See if he knows how many 30 caliber clips it takes to disperse 30 bullets in half a second.

Yeah, I figured he was off his rocker. He was trying to convince me he had called and talk to someone and they confirmed it. I'm betting there was some big miscommunication happening either in his asking or maybe some ignorance on the part of the person answering. I wonder if he said auto-loading or something like that and the person took that to be fully automatic.

Well seeing the MSM pretty much defines everything but bolt action a full auto then I can understand his confusion.

From the hunter ED page St of WA.

https://www.hunter-ed.com/washington/st ... 700046649/

All rifles must have a minimum barrel length of 16 inches.
Individuals wishing to buy a rifle from a licensed firearms dealer must be a minimum of 18 years of age.
Minors under 18 years of age may possess a firearm if they are in attendance at a hunter safety course, are hunting or trapping under a valid license, or meet one of the other exceptions provided by law.
Rifles used to hunt big game should be sufficiently powerful for the game being hunted.
Centerfire rifles used to hunt big game (except cougar) in Washington must be a minimum of .24.
All fully automatic firearms are illegal for hunting.

That's kind of interesting. You can't hunt with a SBR .300 Blackout, but you can with a .300 Blackout pistol with the same 8 inch barrel. Same with a SBR lever action in .357 mag or .44 mag, and a revolver or the Mare's Leg in either caliber. Seems backwards.

Well seeing the MSM pretty much defines everything but bolt action a full auto then I can understand his confusion.

From the hunter ED page St of WA.

https://www.hunter-ed.com/washington/st ... 700046649/

All rifles must have a minimum barrel length of 16 inches.
Individuals wishing to buy a rifle from a licensed firearms dealer must be a minimum of 18 years of age.
Minors under 18 years of age may possess a firearm if they are in attendance at a hunter safety course, are hunting or trapping under a valid license, or meet one of the other exceptions provided by law.
Rifles used to hunt big game should be sufficiently powerful for the game being hunted.
Centerfire rifles used to hunt big game (except cougar) in Washington must be a minimum of .24.
All fully automatic firearms are illegal for hunting.

That's kind of interesting. You can't hunt with a SBR .300 Blackout, but you can with a .300 Blackout pistol with the same 8 inch barrel. Same with a SBR lever action in .357 mag or .44 mag, and a revolver or the Mare's Leg in either caliber. Seems backwards.

The manual referenced is out of date, it is legal to hunt with SBR per the current published Regs.

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I think most of the misunderstanding comes from the fact that .223 cannot be used and so this discounts most of the popular semi-auto firearms like AR-15, and in years past the Mini-14. Most people consider anything chambered in .223 to imply a semi-auto rifle.

I wish .223 would fly for big game here but I just don't know if it will ever happen. I've considered picking up a 16" Grendel upper just for WA hunting.

Yeah, I figured he was off his rocker. He was trying to convince me he had called and talk to someone and they confirmed it. I'm betting there was some big miscommunication happening either in his asking or maybe some ignorance on the part of the person answering. I wonder if he said auto-loading or something like that and the person took that to be fully automatic.

I once had a trooper tell me that if I had a handgun in my car it had to be on my person. It was illegal to have it in my purse or in the glove box. Uhhhhh, no.