10 rds beowulf mags

Please explain what legal reasons lead one to believe that an AR15 "Beowulf" magazine.....that retains more than 5 rounds of .223 Remington is not a prohibited device.

When reading the Cartridge Control Regulations it states:
"that is capable of containing more than five cartridges of the type for which the magazine was originally designed"
"and that is designed or manufactured for use in"
"a semi-automatic firearm other than a semi-automatic handgun,"

Help me understand.

Rich
 
Rich LPS said:
Please explain what legal reasons lead one to believe that an AR15 "Beowulf" magazine.....that retains more than 5 rounds of .223 Remington is not a prohibited device.

When reading the Cartridge Control Regulations it states:
"that is capable of containing more than five cartridges of the type for which the magazine was originally designed"
"and that is designed or manufactured for use in"
"a semi-automatic firearm other than a semi-automatic handgun,"

Help me understand.

Rich
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It's wishfull thinking, they try to convince themselves that it's a true dedicated legal Beowulf magazine so they can continue to legally use it even though the fact that it functions with 223 means it is not a true Beowulf magazine. If it had the correct follower and the magazine lips had been adjusted to actually function correctly with 50 Bowulf it would no longer function correctly with 223. The bulletin they posted clearly states that any magazine that is based on the AR-15 magazine that holds more than 5 rounds of 223 is prohibited.

I don't understand why people are always jumping on Brian in these threads. He's only trying to protect people from their own ignorance, the charges you will get if you run across the wrong enforcement officer are not going to be good and you could have your PAL revoked and firearms seized followed by months or years of court appearances. Is it really worth the risk just to put 4 more rounds in your rifle?
Lots of guys say they have police friends or shoot with enforcement officers and no one says anything about it, which is great, but it only takes one enforcement officer in the wrong mood some day to charge you with possession of a prohibited device to ruin your year.

I'm with Brian, it's not worth the risk just for 4 more rounds. I'd like to see someone attack this head on and start a legal battle to get rid of the stupid magazine capacity laws. I'd gladly donate to that cause. The capacity limits are stupid and don't make anyone safer but simply ignoring them won't change anything. Yes I know it's just a bulletin and not law but since the lieberals seem to have removed the leash from the RCMP in firearms matters and they are also the ones enforcing whatever they come up with I'd say your chances of winning in court are pretty slim.

To the guys still using them, that's your choice and I'm not going to tell you not to. Just know that there is a risk to using them.
 
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How many are still shooting hi-cap (that is the correct term in this case) 10/22 mags - the RCMP are less concerned about those than Beo mags - since the instruction is not to lay over cap 10/22 mags as a stand alone charge. There is no such advisory for the Beo mags. You pay your money, you take your chances - also, and I'm at least semi-serious here, which dealers are carrying Beo pistols? In order to be legal the pistol must be widely available to shooters in Canada, I don't know about anyone else, but I've never heard of such a creature - but I'd like to.

...and yes, to quote Bill, (or was it Chuck) "the law is an ass", but it is still the law and could be expensive to break unless you're on first name terms with a good lawyer.
 
I'm still waiting for someone to explain why they believe that a magazine originally designed for .223 Remington....that still retains .223 Remington....is suddenly a brand new cutting edge design that is designed from the ground up as only a 50 Beowulf mag?
"The law's an ass" maybe true, "The law needs to change" also maybe true but it's still the law. We can bi#ch about the law, try and get it changed, but to ignore it is dangerous. If there is an investigation for anything shooting related (AD, injury) or other criminal offence and someone is caught with a Beowulf mag that holds more than 5 rounds of .223 Remington, there will be charges.

As for LEO's that do nothing or use them their selves, Police Administrations have very little patience for their own members when it comes to contravening firearms laws, they may quickly find their selves out of a job.

Rich
 
Rich LPS said:
As for LEO's that do nothing or use them their selves, Police Administrations have very little patience for their own members when it comes to contravening firearms laws, they may quickly find their selves out of a job.

Rich
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Exactly, you will not see any police publicly endorsing the legality and use in contravention of what the RCMP lab has determined.
 
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