M1 Garand

No such rule in the ON regulations.

2025 summary states "Under the Criminal Code of Canada you generally cannot possess any clip/magazine for a semi-automatic firearm which holds more than 5 shots of centre-fire ammunition". The Garand is specifically exempted, of course.

Shotguns are limited to 3 rounds, for all hunting, not just migratory birds.
 
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mmattockx said:
We are talking hunting regs and CO's, so they tend to be much more practical than federal law and agents of the state. Make sure you only have 5 round clips on you when hunting and the CO will never bother asking about hypothetical 8 rounders that you have at home.

This is no different than hunting with a semi-auto rifle that takes box mags. If you only have 5 round mags with you they don't care if it can also accept 30 round mags. Or when bird hunting and the only thing limiting your tube mag to 2 rounds is an easily removable plug. As long as the plug is in place when the CO checks then you're fine, even if you could just remove it 5 minutes after he leaves.


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I understand what you are trying to say and I only wanted to point out that a M1 Garand's magazine can take either a full 8 round En-bloc or a smaller altered 5 round one but the rifle and it's mag itself is capable of taking either.

Unlike a mag plug in a shotgun mag which requires a person to first disassemble the gun to remove, a 5 round clip slips quickly in or out without any disassembly involved.

And internal clips fed into a magazine are different creatures to a separate removable box magazine. Think of a 5 round en-bloc clip to a 5 round mag and a 8 round en-bloc to a ten round mag as a comparison.

Blocking a M1 Garand mag to only accept 5 round clips is very difficult and it is best to not have any normal 8 round clips on your person when out hunting with one.

And I guess most CO's are not experts on the wording of the law anyhow.
 
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