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Do those magazine come to Canada already rivited by PMAG or the importer spend 10 mn per mag to rivet them.

Any importer that want to answer this

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PMAG does it from what I was told. They have to be riveted before they enter the country. Other wise they are a prohibited device and can only be sold the Mil/LE.
 
I have heard so many different versions. Some from the importers themselves.

I think it is a big secret. :)


Rebel Rouser said:
They have to be riveted before they enter the country. Other wise they are a prohibited device and can only be sold the Mil/LE.
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I disagree. It is only prohib. device until they throw a rivet in it.

My take is that certain stores have the licensing to import mags (standard 30 round capacity) and pin them themselves.
Other stores do not and have to import them already pinned. How they get pinned prior to import is up to them.
 
Rebel Rouser said:
PMAG does it from what I was told. They have to be riveted before they enter the country. Other wise they are a prohibited device and can only be sold the Mil/LE.
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This is exactly what I've been told by the RCMP on numerous occasions.

rivetc78 said:
I have heard so many different versions. Some from the importers themselves.

I think it is a big secret. :)




I disagree. It is only prohib. device until they throw a rivet in it.

My take is that certain stores have the licensing to import mags (standard 30 round capacity) and pin them themselves.
Other stores do not and have to import them already pinned. How they get pinned prior to import is up to them.
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In the eyes of the RCMP, if a magazine was once a prohibited device, it'll always be a prohibited device. Anyone converting 30/30 round magazines into 5/30 magazines and passing them off as legal in Canada is committing a crime.
 
Given the fact that I have received pmags that were removed from the package, riveted then re-sealed in old package and also received ones riveted in the unopened original package. I suspect it can go both ways, done by manufacture or importer.
 
cancer said:
In the eyes of the RCMP, if a magazine was once a prohibited device, it'll always be a prohibited device. Anyone converting 30/30 round magazines into 5/30 magazines and passing them off as legal in Canada is committing a crime.
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I'm going to politely disagree with you one that. When I purchased my Smith and Wesson M&P 15/22, it came with 5, unpinned, 25 round mags. Now since these magazines also fit into Smith and Wesson M&P 15/22 pistol, they have to be pinned to 10 rounds.
I purchased the rifle, and the owner of the store went into the back and riveted the mags so that they would comply with 10 round pistol mag law.
Two weeks after my transfer was approved and the rifle was at home, I received a letter from the RCMP expressing their concern that I was in possession of a prohibited device. I had 20 days to provide "adequate" proof that the magazines had been altered to conform with Canadian Law.
I called the store from which I purchases the rifle, gave them the letter reference number, and they sent a letter on my behalf stating that they had altered the magazines to conform with Canadian law.
No black helicopters came in the night, so I suspected I provided adequate proof they were now legal.
 
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springtown said:
I'm going to politely disagree with you one that. When I purchased my Smith and Wesson M&P 22, it came with 5, unpinned, 25 round mags. Now since these magazines also fit into Smith and Wesson M&P 22 pistol, they have to be pinned to 10 rounds.
I purchased the rifle, and the owner of the store went into the back and riveted the mags so that they would comply with 10 round pistol mag law.
Two weeks after my transfer was approved and the rifle was at home, I received a letter from the RCMP expressing their concern that I was in possession of a prohibited device. I had 20 days to provide "adequate" proof that the magazines had been altered to conform with Canadian Law.
I called the store from which I purchases the rifle, gave them the letter reference number, and they sent a letter on my behalf stating that they had altered the magazines to conform with Canadian law.
No black helicopters came in the night, so I suspected I provided adequate proof they were now legal.
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I got my information directly from an RCMP technician. If he was lying to me then I suppose your interpretation of the law could be correct. Otherwise, I'd just be thankful things ended up working out for you as they did.
 
springtown said:
I'm going to politely disagree with you one that. When I purchased my Smith and Wesson M&P 22, it came with 5, unpinned, 25 round mags. Now since these magazines also fit into Smith and Wesson M&P 22 pistol, they have to be pinned to 10 rounds.
I purchased the rifle, and the owner of the store went into the back and riveted the mags so that they would comply with 10 round pistol mag law.
Two weeks after my transfer was approved and the rifle was at home, I received a letter from the RCMP expressing their concern that I was in possession of a prohibited device. I had 20 days to provide "adequate" proof that the magazines had been altered to conform with Canadian Law.
I called the store from which I purchases the rifle, gave them the letter reference number, and they sent a letter on my behalf stating that they had altered the magazines to conform with Canadian law.
No black helicopters came in the night, so I suspected I provided adequate proof they were now legal.
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No black helicopters? Then you probably arnt in Ontario lol
 
gnmontey said:
Tell us more! There exists a rifle mag that fits the M&P22 Walther made SA 22LR pistol?

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Sorry, Smith and Wesson M&P 15/22.
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Smith and Wesson M&P 15/22 Pistol
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cancer said:
I got my information directly from an RCMP technician. If he was lying to me then I suppose your interpretation of the law could be correct. Otherwise, I'd just be thankful things ended up working out for you as they did.
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I did not interpret the law in any way. This was my experience and first hand account about a prohibited device, becoming a legal non-regulated device.
 
rivetc78 said:
My take is that certain stores have the licensing to import mags (standard 30 round capacity) and pin them themselves.
Other stores do not and have to import them already pinned. How they get pinned prior to import is up to them.
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This.

And BTW there is no company named PMAG.

Also BTW there is such a thing as using heat to reseal plastic bags that were previously opened.
 
If the business is licenced for possesion of prohibited devices then they may import 30 round mags in their intended form. If the business or individual is not licensed for prohibited devices then they must import them already pinned.

If a business licenced for prohibited devices, imports them and then pins (AKA permanent modification so that they do not hold more than the legal number of rounds) the mags, they cease to be a prohibited device and become an unregulated item.
 
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