cleaning / servicing your magazine

[instrumentek]

Hi;
I have a friend with a 5/30 magazine that the follower somehow twisted inside, however to open it up he will need to remove the rivet limiting the magazine to 5 rounds. Is it legal to disassemble your magazine in this manner to service the magazine? In addition does anyone know the laws on what is required to limit the capacity back to 5 when done servicing? does it need to be a rivet or will a security screw meet requirements?

Thanks for any info.

 

[bsand]

You can disassemble the butt plate without removing the rivet, and then using a long tool be able to "straighten" the follower. Im not sure about legailities of disassembling the magazine, as its been proven in court that magazine tubes(sheetmetal only, no spring, follower or buttplate) that can hold more than 5 rounds is still a prohibited device(that person was importing them tho). In terms of repinning id use rivets, 30$ at Canadian tire is enough for a bunch of rivets and the tool.

 

[Trinimon]

I've spoken to the Ontario CFO about this. I was told that it was okay to remove the rivet in order to clean/repair your pinned hi-cap mags.

If you do it before 2am in a blacked out room while blindfolded, men in black jumpsuits and balaclavas will break down your door and drag you away to some unknown place far far away.

 

[jackrabbit000]

I've spoken to the Ontario CFO about this. I was told that it was okay to remove the rivet in order to clean/repair your pinned hi-cap mags.

If you do it before 2am in a blacked out room while blindfolded, men in black jumpsuits and balaclavas will break down your door and drag you away to some unknown place far far away.

This ^^^^^^^^^^ but it's 3:12 am not 2:00 am and pop rivets are strictly monitored by the CFO and RCMP. As soon as you buy them, they know what you are up to.