Does the AI Enfield use an M14 magazine?

HeadDamage said:
I would differ with you on that.... I say it would be legal. Now explain how I am wrong, I need to know before it is too late ;)
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If you seriously think what you are doing is legal then fill your boots. I know it is illegal and am not a lawyer nor do I have time to quote firearms act sections. It's illegal you are making illegal mods to allow for a larger than 5 round cap. The only legal way to have more than 5 rounds is to buy the questar pistol mags for you ar15.
 
Canuck223 said:
Sorry. Quote me the black letter law on this one.[/QUOTE

quote me the law that says you can make a mod to your rifle to accept a non standar mag to allow more than 5 rds capacity in a semi auto. Otherwise its creating a prohib device.
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I have never heard a rational explanation of why some larger capacity feed devices were exempted, and others were not. Some of the magazines exempted are rare and rather valuable. Others, equally rare and valuable were not exempted. It would seem that some folks had the influence to affect the list.
As far as the Lee Enfield magazines are concerned, there are a very few autoloading designs that used them. Had there not been a specific exemption, the law could have been interpreted in such a manner that the restriction would have applied to all the Lee Enfields.
It is sometimes reported that the M1 rifle was exempted because of the design of its magazine; alteration to 5 shots might be difficult. If you stop and think about it, the M1 rifle's internal feed system's capacity is entirely dependent on the enbloc clips used, and cannot contain a single round without it. Perhaps it is fortunate that the 8 round clips were not deemed to be prohibited feed devices. 2 and 5 shot clips were and are available, the latter to comply with the hunting regulations in many jurisdictions.
 
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Baitron - Would altering an autoloading firearm to accept an existing manually operated firearm magazine make the firearm or the existing magazine prohibited? You use the term illegal, but you do not specify whether the firearm or the magazine is affected.
 
Baitron thinks everything is illegal by default, until the gov't give you permission. I think he has the spirit that the CFC desires to instill in shooters, but might be wrong in this instance.
 
BAITRON said:
Canuck223 said:
Sorry. Quote me the black letter law on this one.[/QUOTE

quote me the law that says you can make a mod to your rifle to accept a non standar mag to allow more than 5 rds capacity in a semi auto. Otherwise its creating a prohib device.
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OK, and precisely what would be the prohibited device!

The gun, unless full auto, converted auto, prescribed by name, or altered below 18.5 inches of barrel or 26 inches of OAL is legal, regardless of the alteration.

The magazine, unless modified, is legal regardless of what gun it is used in.
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I sure love to see a vz58 pistol. There are AK pistols so why not a VZ58 pistol? Perhaps one of the Canadian retailers could get a small batch done and bring in a ####load of 10 round mags? I'm just curious, would they have to be 10rnds in length or could we have a 10/30 mag (easier to grasp than shorter mags)? :D
 
DaveMachine said:
I'm just curious, would they have to be 10rnds in length or could we have a 10/30 mag (easier to grasp than shorter mags)? :D
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From the reports of Questar's process of getting an approved AR pistol mag, I'd be willing to lay odds that the CFC would not approve any 10/30 mag.

Such a pistol mag would have to meet the test of having been designed and manufactured for a pistol, not derived from it's rifle version.
 
BAITRON said:
Canuck223 said:
Sorry. Quote me the black letter law on this one.[/QUOTE

quote me the law that says you can make a mod to your rifle to accept a non standar mag to allow more than 5 rds capacity in a semi auto. Otherwise its creating a prohib device.
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There won't be a law saying what you can do - laws only tell you what you can't do. Everything else is legal.
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I love BAITRON, he's like the ghost of the CFC and Liberal party that roams the halls of CGN and tries to disrupt any ingenious idea's! :D I kid Baitron, I suppose someone has to be the devils advocate in this mad house some days!
 
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Still no response to email about using Enfield mags in an M305. How many days should one wait before making a follow-up telephone call?
 
Tried talking to them on the phone, they had all sorts of helpful advice, for instance rimfire rifles do not have magazine capacities. Wow.
 
Luckyorwhat said:
Tried talking to them on the phone, they had all sorts of helpful advice, for instance rimfire rifles do not have magazine capacities. Wow.
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Manual action and beltfed firearms (with belts designed before 1945) also have no cartridge capacity. That's the whole point of these threads...
 
I meant to emphasize that the lady on the phone, who I waited half an hour to talk to, told me nothing I didn't already know, in a manner such that it appeared the first time she was learning it. And in no way addressed my question, which is logical because she clearly had no ability to comprehend the question let alone answer it.

If the CFC refuses to answer a question if something is illegal, can it be construed that it's therefore not illegal? Seriously shouldn't there be some sort of requirement for them to respond, reply, when you ask if something is illegal to do? It would seem akin to entrapment otherwise.
 
Start with your provincial CFO. The call center people in Mirimachi barely know which end of the gun the bullet comes out of.
 
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