Semi-automatic rimfires and field shotguns for Maryland

Maryland bans the sale of listed assault long guns and copycat weapons, so this category is smaller here than in most states. What remains is useful. Rimfire semi-automatic rifles in .22 LR, with magazines of 10 rounds or fewer, are the standard choice for squirrels, plinking and teaching a new shooter. Plain field semi-automatic shotguns with a tube magazine are ordinary long guns, and their softer recoil helps with heavy goose loads on the Eastern Shore or a long day of sporting clays. Remember the three-shell plug for migratory birds. We do not list AR or AK pattern rifles, folding-stock shotguns or anything our filter cannot clear by name, so some lawful models will be missing. Your dealer completes the background check. See Maryland gun laws.