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What are the ammo limits on centerfire bolt action rifles for hunting? Like my enfield no3 mk1 with a 10 round mag? For hunting it is 3 rounds is it not?

Also, what if i was to hunt with an m1 garand? You need 10 rounds to use that rifle do you not?
 
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For actions other than semi auto,there is no magazine capacity limit for hunting big game with a centerfire.For semi auto rifles,the magazine must not be capable of holding more than five rounds.
 
Garand is 8 rounds, Enfield 10, and in BC the magazine capacity thing is up for a change, as NOBODY is paying attention to it anyway, and it is a pretty stupid rule.

Even the folks at the BCWL agree on this...except for migratory birds of course.
 
No, actually death-junky heard correctly.

In Canada, the maximum legal capacity for handgun magazines is ten rounds. For semi-automatic centrefire rifles and shotguns, the maximum legal capacity is five rounds. Rifles and shotguns that are not semi-automatic (bolt action, lever action, etc.) have no magazine capacity limits. Rimfire rifles (.22 LR, .22 Mag., etc.) have no magazine capacity limits (semi-auto or bolt action). Certain exemptions have been granted, such as the M-1 Garand rifle (legal with its eight-round “en bloc” clip loading system) or the Ruger PC-9 carbine (a semi-automatic rifle which utilizes a Ruger pistol magazine and is allowed ten rounds).
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This is the rule - it's still somewhat confusing.

There are no limits on bolt action centrefire rifles - only semi-auto. Factory standard is usually a maximum of five round magazine these days in centrefire bolt actions.

From CFC Website:
Some large-capacity magazines are prohibited even if the firearms to which the magazines are attached are allowed. As a general rule, the maximum capacity is:

five cartridges for most magazines designed for a centre fire semi-automatic long gun; and
ten cartridges for most handgun magazines.
There is no maximum magazine capacity for other types of long guns, including semi-automatics that discharge only rim-fire ammunition.
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And by the way... the Enfield's ten shot magazine is fine for hunting. That one I know for a fact.
 
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Calum said:
Garand is 8 rounds, Enfield 10, and in BC the magazine capacity thing is up for a change, as NOBODY is paying attention to it anyway, and it is a pretty stupid rule.

Even the folks at the BCWL agree on this...except for migratory birds of course.
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This differs from province to province - check your regs.

BC does not have magazine restrictions in place - excluding federal legislation and the Migratory Game Bird act, of course. In fact, the restrictions on magazine capacity for shotguns loaded with single projectiles used in hunting big game have been removed.
 
so if i hunt with 10 rounds in my enfield all is well? im in alberta ya. Wasnt sure, somebody told me 3 rounds only, but if there is no ammo limit on a bolt action magazined rifle... all the better
 
Portence said:
so if i hunt with 10 rounds in my enfield all is well? im in alberta ya. Wasnt sure, somebody told me 3 rounds only, but if there is no ammo limit on a bolt action magazined rifle... all the better
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If you need more than three rounds... you have bigger problems than magazine limits.
 
"...somebody told me 3 rounds only..." That's for mag fed shotguns while hunting only. It has to do with the Migratory Bird Act and the hunting regs.
There's three sets of laws you need to look at. The NFA, the Criminal Code and your provincial hunting regs. The NFA says 5 rounds only in a semi-auto except for the Garand and 10 for the Lee-Enfield. The Criminal Code defines "large capacity" mags themselves as 'prohibited devices' regardless of what firearm they fit. A rifle mag, other than a Lee-Enfield mag or M-1 clip, that holds more than 5 rounds is evil all by itself even if you put it on a bolt action.
 
So for hunting. I can have 5 bullets in my Savage 30-06? I can have 5 shells in my Rem shotgun?

I thought for hunting (since this is under hunting) it was only 3 for everything except like a 22 but at a range, you can have as many as your clip will hold for non-restricted?

:confused:
 
So some one please tell me how many rounds does the typical Winchester or Marlin lever carbine 30/30 with a 20" barrel, hold?
I'll save you the trouble the answer is 6
Read the regulations in the Province your in.
In Alberta it's 3 rounds(chamber and mag. for shotguns) and for a non semi auto rifle the skys the limit, unless it conflicts with the Federal magazine capacity limits which all Enfields and varients as well as Garands and varients are exempt. All though I choose to use 5 round pingys in my M1 when hunting big game with it. (saves hassels from no mind fish cops)
And of course this is for big game hunting. varmints such as coyotes are not big game, but then you fall into the Federal crap again.
 
