IMI BW mags

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I just got them. Looks good, fits 15 223s. Range report is coming.

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mustang979 said:
RCMP has declared them dual caliber mags, and as such "will be prohibited if they exceed five shots capacity of either calibre."
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Enough of this, please. How anyone read that linked article and drew any conclusions from it that anything had been banned is beyond me.
 
They said the AA mags the importer was attempting to bring in were "dual caliber mags". It doesn't say anything about the mags they already approved for import (such as these ones).
 
The RCMP didn't approve ANY .50Beo mags for import.

The CBSA just didn't happen to stop any of the shipments prior to now..........
 
*MALICE* said:
The CBSA just didn't happen to stop any of the shipments prior to now..........
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Untrue, not long ago a shipment of C prod 50 Beo mags were also stopped as well according to the dealers that were selling them on here at the time. It is also not the first time the RCMP has made it's opinion clear on these magazines.

Very unfortunate for owners of a 50 Beowulf rifle as the value will be next to nothing if capacity is effectively reduced.

Here is what the Canadian importer for Alexander Arms was told by the RCMP

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http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php/1237510-50-Bw-mags-things-are-getting-stupid/page12

Armtac said:
Being the dealer with Alexander Arms, we were originally going to manufacturer the polymer version of the .50 Beowulf mags in Korea completely with a new mold 2 years ago. We have one currently sitting with RCMP for inspection, however, numerous email with RCMP did mentioned that they will not likely going to approve any .50 Beowulf magazine.

Here is a portion of the communication I have with RCMP

"Across the spectrum of numerous inspections, RCMP-SFSS has not seen a single 50 Beowulf magazine or a single 458 Socom Calibre magazine for the AR-15 platform that is not prohibited. This is because the magazine designs we have seen have been adapted from the AR-15/M16 5.56 x 45 mm design to accommodate the 458 Socom & 50 Beowulf calibre cartridge but have never lost the 5.56 mm design features.

I am not here to argue, I am here to tell people what SFSS told me.

It really doesn't make any sense to me either, but a lot of stuffs in life doesn't make any sense as well.
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I'd like the RCMP to explain how a BW magazine could be designed differently and still fit/function in the magwell of the AR lower (without being similar to the 5.56x45mm design)? Seems to me it has to have a pretty specific shape to fit/function properly.
 
Brordo said:
I'd like the RCMP to explain how a BW magazine could be designed differently and still fit/function in the magwell of the AR lower (without being similar to the 5.56x45mm design)? Seems to me it has to have a pretty specific shape to fit/function properly.
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Unfortunately from what I have experienced is that a large number of magazines that are marketed as 50 Beowulf barely function in the 50 Beowulf rifle. With the consistency of them not feeding properly it is hard to believe the manufacturer did much of any product testing or are interested in making revisions to their product to fix the issue.
 
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