AR-pattern rifles in Ohio

Ohio treats an AR-15 as an ordinary rifle: no state ban on semi-automatic rifles, no feature list and no magazine-capacity limit. That freedom shows in how they get used. A 5.56 carbine handles range days, coyotes and home defense, while an upper in .350 Legend or .450 Bushmaster turns the same lower into a legal deer rifle, as long as you load no more than three rounds during the gun seasons. Service-rifle shooters build ARs for the National Matches at Camp Perry each summer. One caution: Columbus and a few other cities have passed magazine and storage ordinances that remain tied up in court under ORC 9.68, so residents should check the current status in buying a gun in Columbus. Every AR ships to your Ohio FFL for Form 4473 and the NICS check.