M-14 Mags in AIA enfield

[rommelrommel]

I've seen one work, I don't know exactly how but it does.

 

[Stevo]

They work fine without the hole. I have first-hand experience.

 

[Stevo]

And drilling that hole would make it a prohib device. And yet, people claim it works without the hole?

So that must mean you can weld up the hole on a 20 round M14 mag and use it at full capacity in the AIA, right? Or maybe not.

Even if you drill a hole in the AIA mag, it's still a mag designed for a bolt gun.

If drilling the hole in an AIA constitutes "manufacturing" a mag for a semi-auto than my first example must also be "manufacturing" a mag for a bolt-gun.

Has this made your head hurt yet?

 

[archie_james_c]

So that must mean you can weld up the hole on a 20 round M14 mag and use it at full capacity in the AIA, right? Or maybe not.

Even if you drill a hole in the AIA mag, it's still a mag designed for a bolt gun.

If drilling the hole in an AIA constitutes "manufacturing" a mag for a semi-auto than my first example must also be "manufacturing" a mag for a bolt-gun.

Has this made your head hurt yet?

Maybe the mag cannot legally be "modified"? I dont know...

 

[macadoodle]

This will be a lot easier when the Liberals ban everything but single shot .22's...

 

[Tyler]

So that must mean you can weld up the hole on a 20 round M14 mag and use it at full capacity in the AIA, right? Or maybe not?

I was thinking the same thing. If the hole was filled in and the mag stamped 'AIA Enfield', or was otherwise made unable to fit on an M-14 variant, then there should be no problem... at least in theory anyway.

He might want to consult the CFC.

 

[BUSHMAN79]

None of this makes sense. The way I understood the law, as soon as you put a mag holding more than five rounds into a semi-auto, you have a prohibited weapon. This is why the SKS is blocked to five even though it has a fixed magazine. The only exceptions were the eight round M1 clip, and belt feds.

 

[Tom_Swift]

There is a case to be made saying why can't you reclassify a mag like you can a rifle depending on barrel length.

 

[Stevo]

None of this makes sense. The way I understood the law, as soon as you put a mag holding more than five rounds into a semi-auto, you have a prohibited weapon. This is why the SKS is blocked to five even though it has a fixed magazine. The only exceptions were the eight round M1 clip, and belt feds.

No. You misunderstood.

It's the magazine that's controlled by what it was designed for, not what you use it in. Fixed or detachable is irrelevant.

 

[BUSHMAN79]

But wouldn't the firearm itself become awful unlawful the instant it became capable of holding more than five rounds? No matter what the magazine came from?

 

[Stevo]

But wouldn't the firearm itself become awful unlawful the instant it became capable of holding more than five rounds? No matter what the magazine came from?

NO. The firearm is not relevant.

The magazine is the part addressed by the Firearms act, not what it is used in, or in the case of the SKS, what it is part of.