Help me, I don't get your math.
There is only a 0.25" difference in length between 2.75" and 3" shells. Even if your magazine held 5 3" shells, magazine would only hold 5 2.75" shells as the difference in length is only 1.25", not enough to get an extra shell in the mag.
If you counted 4 in mag and 1 in chamber, then difference is only one inch.
When I took conservation enforcement, we had an assignment where we had to create our own magazine capacity checker. Usually made out of something like a stiff garden hose with a handle, it was marked for 3"and 2.75" shells. More than two of either in magazine, you would be hooped. That was for bird hunting.
If hunting outside bird season, then there should be no issue for hunting coyotes and foxes etc with your mag plug removed.
However, it is not strictly a hunting legality question. You need to check the Firearms Act to ensure that you are not in contravention of that. I don't know the answer. But it would not surprise me that the answer is five.
Check it out.
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