you're hunting with it.

7x57

I explained to her that i would also be hunting other game animals, such as cottontails, and tree squirrels in season as well as upland game,
again, i would like to hear it offically.
Paul

[.454]

again, i would like to hear it offically.
Paul

Only "approved factory loaded" is as big of a FUD as the "they will ban body armor in two weeks" B.S. but... since none of us here on CG is a game warden, I guess you'll need to call DFG again and ask another genius working the phones there.
Oh, and speaking of geniuses ...I hope you wrote down the name of the DFG representative who told you that a personal defense handgun loaded with lead ammo when hunting in the Condor Area is OK, because it is NOT.

[Spyder]

I have heard from non official sources that only factory ammo was approved.
I called DFG in Monterey, and the chick told me it was all good using reloaded ammo with Barnes Copper in sidearms and rifles,
She also told me I could carry a sidearm with lead ammo, while legally upland game hunting with a shotgun using lead shot,
But, I would like to get the info from a warden,
Paul

NOT ok. Letter of the law, even if you've got a lead round in your pocket that you're not even carrying a gun that is chambered for, it is citable.

Don't do it. =]

[wellerjohn]

What about a shotshell for snakes? Still have not found out if it's legal.

[otteray]

NOT ok. Letter of the law, even if you've got a lead round in your pocket that you're not even carrying a gun that is chambered for, it is citable.


Don't do it. =]

The possession of a projectile containing
lead in excess of the amount allowed in subsection
353(h) without possessing a firearm capable of
firing the projectile is not a violation of this section

[Whiskey84]

won't someone please think of the condors and the children?