Iowa is a straight wall state…

I mean, that’s why they always claimed we couldn’t use rifles before- too much chance of picking Cletus off his tractor from two counties away. But you could shoot grandpaw’s ol’ Remington 1100 and blaze away with 5 12 ga slugs at a little running doe (I heard a 5 shot barrage on Saturday).

Now you can shoot anything .35 or bigger, so you can shoot a .375 H&H mag or a 460 Weatherby magnum, but you still can’t shoot a .30-30 because too dangerous. Really, don’t try to figure out Iowa hunting regulations.

Obviously,  when they allowed bottle neck cartridges and left the 35 cal minimum in place it was done by officials who have no firearms knowledge.