ChromeArty
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Sunshine Coast (PR)
At the range today to test out my Beretta 96 mag in my 92FS today. There are a couple other guys there, so i mention what I'm about to do to the lads before having at it.
They were pretty taken aback, so I pulled out the phone and read Bulletin 72 subsection 5 to them:
5. Magazines for semiautomatic handguns which contain more than ten (10) rounds of a different calibre
Magazines designed to contain centrefire cartridges and designed or manufactured for use in a semiautomatic handgun, are limited to 10 cartridges. The capacity is measured by the kind of cartridge the magazine was designed to contain. In some cases the magazine will be capable of containing more than 10 rounds of a different caliber; however that is not relevant in the determination of the maximum permitted capacity.
Example:
Heckler and Koch P7 pistol chambered for 9mm Luger caliber:
The magazine designed for the 40 S&W calibre variant of the pistol will hold 13 cartridges of 9mm Luger calibre and function in the 9mm Luger calibre P7 pistol. This is permissible as the maximum permitted capacity of the 40 S&W calibre magazine must be measured by the number of 40 S&W calibre cartridges it is capable of holding, which is 10 such cartridges in the case of the HK P7 pistol magazine.
The lead guy responds by saying "nowhere in there did it say it was okay to use in your pistol." So I read this part a second time:
The magazine designed for the 40 S&W calibre variant of the pistol will hold 13 cartridges of 9mm Luger calibre and function in the 9mm Luger calibre P7 pistol. This is permissible as the maximum permitted capacity of the 40 S&W calibre magazine must be measured by the number of 40 S&W calibre cartridges it is capable of holding, which is 10 such cartridges in the case of the HK P7 pistol magazine.
Once again he says "still doesn't say you can use it"
You can lead a horse to water, but ya can't make him drink.
This is the second time I have tried to inform someone of this great bit of freedom that we have, and the secomd time I have been met with resistance. They were nice guys, but afraid.
I was accused on CGN here for "looking for confrontation" when mentioning this bulletin 72. I am truly not! I just want folks to know they can do this! I feel the more that use 40mags in their 9mm the better.
Any one else use 40s&w mags in their 9mm here? Have you had similar experiences?
They were pretty taken aback, so I pulled out the phone and read Bulletin 72 subsection 5 to them:
5. Magazines for semiautomatic handguns which contain more than ten (10) rounds of a different calibre
Magazines designed to contain centrefire cartridges and designed or manufactured for use in a semiautomatic handgun, are limited to 10 cartridges. The capacity is measured by the kind of cartridge the magazine was designed to contain. In some cases the magazine will be capable of containing more than 10 rounds of a different caliber; however that is not relevant in the determination of the maximum permitted capacity.
Example:
Heckler and Koch P7 pistol chambered for 9mm Luger caliber:
The magazine designed for the 40 S&W calibre variant of the pistol will hold 13 cartridges of 9mm Luger calibre and function in the 9mm Luger calibre P7 pistol. This is permissible as the maximum permitted capacity of the 40 S&W calibre magazine must be measured by the number of 40 S&W calibre cartridges it is capable of holding, which is 10 such cartridges in the case of the HK P7 pistol magazine.
The lead guy responds by saying "nowhere in there did it say it was okay to use in your pistol." So I read this part a second time:
The magazine designed for the 40 S&W calibre variant of the pistol will hold 13 cartridges of 9mm Luger calibre and function in the 9mm Luger calibre P7 pistol. This is permissible as the maximum permitted capacity of the 40 S&W calibre magazine must be measured by the number of 40 S&W calibre cartridges it is capable of holding, which is 10 such cartridges in the case of the HK P7 pistol magazine.
Once again he says "still doesn't say you can use it"
You can lead a horse to water, but ya can't make him drink.
This is the second time I have tried to inform someone of this great bit of freedom that we have, and the secomd time I have been met with resistance. They were nice guys, but afraid.
I was accused on CGN here for "looking for confrontation" when mentioning this bulletin 72. I am truly not! I just want folks to know they can do this! I feel the more that use 40mags in their 9mm the better.
Any one else use 40s&w mags in their 9mm here? Have you had similar experiences?
