Factory 25 rd 10/22 mags?

As Undergiver points out, it bites both ways. Sometimes in our favour, sometimes against us.
Its all in the way each brand of mag is marketed.

Undergiver said:
same reasoning why we can have 10rd LAR Pistol mags for our AR-15's, and I also believe you can 12rounds of 9mm in a 40S&W Mag.
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And if you built a semi auto rifle that fired 9x19mm and used HK P7 mags, then it seems you could use P7 40S&W mags and get 13 shots out of your semi rifle. Actually, 13 plus one in the chamber.
http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/cfp-pcaf/bulletins/bus-ent/20110323-72-eng.htm
 
burnaby said:
So whoever said they got one in Canada is BS or they illegally brought it in. Too bad, wanted to see if it was better than Butler Creek.
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There are some 10/25's in country...kinda pointless I know considering the Butler Creeks availability...but some guys want the factory mag.
 
destructo_d said:
Let me see if I have this right...

.22 rifle manual/semi-auto there is no magazine limit. even if I had one capable of 100 rounds. but if the mag fits a hand gun, it is limited to 10 rounds.
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If the mag is designed for a handgun it is limited to 10 rnds.
If that particular mag happens to fit a rifle, even semi-auto center fire, still 10 rnds...no problem.

If you have one of those Beretta storm rifles you can use 10 rnd pistol mags in it...but if you want to use the storm specific mags in your pistol they must still be limited to 5 rnds because they are "rifle" mags.

Non-restricted rimfire has no magazine limits unless you are using pistol magazines which are limited to 10 rnds.

With something like the ruger charger mags, they have a 10 rnd limit just like other pistols... It's just one of the rare cases (maybe the only one ??) where a pistol will take a rimfire rifle magazine that has no capacity limit.
 
destructo_d said:
All semi-auto and full auto rifles have a 5 round limit
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I can't answer to the full auto part, but if you are licensed to own one, you may be licensed to own standard capacity magazines as well. No idea.

But for semi auto rifle (and shotgun) if they are centerfire, the magazine is limited to 5 rnds. Not the gun itself, since without the mag it can't really hold anything. M1 Garand being most common exception.
There is not many pistol magazines that fit in centerfire rifles but there are a few, what they fit in is not the issue. It's what they are designed and marketed for is what determines the max capacity.
 
burnaby said:
Which local gun shop is that. Last time I check (when they were first introduced) the local shop said they're prohibited.
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The shop I took my RFSAC course at in January had a back pegboard display wall where I saw the black banana magazine along side the transparent Butler Creek. I assumed being black it was the BX-25. I didn't get my RPAL until Mid March when I purchased my 10/22. By that time all the store had was the Butler Creek transparent mag. Since this whole scenario unfolded curiosity got the better of me and I started to do some online searches and found several Canadian sources, retail outlets with a web store that openly advertise and sell the BX-25. Unless they are substituting the Butler Creek which would constitute false advertising. Hint: Check out Grouse River in Kelowna.
 
Bx25 does not appear to be manufactured for the Charger specifically... Considerable ambiguity in the law on this issue.
 
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destructo_d said:
Let me see if I have this right...

.22 rifle manual/semi-auto there is no magazine limit. even if I had one capable of 100 rounds. but if the mag fits a hand gun, it is limited to 10 rounds.

All semi-auto and full auto rifles have a 5 round limit

Bolt action and pump action rifles do not have a limit... eg: 303 british can have 10 round mag

all hand guns have a limit of 10 rounds

Factory shot guns are not limited unless you are bird hunting and it is 2 in the mag, 1 in the chamber... And can't use that fancy auto loader thing that can give you like 40 rounds....
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No...

It doesn't matter what firearm it fits in, but what firearm it was designed for use in. BIG difference.
 
Very interesting that Grouse River does have the BX25 on their website for sale @ $39.99. Wonder how their doing that...unless their possibly pinned (but it doesn't say so).
 
machinerydoctor said:
found several Canadian sources, retail outlets with a web store that openly advertise and sell the BX-25... Hint: Check out Grouse River in Kelowna.
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This didn't sound right, so I called Grouse and NO, they don't have them and don't sell them. They explained to me (what I already knew) that they were deemed prohibited. Yes you can find the BX25 on their site, but not by site search. Only by Google search. They feel it is Google's cached feature that is responsible for showing the mag. They have otherwise disabled the product from showing on their site.

I highly doubt that you could find a Canadian vendor that truly openly advertises these... if they even got a few before the lock down.

If you want to get your hands on them it's going to take (possibly) an illegal export from the US as well as (definitely) an illegal import into Canada.

By the way, a black 25-round mag could also have been a painted Butler Creek or Shooter's ridge or a Tactical Innovations mag.

How do we sticky a topic, cause this question has been coming up FAR more than it should.
 
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