Lee Enfield 20 round trench mag?

I see the 7.62mm mag now, still can't find a pic of it but got this quote.

20 rd SMLE magazine 10,000 made and all but a few scrapped

There are reputed to be less than ten 20 round SMLE magazines left World wide. The last one sold in UK went for over £1000.

Suggest you go and see the pattern room in Leeds they might double that No themselves
 
Looks like the Bren's father...

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And you would be wrong in this case ...

http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/SOR-98-462/FullText.html

3. (1) Any cartridge magazine
(a) 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
(i) a semi-automatic handgun that is not commonly available in Canada,
(ii) a semi-automatic firearm other than a semi-automatic handgun,
(iii) an automatic firearm whether or not it has been altered to discharge only one projectile with one pressure of the trigger,
(iv) the firearms of the designs commonly known as the Ingram M10 and M11 pistols, and any variants or modified versions of them, including the Cobray M10 and M11 pistols, the RPB M10, M11 and SM11 pistols and the SWD M10, M11, SM10 and SM11 pistols,
(v) the firearm of the design commonly known as the Partisan Avenger Auto Pistol, and any variant or modified version of it, or
(vi) the firearm of the design commonly known as the UZI pistol, and any variant or modified version of it, including the Micro-UZI pistol; or

(b) that is capable of containing more than 10 cartridges of the type for which the magazine was originally designed and that is designed or manufactured for use in a semi-automatic handgun that is commonly available in Canada.
(2) Paragraph (1)(a) does not include any cartridge magazine that
(a) was originally designed or manufactured for use in a firearm that
(i) is chambered for, or designed to use, rimfire cartridges,
(ii) is a rifle of the type commonly known as the “Lee Enfield” rifle, where the magazine is capable of containing not more than 10 cartridges of the type for which the magazine was originally designed, or
(iii) is commonly known as the U.S. Rifle M1 (Garand) including the Beretta M1 Garand rifle, the Breda M1 Garand rifle and the Springfield Armoury M1 Garand rifle;

Lee-Enfield mags are limited to 10 rounds by OIC, full stop.


Rob Smith: If you found a 200 round feed device designed for use in Lee Enfield rifles, it would be legal. Bolt action rifles have no limit to their magazine capacity. That it was named, in the same figurative breath, as the M1's clips is irrelevant.
 
Actually, 2a(ii) simply exempts Lee-Enfield mags from part 1a. which does not apply to bolt guns anyway. It was added because there was a fear in the shooting comunity at the time of the committee hearings.

3. (1) Any cartridge magazine
(a) 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
(i) a semi-automatic handgun that is not commonly available in Canada,
(ii) a semi-automatic firearm other than a semi-automatic handgun,
(iii) an automatic firearm whether or not it has been altered to discharge only one projectile with one pressure of the trigger,
(iv) the firearms of the designs commonly known as the Ingram M10 and M11 pistols, and any variants or modified versions of them, including the Cobray M10 and M11 pistols, the RPB M10, M11 and SM11 pistols and the SWD M10, M11, SM10 and SM11 pistols,
(v) the firearm of the design commonly known as the Partisan Avenger Auto Pistol, and any variant or modified version of it, or
(vi) the firearm of the design commonly known as the UZI pistol, and any variant or modified version of it, including the Micro-UZI pistol; or

(b) that is capable of containing more than 10 cartridges of the type for which the magazine was originally designed and that is designed or manufactured for use in a semi-automatic handgun that is commonly available in Canada.
(2) Paragraph (1)(a) does not include any cartridge magazine that
(a) was originally designed or manufactured for use in a firearm that
(i) is chambered for, or designed to use, rimfire cartridges,
(ii) is a rifle of the type commonly known as the “Lee Enfield” rifle, where the magazine is capable of containing not more than 10 cartridges of the type for which the magazine was originally designed, or
(iii) is commonly known as the U.S. Rifle M1 (Garand) including the Beretta M1 Garand rifle, the Breda M1 Garand rifle and the Springfield Armoury M1 Garand rifle;
 
so canam.....if a guy got the plans and had say....100 made new to the old schematics would they be legal then?
 
so canam.....if a guy got the plans and had say....100 made new to the old schematics would they be legal then?
Yes, but no one is going to make dies for a run of 100. Our mag manufacturer min is 5000 to amortize the dies.

BTW didn't IMA do a run of these mags a while back?
 
10,000 of the 20 rounders were made, They never got used and were sold off to a company that was going to produce a LMG. However that never happened. So, like the Pedersen device for the 03 Springfield, most were scrapped.
 
i have a m1 grand semi auto with a 20 nround clip and it is so quiet, but its pinned at 5 rounds plus one in the chamber
The M1 Garand uses a 8 round en-bloc clip that cannot be pinned and it is specifically exempted from the 5 round limit. Perhaps you are thinking of an M14 which has a 20 round magazine that is pinned to 5 rounds.
I'll bet you do. :confused:
Huh ?????????
Yah, I'm sure it's an M1A, not Garand.
this is canadian gun nutz...you are looking for caNAdiAn AIrsoFt nuTZ, kid

Maybe he has one of these:D



oh you guys can be so rude sometimes :)
 
A 20 round mag hanging from the bottom of a Lee Enfield would be unweildly.

Instead of giving poor old Mantis such a hard time, remember the BM59 and the kits put out by the CMP as well as International and Golden State Arms to convert the Garand to mag feed. They were available in 30-06 and 7.62x51.
 
Enfield larger mag.,

I seem to remember reading (a year or so ago) that the larger mag was dropped because the mag. sticking out the bottom so far would hit the trench edge, holding the rifle too high to shoot. Ditto shooting from prone position.
This was in 1916 or thereabouts & the extended mag. looks like the normal SMLE mag but about 3" longer. I did copy the picture accompanying the article I read but haven't bothered to learn how to post photo's. yet.

Peter (Burlington, Ontario)
 
The rifle shown in the posted photo is an experimental in 7.62 rifle. The WWI .303 experimental magazine is different. In addition to being .303, it is slightly curved.
Read the magazine control regulations very, very carefully. It is possible to interpret them in different ways, with respect to Lee Enfield magazines.
I thought it was an FAL mag, I was straining to read the writing, thanks.


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