Legally reducing magazine capacity

[hsatimmy]

I have received prohibited mags on three different occasions from dealers. I just pinned the myself with an aluminum rivet and carried on. Nobody got hurt, go figure.

Ditto.

Police should pin them for free to help comply. It shouldn't be a fed crime to have one damaged or otherwise. Mistakes happen, but not if you have a PAL

 

[Ironheart]

Oh my God! I thought this thread was about you wanted stricter mag capacity limits then we already have

Pin it and forget it, things happen

 

[ted_dent]

Instead of using a dome head rivet use one with a countersunk head (CTC sells them for about $6/100). Countersink the hole in the mag body, install the rivet, done. If properly done the rivet will not protrude and the mag can be inserted & removed without hanging up. Should take less than 5 minutes.

 

[C.Magnet]

Instead of using a dome head rivet use one with a countersunk head (CTC sells them for about $6/100). Countersink the hole in the mag body, install the rivet, done. If properly done the rivet will not protrude and the mag can be inserted & removed without hanging up. Should take less than 5 minutes.

The problem I have seen with that method, is the rivet interferes internally with the spring. I probably don't have many other options though

 

[wayupnorth]

ive received 2 different guns both run the magblock system or similar inside the magazines.
and i bought a bunch of mags for my mini 14 that came with the same kinda system inside.
i prefer it over rivets.

 

[marshall]

You missed the point, of course a rivet can be drilled out. I was talking about the base, I use to be licenced for these, Prohibited device when C68 came out and I modified a lot of mags, pistols, FN Fal, etc.
You could put filler in ,base had to be made so you could not take it off to take out the block, or pin, etc.

Because a rivet can’t be undone?

 

[HaliGunian]

Because a rivet can’t be undone?

Indeed. One reason I bought some '33 round' Glock mags from IRUNGUNS is because the rivets don't permanently block them.

Because I'm hoping that someday they'll repeal the stupid mag limits, and that on that day all the rivets will magically fall out.

 

[shawn]

Modifying the follower does not meet the law

There is case law of a guy in BC actually serving jail time for AR-15 mag bodies. He ordered the mag bodies online and had just the bodies, no parts he got 10 years IIRC

Shawn

 

[Above49TH]

Modifying the follower does not meet the law

There is case law of a guy in BC actually serving jail time for AR-15 mag bodies. He ordered the mag bodies online and had just the bodies, no parts he got 10 years IIRC

Shawn

Another law abiding citizen punished by the minority report.

 

[marshall]

There where no followers involved in that case just empty 20 rd mag bodies, but there was more than that involved with him, that was just the easiest hook for him.
I have had my mags checked when I did a bunch of 20 and 30 round FAL mags and the RCMP tecks said they where good. Also did some SMG mags.
Mind you I did lots with rivets as well, depends on the mag well.

Modifying the follower does not meet the law

There is case law of a guy in BC actually serving jail time for AR-15 mag bodies. He ordered the mag bodies online and had just the bodies, no parts he got 10 years IIRC

Shawn

 

[shawn]

There where no followers involved in that case just empty 20 rd mag bodies, but there was more than that involved with him, that was just the easiest hook for him.
I have had my mags checked when I did a bunch of 20 and 30 round FAL mags and the RCMP tecks said they where good. Also did some SMG mags.
Mind you I did lots with rivets as well, depends on the mag well.

I never said there were followers involved.

And it does not matter what else he had going on, the case law is mag bodies on their own that can hold more than 5 round of the round they were designed for within the body are prohibited. Until it is challenged and over turned it stands no matter who you ask.

Shawn

 

[bsand]

A modified base plate can be easily swapped out for a normal one, I assumed that was in opposition to the regulation.

if you epoxy the block to the baseplate, then the magazine wont be able to be easily disassembled, thus it's a legal way to block the magazine. I went thru this with the RCMP lab already.

 

[marshall]

If you put a block in the base, and you can take it apart, it is bad
If you can't take it apart it is good.

 

[ted_dent]

The problem I have seen with that method, is the rivet interferes internally with the spring. I probably don't have many other options though

The CTC rivets are short enough that they don't stick out far enough into the mag body to affect spring movement. Used these on lots of mags, never had an issue.

 

[baird]

if you epoxy the block to the baseplate, then the magazine wont be able to be easily disassembled, thus it's a legal way to block the magazine. I went thru this with the RCMP lab already.

So, using this method on 2011 mags one would need to leave out the base plate??

 

[bsand]

So, using this method on 2011 mags one would need to leave out the base plate??

You'd have to permanently affix the baseplate. So you're probably better of just pinning it with a rivet. I didn't want to rivet 59$ usd magazines to bring to Canada. But it just made more sense to buy Canadian magazines than destroy my USA mags.

 

[cement head]

Try to make up some sort of a spacer and take the base plate off and stick the spacer up inside the mag. place the base plate back on . check how many rounds fit . if only 10 then remove the spacer cover with PL premium epoxy but prior to this drill a hole in the bottom of the spacer and the bottom of the mag . glue the spacer in place with the epoxy and rivet through the bottom of the mag into the spacer.

 

[baird]

I went with machined spacer and plug. Affixed to the outside of the mag with stainless steel stud and red loctite. As i have lathe and mill and lots of time. Once you determine overall length multi. units can be made at once. Stud can be removed, if you are South of the Boarder to shoot USPSA etc.
I to was wondering how you would get your base plate on if plug attached to floor plate.

 

[marshall]

I have not done much with newer plastic base plates, stuff I worked on usually was steel, with slide on bases, so after you figured out your length, attach to spring plate which is separate from base plate, than , weld, rivet; think FN FAL mags, not 1911 mags.
If you can take the pin out to shoot south of the boarder , you have a probated device
Chances are it will never get checked.

I went with machined spacer and plug. Affixed to the outside of the mag with stainless steel stud and red loctite. As i have lathe and mill and lots of time. Once you determine overall length multi. units can be made at once. Stud can be removed, if you are South of the Boarder to shoot USPSA etc.
I to was wondering how you would get your base plate on if plug attached to floor plate.