Beo mags.....can't wait!!!

For my needs (off the bench) I don't think it makes any difference if the mags are steel or aluminium….but that crimp job is cheesy IMO.
 
Just got back from the range function testing my 5 pack of Press Check Gen 2 .50 Beowulf mags ....

I didn't load more than 14 rds as it would have been a real chore to seat #15. I don't think the bolt would have been able to strip off the top rd. With 14 rds - no problem.
Fit and function were fine.
I hit the mag release and dropped one loaded with 10 rds on concrete and no rds bounced out. There was the merest scuff on the mag base.

They fit fine in my mag pouches as I dropped two Garand clips in each pouch. A chunk of hard foam would work as well.
 
What's so much better about steel over aluminum mags?
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They're just better in every way.

Better looking for starters. (Black instead of grey)

More durable. Less flexible. (Feed lips especially)

Can be stuck to a magnet on my belt if I feel like it.

I have plastic, aluminum, and steel versions of LAR pistol mags. For me personally; I'll only buy steel mags from now on.
 
JohnakaJesus said:
...It will keep prices more competitive and will help if the RCMP ever thinks to change their minds and reclassify these mags or amend the laws regarding mag restrictions....
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Only elected members of parliment can introduce bills and change Canadian law... geez you might think by all the mis-information propagated on this forum we were living under some kind of police state! It's a real shame there is so much fear mongering within our own (gun) lobby.

http://www.parl.gc.ca/About/Parliament/GuideToHoc/making-e.htm

An idea to make a new law or to change an existing law starts out as a "bill." Each bill goes through several stages to become law. At first reading, the bill is considered read for the first time and is printed. There is no debate. At second reading, Members debate the principle of a bill — is the idea behind it sound? Does it meet people's needs? If a bill passes at second reading, it goes to a committee of the House.

Committee members study the bill carefully. They hold hearings to gather information. They can ask for government officials and experts to come and answer questions. The committee can propose amendments, or changes, to the bill.

When a committee has finished its study, it reports the bill back to the House. The entire House can then debate it. During report stage debate, Members can suggest other amendments to the bill.

Once report stage is over, the bill is called for third reading debate. Members who voted for the bill at second reading may sometimes change their minds at third reading after seeing what amendments have or have not been made to the bill. After a bill has passed third reading in the House of Commons, it goes through a similar process in the Senate. Once both Chambers pass the bill in the same form, it is given Royal Assent and becomes law.
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Only elected members of parliment can introduce bills and change Canadian law... geez you might think by all the mis-information propagated on this forum we were living under some kind of police state! It's a real shame there is so much fear mongering within our own (gun) lobby.
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While technically, you are correct. In the real world, you are wrong.

The RCMP doesn't need to change any laws. They just need to change their own interpretation of the existing laws.

Look no further than antique classification.
The RCMP didn't actually change any laws. But they certainly have changed their interpretation of the law.
 
Im pretty sure you knew what i ment, and if the RCMP doesnt want us to have access to these they dont have to change laws to do it. Sorry that I did not word it that way, and used the word "law". (we all know how well the RCMP is at following this "law" anyways) Is that enough fear mongering for you? BTW i am no lobby group, i just like to shoot guns. Do you just search posts looking to pick at ever little in accuracy?. I have no interest in agruing over something so petty. Now i remember why I almost never post on CGN, it's because of people like yourself.

LeadMonkey said:
Only elected members of parliment can introduce bills and change Canadian law... geez you might think by all the mis-information propagated on this forum we were living under some kind of police state! It's a real shame there is so much fear mongering within our own (gun) lobby.
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So, the fear mongers are of the opinion that the rcmp could decide with another Bulletin that .50 Beowulf mags (be they plastic, aluminum, steel) are illegal if loaded with .223 ammo.

Given their track record, it's not beyond the pale. Then a lot of people will be in possession of potentially prohibited devices and the 'magazine police' will have a field day checking and testing magazines.

It gets sillier by the day ..... more money spent on tracking and controlling the firearms of non-criminals. Makes you proud to be Canadian, eh?
 
I've always believed that the RCMP were pissed off and hopping mad about the fact that LAR 15 mags were declared legal
Wouldn't surprise me at all if they suddenly declared the .50 Beowulf mags prohibited for some ridiculous reason, or just no reason at all
At the end of the day they have a massive budget, a huge anti-gun axe to grind, and they won't be held to the same legal standards we are
 
I was never suggesting that they would do anything about these mags. Just that if they ever decided to even think about it, one of the first things they would have to think about is how many mags are in the country. The more mags = the harder it would be for them to do such a thing. If people take that as fear mongering then so be it. Personally I don't trust them as far as I can throw them and look at every possible angle
 
There were tens of thousands of hi-cap pistols mags in the country in the hands of IPSC shooters and just plain pistol shooters. There was no exemption when the limit was established at 10 rds.
They were pinned/blocked or you were in possession of 'prohibited' devices. It could happen again ....
 
JohnakaJesus said:
I was never suggesting that they would do anything about these mags. Just that if they ever decided to even think about it, one of the first things they would have to think about is how many mags are in the country. The more mags = the harder it would be for them to do such a thing. If people take that as fear mongering then so be it. Personally I don't trust them as far as I can throw them and look at every possible angle
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I don'tthink the RCMP cares about how many they are, they know that 95% of Canadians will be good little sheep like they've been socially engineered for and hand them in.
 
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