56-50 now legal for big game in Minnesota!!!

[Dakota Widowmaker]

I am taking my Spencer carbine hunting this fall... its settled.

LEGAL FIREARMS FOR BIG GAME
Note: see www.dnr.state.mn.us/regulations/hunting/legalcartridges.html
for a listing of legal big game cartridges. A rifle, shotgun, muzzleloader, or
handgun is legal for taking deer if:
• it is at least .23 caliber;
• it is loaded only with single projectile ammunition;
• the projectile used has a soft point or is an expanding bullet type and
• the ammunition has a case length of at least 1.285 inches, with the
exception of a 10 mm cartridge that is at least .95 inches long, a .45
Winchester magnum, .50 A.E., .30 caliber M-1, or the following
Spencer cartridges: 56-46, 56-50, 56-56;
• the muzzleloader (long gun or handgun) used cannot be loaded at the
breech (muzzleloading revolvers are not legal for taking big game);
• the smooth-bore muzzleloader used is at least .45 caliber and
• the rifled muzzleloader used is at least .40 caliber;
• muzzleloaders with scopes are legal during the regular firearms deer seasons,
but are not allowed during the muzzleloader season except by special
permit for hunters with a medically certified visual impairment (see
muzzleloader information below).

What's nice about the Spencer is the ammo all comes out the back and you don't have to work the action.