Keep in mind that you cannot hunt big game in Colorado with a 223 or any rifle with a magazine that holds more than 5 rounds. These regulations are vigorously enforced.

If you’re wandering around in our mountains with a 223 with 10, 15, 20 or 30 round magazines during a hunting season, you may well run into trouble.

Even if you’re not hunting, because of the limits on magazine capacity and caliber for hunting, you may encounter greater enforcement of the overall magazine limit (15 rounds) as a by product of the limits on hunting arms.