Bolt action w/ Hi cap magazine

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Does such a rifle exist, since there is no magazine limits for bolt action , theoretically you could have a 30 rounder on a bolt action and it would be legal?

I guess the only thing is that the magazine would have to be solely designed for that rifle and not interchangable with other firearms.
 
Well there's the Lee Enfield SMLEs, they have 10 round magazines. If you are looking for a modern rifle, Ruger's relatively new Scout Rifle comes with a 10 round magazine as well. There are after market kits for 10 round magazines for M-700 rifles, but these tend to run $4-500 for the ones worth having. If the Canadian Rangers ever end up with a new rifle, it might well have a 10 round magazine, and from all accounts will be built on a 700 Remington, although Diemaco/Colt Canada has bristled at the low order numbers. If a deal can be reached, it would make sense for a civilian version to follow. PGW will make you a rifle with a 10 round magazine if you have $6K+ to spend.
 
Yea i know about the lee, but I was more wondering why it is you cant buy, say a 30 round magazine specifically designed for a bolt action rifle.
 
You might be out of luck, particularly with bolt guns chambered for major cartridges like .308, .30/06 etc. IIRC, even the military BAR magazine was only 20 rounds. But you do know that there are some significant disadvantages to long magazines being attached to a hunting rifle. Weight is an obvious problem, but also the length of the magazine would render the piece unwieldily, and difficult if not impossible to shoot from some positions. The larger the cartridge, the greater the problem becomes. Some ideas seem better in theory than in practice, and being able to carry a box and a half of ammo in your hunting rifle's magazine might qualify as such.
 
There's a Mossberg .223 bolt that takes AR Mags, I believe, but the LAR Mags are the highest capacity in that calibre, although you can fudge it a bit by using .50 Beowulf mags.
 
Yea i know about the lee, but I was more wondering why it is you cant buy, say a 30 round magazine specifically designed for a bolt action rifle.
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They aren't generally available, because there isn't enough demand to justify the manufactures offering them.
 
Interesting. I was always under the impression that 5 was the legal max. Never really saw the need for more than the usual 3-4 that fit in the mags on my rifles, so never really thought about it. Why would you want to have a high capacity mag for a bolt rifle? Just curious.
 
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Interesting. I was always under the impression that 5 was the legal max. Never really saw the need for more than the usual 3-4 that fit in the mags on my rifles, so never really thought about it. Why would you want to have a high capacity mag for a bolt rifle? Just curious.
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Realy? Realy? Why would you need 3 or 4? Why not a Double barreled shotgun thats all you need , just take it outside and...
 
Any manual action firearms has no magazine capacity. Trick is finding a gun that uses an existing mag that WASN'T made for a semi auto gun.

Lee Enfield has 10 round mag, Ruger Scout has 10, AR based bolt guns in .223/5.56 can use the LAR mags.

Good luck with your search
 
So here is your solution. Get a 3D printer, make up the CAD design for the LE and expand it to 30 rounds. Print it and get the spring made for you. You could have a 30 round LE mag. Same could be done for any bolt rifle. Just is cost prohibitive for a couple of mags though.

I am a little surprised no one caught the idea of the mag not being able to fit any other gun. If that was the case we could not use LAR-15 mags in our AR's. The mag capacity is limited by the gun it is made and advertised for. Not the particular gun it might fit into.

If someone could make reliable and cost effective mags then they would more than likely sell. Probably not in huge droves but maybe enough to pay for the printer/material/time it takes to make with a reasonable markup.
 
also let me clarify a bit this wouldnt be used for hunting, but it would just be nice to be able to buy a 30 rounder specifically made for a bolt action.

I'm suprised this hasnt been done honestly, also with a bipod or the rifle on a support I dont think a longer magazine would interfere much If it was just for plinking, then when you want to hunt you throw in the stock 4 rounder.

I mean really we could have a drum mag on a bolt action and it would be legal; practical no not really, but fun yes.
 
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Any manual action firearms has no magazine capacity. Trick is finding a gun that uses an existing mag that WASN'T made for a semi auto gun.

Lee Enfield has 10 round mag, Ruger Scout has 10, AR based bolt guns in .223/5.56 can use the LAR mags.

Good luck with your search
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I was kind of looking at it the other way, the trick is finding a magazing that only works in one specific bolt action.
 
maybe this should be moved to another section I'm getting a little bit off topic here.

but another point I've was wondering is if there was a bolt action specifically designed to use 30 round mags, and they just so happened to fit into another gun would this be legal?

seems relatively the same idea as LAR mags or beowulf mags
 
The AICS 10-rd single column box magazines for .308 Win seem to be the gold standard for such things. The Ruger Scout uses a clone of the AICS for their 10 round metal magazines.

The big trick is that there isn't a common semi-auto rifle that accepts the 10-rd AICS magazines. As long as that situation continues the 10 rd AICS magazines and their clones are legal in Canada.

There are also conversion kits for various bolt guns that will use the AICS mags too. Vendor member Mystic Precision can get you some of the conversion kits.

http://www.mysticprecision.com/wp/

You can get the Ruger 10 rd magazines and the AICS 10 rd magazines in Canada. The later are available from vendor member Wolverine Supplies on occasion.

http://www.wolverinesupplies.com/details/7618/Accuracy-International-AICS-308-Win-10-Round-Magazine.aspx
 
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