Is there a legal max capacity limit on cartridge magazines on long arms?
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Semi auto center fire rifle = 5
Except M1 Garand
Except M1 Garand
For centerfire, capacity is based on the magazine the rifle is designed for, not the magazine the rifle is used in.
For example, there are 10 round magazines for AR's. (semi auto) For pump and bolt action centerfire rifles, there is no magazine capacity.
For rimfire, there is no capacity limit period.
For example, there are 10 round magazines for AR's. (semi auto) For pump and bolt action centerfire rifles, there is no magazine capacity.
For rimfire, there is no capacity limit period.
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I think he means the capacity is based on the firearm the magazine is designed for.
For example:
A magazine for a LAR pistol can have 10 rounds. It just so happens that they can be fitted into AR rifles. However, magazines designed for the AR rifles can only have 5 rounds capacity.
I think he means the capacity is based on the firearm the magazine is designed for.
For example:
A magazine for a LAR pistol can have 10 rounds. It just so happens that they can be fitted into AR rifles. However, magazines designed for the AR rifles can only have 5 rounds capacity.
Although the above posts are correct it would be prudent to stay to the letter of the course material in order to pass the course. When I wrote my exam I asked if I should answer the questions to the current laws and regulations, or just what the course materials covered, and was instructed to stay to the course materials.
Answer what the CFSC student handbook says for the test. Then when licenced go out and get all the LAR mags you can afford.
Answer what the CFSC student handbook says for the test. Then when licenced go out and get all the LAR mags you can afford.
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The whole firearms control system is a series of patchwork over patchwork, so there are no simple answers.
As Hook alludes to, there are exemptions to the capacity regulations. Most of the exemptions have been nullified because the guns the magazines worked in can no longer be taken to the range since they were prohibs. But one of the exemptions are pre 1946 belts (which the law considers magazines). They fit some of the semi automatic non restricted guns on the Cdn market, so it is very possible to have a 250 round belt on a non restricted rifle (ie the TNW Browning 1919A4).
Does anyone know if the question about importing hollow point pistol ammunition is still on the firearms test? The answer used to be "no" until around 2003 when Canada Customs changed it's ruling on the matter. But as of 2007 the answer was still "No" on the written test.
Another question on the test was if you can hunt with a handgun. I believe it is possible to plink gophers with an antique handgun in Canada, but that is not the correct answer for the test either.
As Hook alludes to, there are exemptions to the capacity regulations. Most of the exemptions have been nullified because the guns the magazines worked in can no longer be taken to the range since they were prohibs. But one of the exemptions are pre 1946 belts (which the law considers magazines). They fit some of the semi automatic non restricted guns on the Cdn market, so it is very possible to have a 250 round belt on a non restricted rifle (ie the TNW Browning 1919A4).
Does anyone know if the question about importing hollow point pistol ammunition is still on the firearms test? The answer used to be "no" until around 2003 when Canada Customs changed it's ruling on the matter. But as of 2007 the answer was still "No" on the written test.
Another question on the test was if you can hunt with a handgun. I believe it is possible to plink gophers with an antique handgun in Canada, but that is not the correct answer for the test either.
The scoring overlays used by examiners select the "correct" answers as defined by the course. The examiner has no control over the tests, or the answers.
The only "correct" answers are the ones extracted from the course material.
The tests were all set up with 50 questions to ease conversion to scores out of 100. Some of the questions are quite well written. Others are obviously ones added to bring the count up to 50, and are pretty lame.
It is one of those situations where you need to play the game according to someone else's rules.
The only "correct" answers are the ones extracted from the course material.
The tests were all set up with 50 questions to ease conversion to scores out of 100. Some of the questions are quite well written. Others are obviously ones added to bring the count up to 50, and are pretty lame.
It is one of those situations where you need to play the game according to someone else's rules.
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