hunting with Norinco M305 in Nova Scotia

Not relevant to you personally;

But you couldn't use it to hunt in Southern Ontario.

The diameter of the bullet is too large.
 
Big Game 1.
During the general seasons for hunting deer, moose, and bear, holders of appropriate licences may use: • a rifle and ammunition of .23 calibre or greater; • a shotgun of .410, 28, 20, 16, 12, 10 gauge, using a single projectile; or buckshot having a diameter of 6.10 mm (.24 in.) or larger.

Straight from the NS Hunting & Furharvesting Summary of Regulations 2014
 
I would not want to hunt moose with a 410. That actually doesn't sound right, hmm

http://novascotia.ca/natr/hunt/regulations.asp
 
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No problemo if the law allows the use of a rifle in your MU. A 308 with the proper hunting round is lethal out to 800 meters if U do your part.
 
I would not want to hunt moose with a 410. That actually doesn't sound right, hmm

http://novascotia.ca/natr/hunt/regulations.asp

When I was a kid, the guy that lived across the street from us shot a sizeable bull with a 410 slug. They used to do it with 44-40's, which is probably more anemic than the 410, but I definitely don't think it's an adequate caliber. That being said, they could probably come up with a gorgeous rifled slug gun in 410 that would shoot a powerful slug. It's just that, as others have mentioned in other threads, most States don't allow anything smaller than 20 gauge. Otherwise, even the 28 would make a nice little gun.

BTW, back in the good old days, my go-to moose gun was a HK G3.
 
You can absolutely use it where I am in S Ontario for coyote (small game) and just slightly north of me for deer, where I am is shotgun only for deer.
Tim

I thought the caliber limit was .275" in Southern Ontario?

Is it only in certain areas?
 
If it is legal to hunt with a rifle in your MU and Provence it is legal to hunt with a M305. Use the correct hunting round and not a 7.62X51 NATO non expanding bullet.
 
Many areas have that restriction. I forget where that info is available though.

For Ontario; You find it in hunting regulations.
For small game, It goes not by WMUs but by townships.
A person hunting small game may not carry or use a rifle
of greater calibre than a .275-calibre rifle, except a muzzleloading
gun, in the geographic areas of Brant, Chatham-Kent,
Quote: "Durham, Elgin, Essex, Haldimand, Halton, Hamilton, Huron,
Lambton, Middlesex, Niagara, Norfolk, Northumberland,
Oxford, Peel, Perth, Toronto, Waterloo, Wellington or York."

For N.S. I don't know but, I'd check N.S. hunting regulations.

Edit.

Have a look at http://novascotia.ca/natr/hunt/pdf/HuntingSummary_2014.pdf page 93 and on

I glanced at it and; I think that any centerfire is a no go for small game in NS.
 
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Cool, Thanks GPS! Knew I read it somewhere.

Funny, "Toronto" and "carry or use a rifle" is likely to result in bad day for a hunter, and a top news story for the media.
 
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