En bloc magazine for M1 Garand?

[Dogbert]

How does one go about making the M1 Garand's en bloc magazine legal in Canada? I saw a picture of an M1 for sale in EE and couldn't tell if the magazine was pinned or not. Is there a way to reliably limit the magazine to five rounds? Does it inhibit the performance of the gun?

 

[OneBarfly]

OK.. I can't help myself. The 8-round enbloc is perfectly legal as is. At the time it and others were specifcally exempted from the five round rule.

 

[R711]

You don't have to as there is a order in council which allows the M1 Garand to have a 8 round clip. Thus no need for pinning the En Bloc
R711 OUT

 

[Pblatzz]

Go buy many, and enjoy.

 

[sunray]

"...there is a order in council which allows the M1 Garand to..." The M1 Rifle is specifically named as exempt from the mag capacity rule in the FA. So is the Lee-Enfield's 10 round mag.

 

[Garlond]

"...there is a order in council which allows the M1 Garand to..." The M1 Rifle is specifically named as exempt from the mag capacity rule in the FA. So is the Lee-Enfield's 10 round mag.

Semi-auto rifles are the only ones with capacity limits (.22 calibre excluded) IIRC. Bolt actions have no capacity limits...this would include the Lee-Enfield

 

[Greg-Guy]

10 shot Grand

Great now I have to Bubba my M1 grand to take Lee-Enfield's 10 round mags. Then I can have two extra shots.

Greg

 

[m39a2]

But, never the less, the Enfield magazine is specifically exempted because......the Ausies or NewZealand army (Can't remember which one) made a machine gun from a No 1 MK III rifle that could take a normal Enfield magazine, therefore the magazine had to be added to the exemption.

Scott

 

[Stevo]

But, never the less, the Enfield magazine is specifically exempted because......the Ausies or NewZealand army (Can't remember which one) made a machine gun from a No 1 MK III rifle that could take a normal Enfield magazine, therefore the magazine had to be added to the exemption.

Scott

Really it didn't. The law says "designed for" not "used in" and the 10 round LE magazine was never designed for a semi.

 

[howasan]

If you insist you can find 5 round enblocs on the market.

 

[Dogbert]

You don't have to as there is a order in council which allows the M1 Garand to have a 8 round clip. Thus no need for pinning the En Bloc
R711 OUT

Cool! I'm going to pickup an M1 soon because of this.

 

[tootall]

If you had read the Newbie FAQ Section thing that I wrote (link below in sigline) it would have answered it for you.

 

[wce323078]

THE ONLY REASON YOU WOULD NEED A 5 ROUND CLIP IS IF YOU WERE TO USE IT HUNTING,MOST PLACES IN cANADA LIMIT HUNTING RIFLES TO 5 ROUNDS MAX

 

[dober]

Except for ontario!

 

[TheTooner]

I never can find anything in the Saskatchewan hunting regulations about limiting the magazine capacity of hunting rifles.

 

[shredder]

But, never the less, the Enfield magazine is specifically exempted because......the Ausies or NewZealand army (Can't remember which one) made a machine gun from a No 1 MK III rifle that could take a normal Enfield magazine, therefore the magazine had to be added to the exemption.

Scott

That thing was called the Charlton Conversion, made at the Charlton Motor Workshop in New Zealand. The info I have says they were only made in 41-42, as a stop-gap until BREN guns arrived from overseas.

 

[Brentn]

I've seen 3 round clips on brownells I thought, they had the majority of the clip blocked off, it was neat.

Good idea for hunters.