AR x39 mags in your SKS!

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For those that wanted a legal 10 round SKS, this is now a reality. I'm looking into what they did to help the mag fit into the adapter. Once I find that out, well be able to use xcr pistol mags!

ww.sksboards.com/smf/index.php?topic=132539.0
 
Before you get too excited, they modified the magazine, which would make it illegal in Canada if you do that to an XCR pistol magazine, unless you reduce it to 5 rounds.

The XCR pistol magazine is only legal at 10 rounds because it was designed to be used in a pistol.

If you modify it to fit a semi-auto rifle, then you just redesigned it to fit a semi-auto rifle, so you have to limit it to five rounds.

I actually did modify an SKS to work with XCR 10 round pistol magazines, and I can assure you that you can't do it without modifying the receiver and bolt.

Quote from the link you posted: "With the G9/A, SKS Rifle Magazine Adapter System, you’ll be using the same AR-15 Style Modified Magazines in your SKS and your AR-15 chambered 7.62 X 39 rifles."
 
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Even if all they did was trim a corner of the mag? What about the guys that have trimmed their Tapco mags to accept stripper clips? Damn it. I was really hoping this would work for us. So that begs the question, what constitutes modifying? Just about every SKS owner that has used a Tapco or Promag has modified their mags. Most of them needed fitting.
 
Ive been following the development of the afapter for a while now. He still needs to find a distributor on this side of the border. You can use the xcr 10 round pistol mags in x39 but you still have to modify them which will make them prohib. He also says his mag manufacturer will be making factory mags already modified. That will be our only legal way of making this work again if he can get ok'd by the rcmp and distribution.
 
Stevo said:
Please quote a legal reference that says modifying an LAR mag to fit in a SKS is illegal.
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You are modifying a Pistol magazine in order to fit a rifle. Once modified the magazine has now been "designed" to work in a rifle and is thus limited to a 5 round capacity.

It may not be law, but it is RCMP policy.
 
Thats why the only way this can work for us is if the manufactured mags can be imported. This is why i lost interest in this system.
 
Blastattack said:
You are modifying a Pistol magazine in order to fit a rifle. Once modified the magazine has now been "designed" to work in a rifle and is thus limited to a 5 round capacity.
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Oh? That's not a legal reference.

And if that were true, welding up the op-rod guide notch in a M14 mag would then also make it "designed" to fit in an AIA rifle and therefore usable with 20 rounds.
 
That would make your m14 mag a modified m14 mag. Still needs to be pinned for 5 rounds.

Replace the word "designed" with "modified" in blastattack's comment, and say hello to mandatory minimums.
 
Defiler said:
That would make your m14 mag a modified m14 mag. Still needs to be pinned for 5 rounds.

Replace the word "designed" with "modified" in blastattack's comment, and say hello to mandatory minimums.
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It can't work both ways.

If a modified M14 mag remains an M14 mag, the a modified pistol mag remains a pistol mag.
 
Stevo said:
It can't work both ways.

If a modified M14 mag remains an M14 mag, the a modified pistol mag remains a pistol mag.
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How about you go modify your pistol mags to fit your rifle and take yourself before the RCMP and court system to establish a precedent for us. Until you do that, I will not be modifying my magazines to fit into rifles they weren't meant to fit into.

As a note, I see where you are trying to go with this, but after 12000 posts I would hope you are smart enough to know that just because it makes sense does not mean that the RCMP won't throw you in jail and maliciously ruin your life and the lives of your family.
 
"Yes officer I modified these pistol mags so they would work in my SKS"

Click! Watch your head getting in the back seat.
 
A modified mag is the same a producing a mag, and needs to meet all legal requirements. If the mag is un-modified, and made specifically for a firearm that has a greater than 5 round legal capacity, than you are good to go. If it is deemed as a "dual use magazine" by the RCMP, even if it is indeed designed for a bolt action, or pistol, than you are back at square one, despite having no law on the books to support their argument. Now, if you have all the time in the world, and a huge legal fund, law team, and interest, you could make a good fight, but the judge will probably side with the RCMP firearms "experts", with no process for appeal. The same experts that make a 22lr that looks like an ak-47 a variant, and a 12ga that looks like an Ar-15 a variant, despite sharing no parts.

Good luck with that.

Modify the gun, not the mag, and keep your lawyer on speed dial.
 
Blastattack said:
They are the law. They have the right to unilaterally declare any garbage they want because they have been granted the power to do so.
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No, they enforce the law. Big difference. If they charge you, what would the charge be? All I would like is a legal reference. I don't discount the fact that it might be a no-no, I just want to read it for myself. Every reference I could find had to do with modifying a mag to hold more ammo than allowed. I couldn't find anything for this case.

On a side note, it would still be neat to use AR mags. Lots of gear out there designed for the AR crowd.
 
short answer is no. inconsistencies within our laws aside, it is illegal to modify a pistol magazine for use in a rifle. that said it IS NOT ILLEGAL to modify magazines in general. If the magazine is designed for one rifle and requires fitting, and is modified to fit it's intended firearm, thats ok.

it's not so much inconsistent as much as the way you interpret it. It makes perfect sense if you stop thinking of it as a restriction about modification of magazines and simply think of it as "Pistol magazines must be originally designed and built as pistol magazines." full stop
 
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