High Cap enfield mags
- Thread starter ollie
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I beleive that with our stupid gunlaws a new manufacture 20 round mag would be prohib. Only because there were self loading enfield trial rifles made in the 30's, not like anyone has one but if someone did they could put that 20 round mag into a semi auto rifle and commit acts of pure evil :roll:
Any mag over 10 rounds for an Enfield would be prohib as I look at it. As woodchopper said, there were self loading enfield trial rifles made back in the day and even though the original 10 rounders are listed as excempt, it spacificaly says "maximum capasity of 10 rounds".
Source:
http://www.hoboes.com/pub/Firearms/Data/Paramilitary Firearms
And from another post on this board there are some pics, and a link to the museum where there is one on display:
http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/viewtopic.php?t=95413
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I was under the impression that NON semi-autos can have whatever capacity they want. Such as the Lee-Enfields can have a 10 rounder as usual or even a larger cap. I have never seen anything larger than 10, or heard where to buy, so I assume other than a few museum examples they don't exist. Which is a shame, as I think they would be neat for novelty/gimmick factor.
I must be mistaken on my regs. So much of these regs are so difficult to interpret.
I consider myself a fairly intelligent person, I can read electrical and mechanical drawings no problem. I can read thermodynamics like its a reader's digest. But all these regs are so convoluted and often contradictory to me. Such lack of clarity would never fly in private industry, and yet average Joe Blows are supposed to be able to neatly decipher it all?
So basically, is a mag over 10 rounds for a Lee Enfield legal?
As for all intents and purposes, they don't exist but this topic will always be brought up every now and then.
I must be mistaken on my regs. So much of these regs are so difficult to interpret.
I consider myself a fairly intelligent person, I can read electrical and mechanical drawings no problem. I can read thermodynamics like its a reader's digest. But all these regs are so convoluted and often contradictory to me. Such lack of clarity would never fly in private industry, and yet average Joe Blows are supposed to be able to neatly decipher it all?
So basically, is a mag over 10 rounds for a Lee Enfield legal?
As for all intents and purposes, they don't exist but this topic will always be brought up every now and then.
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- WMU247 near Edmonton
The problem with the enfield mags is that they were by definition designed to fit in a semiauto enfield, so that makes the mags prohibited if they can hold more then 5 rounds. But because someone had enough brains to realise that these semi auto enfields are not common they exempted enfield mags.
Its like remmington 740 mags that fit in other remmington models, because they are designed for the semiauto 740 they cannot exceed 5 rounds even though the mag is used in a bolt gun.
Stupid rules. :x
Its like remmington 740 mags that fit in other remmington models, because they are designed for the semiauto 740 they cannot exceed 5 rounds even though the mag is used in a bolt gun.
Stupid rules. :x
The original 20 round mags were to fit the standard smle's the same mags were utilised with the South African Raeder and NZ Charltons. These guns were originally able to use both mags and would have. The logic in the previous answer is like saying you cant use a semi auto mag on a bolt gun. The mags were for trench use and designed to reduce the amount of reloading done reducing the exposure to mud and grit getting in the action!
Just to make sure everyone knows what's legal:
Any magazine designed for a Lee-Enfield is limited to 10 rounds, regardless of original capacity.
Modifying any magazine from a semi-auto or full auto firearm to fit in a Lee-Enfield, would require the magazine be limited to 5 rounds.
So sayeth the Criminal Code of Canada.
http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/C-46/SOR-98-462/82866.html
Any magazine designed for a Lee-Enfield is limited to 10 rounds, regardless of original capacity.
Modifying any magazine from a semi-auto or full auto firearm to fit in a Lee-Enfield, would require the magazine be limited to 5 rounds.
So sayeth the Criminal Code of Canada.
http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/C-46/SOR-98-462/82866.html
Donny Fenn1
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back to the original ? some one photo shop a BREN mag on to a Lee-enfield please...
stencollector
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- shilo MB, the armpit of Canada
A mag for a #4 doesn't work in a #1mk3, so unless there is a recognised conversion of #4s to semi-auto/full auto, a modern made mag for a #4 wouldn't need to be exempt; it already is.
I have seen M-14 full capacity mags in use on an Enfield .308. The guy who did the modification welded a stop on the mag housing so it won't fit into a M14.
Sometimes I think we are our own worst enemies. Bolt actions are exempt from mag capacity; there are no semi-auto Enfields in Canada, and yet we are debating about the possibility of prosecution for an above 10 round magazine.
I have seen M-14 full capacity mags in use on an Enfield .308. The guy who did the modification welded a stop on the mag housing so it won't fit into a M14.
Sometimes I think we are our own worst enemies. Bolt actions are exempt from mag capacity; there are no semi-auto Enfields in Canada, and yet we are debating about the possibility of prosecution for an above 10 round magazine.