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Notwithstanding the 8 round exemption for the Garand--if the provincial hunting Reg's say 5 rounds for semi-auto rifles then you need to get (or make) a 5 round en bloc for hunting, unless the Hunting Regs allow for the Garand.

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sunray said:
"...somebody told me 3 rounds only..." That's for mag fed shotguns while hunting only. It has to do with the Migratory Bird Act and the hunting regs.
There's three sets of laws you need to look at. The NFA, the Criminal Code and your provincial hunting regs. The NFA says 5 rounds only in a semi-auto except for the Garand and 10 for the Lee-Enfield. The Criminal Code defines "large capacity" mags themselves as 'prohibited devices' regardless of what firearm they fit. A rifle mag, other than a Lee-Enfield mag or M-1 clip, that holds more than 5 rounds is evil all by itself even if you put it on a bolt action.
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I disagree with the last part of this.The Garand is exempted since it is difficult to reduce its charger integral capacity to 5 rounds. God knows why the specific mention in legislation of the Lee Enfield, since it is not a semi-auto, but the 5 round magazine capacity applies only to semi-auto centrefires (rifle or shotgun). You can buy a 10 round magazine for a Remington pump action centrefire rifle and that is legal. If you put that same magazine (which will fit) in a Remington autoloader, it becomes a prohibited device. There may be more restrictions in game laws (eg: migratory bird act) but in ON at least, there is no other restriction on magazine capacity. Certain specific magazines (eg SKS, 30 Rd., are designated as high capacity and are illegal even if they are used in a bolt gun unless reduced to 5 rounds. If this seems confusing, that is because it IS.
 
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I disagree with the last part of this.The Garand is exempted since it is difficult to reduce its charger integral capacity to 5 rounds. God knows why the specific mention in legislation of the Lee Enfield, since it is not a semi-auto, but the 5 round magazine capacity applies only to semi-auto centrefires (rifle or shotgun). You can buy a 10 round magazine for a Remington pump action centrefire rifle and that is legal. If you put that same magazine (which will fit) in a Remington autoloader, it becomes a prohibited device. There may be more restrictions in game laws (eg: migratory bird act) but in ON at least, there is no other restriction on magazine capacity. Certain specific magazines (eg SKS, 30 Rd., are designated as high capacity and are illegal even if they are used in a bolt gun unless reduced to 5 rounds. If this seems confusing, that is because it IS.
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the Lee enfield exemption is not for the LE bolt action- it's for a rare semi-auto version/conversion of the LE

the 5 round rifle limit is for mags that were "designed for" a semi-auto rifle. thus the SKS 30 rounder cannot be used in any gun (bolt. pump, lever , whatever) unless it is pinned to 5, since it is designed for a semi-auto. but a Beretta 92 mag was designed for a pistol and therefore can hold 10 rounds even if it is used in a semi-auto Beretta Storm carbine. The identical mag with "CX-4 Storm" engraved on it must be pinned to 5 rounds before use in any gun since the lettering on it makes it "designed for" a semiauto centerfire rifle.

BTW you have to be careful withe the 10 or more round "Remington pump" magazines. if they are advertised or marked as being suitable for either the pump or semi-auto version they need to be pinned to 5, even if mounted in a pump. You don't want to be in the position of being proved right after spending a fortune on lawyer's fees.
 
JohnC said:
BTW you have to be careful withe the 10 or more round "Remington pump" magazines. if they are advertised or marked as being suitable for either the pump or semi-auto version they need to be pinned to 5, even if mounted in a pump. You don't want to be in the position of being proved right after spending a fortune on lawyer's fees.
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+1 When I bought my 760 pump at Bow Lake guns, I asked Jim(?) if I could get 10 round mags for it since the 5 round limit is only for semi-autos.
The answer is NO because if the mag can go in a semi then the 5 shot rule applies (even if you are using a pump).
 
JohnC said:
the Lee enfield exemption is not for the LE bolt action- it's for a rare semi-auto version/conversion of the LE
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now to continue clouding the issue the 20 or 25 round WWI trench mag for the enfield is also perfectly legal (if you could ever find one) :rolleyes:
 
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