No clue, but they don't seem to have that large a share of the market. The 125,000 is only an estimation anyway, since the long gun registry is gone, it's not possible to know for sure.
The 1 million magazine is an estimation from the manufacturers of the amount sold since they came to market in the 70's. There's most probably less than that going around, but still in the high 6-digits. The point is that the overwhelming majority of those mags were manufactured for the rifles, not for the charger, and it would be impossible for the charger owners to absorb even a measurable fraction of that amount of mags.
This is all just trivia anyway. Even if all the 464 chargers were to magically disappear, the rcmp would still consider it as "commonly available" since it's got an FRT. In reality, the charger has been discontinued, and even if you would like to purchase one, you'd have a hard time finding one. It's not "commonly available" in the sense that you'll find one easily; it's "commonly available" in the sense that it's theoretically possible to buy one. If you have an RPAL.
According to this, it seems to have been manufactured 2008 through the present
http://www.ruger.com/service/productHistory.html
22 Charger Pistol
Beginning Serial Number: Years of Production:
490-00001 2008
490-30204 2009
490-38600 2010
490-39965 2011
490-41970 2012
490-46686 2013
490-47392 2014
490-49137 2015
i.e. it's not discontinued.
Let me get this straight. Simply on the words of the RCMP, their premise that your possession is prohibited, you sign their "notebook", gave up your possession without a fight.
If this is true at what point would you fight.
1) after they say your long guns are prohibit and take that away.
2) your vehicle is prohibit and take that away.
3) your pants are prohibit and take that away.
Or you would never fight and walk home naked. RCMP's job is to enforce the law. You have the right to demand what law they are enforcing.
Revolvers RULE; remember that next time you BEND over to pick up brass OR ejected brass pings off the precision gear.
Looking for a car pool buddy for weekly weekday trips from Burnaby to POCO. Better yet I'll drive weekly and you take me hunting.
As a Canadian gun owner I believe we potentially have a larger issue here than the 10-22 mags. At present we seem to have been set upon by a bureaucrat in the firearms office with an approach which is beyond what the CFR has previously administered. There is a lot of good information on this issue on the CALIBRE Magazine site. The reference "10-22 platform" has been brought in to their references. Where we are at is that a rifle magazine allows a pistol(?) to exceed it's 10 round limit*. If this goes through, what might happen where a pistol magazine allows a rifle (AR platform) to exceed 5 rounds? Might there be a reversal in how the Lar15 is looked at? IMHO the 10-22 is a trial ballon.
Personally I think that to impact 100s of thousands of .22 magazine owners which I think probably only have a plinking rifle and most likely not even a restricted firearm, because a very limited number(less than 500?) of Chargers is beyond stupid.
*We already can exceed 10 rounds via magazine substitution. Will this also get prohibited?
Will we have to pin .22 tube magazines to 10?