my first AR buid question.....12" 6.5 grendel

[daawiz69]

I am considering my first AR build. I am looking at a 12" 6.5 Grendel AR pistol. Any issues with that in CO? Can I hunt with it? thanks for any feedback. Also, if I get in a bind is there anyone that could help build.
Mark

[00tec]

You get to build your own SBR, or buy it.
Both with appropriate tax stamps of course.

Unless you go the pistol route. Different story.

[daawiz69]

yeah its a pistol kit.

[00tec]

Build to your heart's desire. I do not see a regulation prohibiting that firearm during rifle season, but you are going to want to consult the big game brochure thoroughly yourself.

ETA, there will be magazine capacity restrictions for hunting with it.

[daawiz69]

thanks so much!

[ChickNorris]

I suggest Bowers Tactical if you'd like a shop to assist.

All members here, though only one visits the site regularly.

Worth the drive if you need help, parts, & copious amounts of information.

[ferrum]

There are specific hunting regs governing the use of pistols for big game. A 6.5 should easily meet those guidelines, but encourage you to read the regs first.

[Not_A_Llama]

ETA, there will be magazine capacity restrictions for hunting with it.

Not for pistol.

But be aware that pistols probably can’t wear braces under hunting regs.

[CS1983]

Not for pistol.

But be aware that pistols probably can’t wear braces under hunting regs.

Correct, at least as I read it.

Pg 14 of the current regs:

7. HANDGUNS
a. Barrel must be a minimum of 4 inches long.
b. Must use a minimum .24-caliber (6 mm) in diameter expanding bullet.
c. Shoulder stocks or attachments prohibited.
d. Must use a cartridge or load that produces minimum energy of 550-ft.-pounds at 50 yards as rated by manufacturer

Rifles:

142020 COLORADO BIG GAME HUNTING: HUNTING LAWSHUNTING LAWS
1. CENTERFIRE RIFLES
a. Must be a minimum of .24 caliber (6 mm).
b. Must have a minimum 16-inch barrel and be at least 26 inches long.
c. If semiautomatic, a maximum of six rounds are allowed in the magazine and chamber combined.
d. Must use expanding bullets that weigh a minimum of 70 grains for deer, pronghorn and bear, 85 grains for elk and moose, and have an impact energy (at 100 yards) of 1,000 ft.-pounds as rated by manufacturer.
e. It is illegal to hunt game birds, small-game mammals or furbearers with a centerfire rifle larger than .23 caliber during regular rifle deer and elk seasons west of I-25, without an unfilled deer or elk license for the season. A small-game, furbearer or unfilled big-game license is required.
NOTE: SMART RIFLES are prohibited, including any firearm equipped with a tar-get tracking system, electronically controlled, assisted or computer-linked trigger or a ballistics computer. Any firearm equipped with a scope containing a computer processor is considered to be a smart rifle.
NOTE: FULLY AUTOMATIC RIFLES are prohibited.

So the question becomes if CPW would consider such a thing a pistol or rifle. This would seem common sense and be considered a pistol, since it legally is, but I'd still clarify.

Personally, I dunno that I'd bother trying to hunt with it. Get enough of a dickhead wildlife officer and he might even consider a foam bumper on the pistol tube to be an "attachment".

[daawiz69]

thanks for all the feedback!