Mag question

With the rifle being a semi-auto, do I need to be concerned with pinning it to 5 rounds? Or is this one of those "it falls under what it was designed for mag", and I don't need to worry about it?

I have a few of these for my SMLE bolt action rifle. They are 10 rounders.
 
6MT said:
With the rifle being a semi-auto, do I need to be concerned with pinning it to 5 rounds? Or is this one of those "it falls under what it was designed for mag", and I don't need to worry about it?

I have a few of these for my SMLE bolt action rifle. They are 10 rounders.
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You don't have to worry about it. It is a bolt action lee Enfield mag that just happens to fit in a semi auto.
 
So

If you don't own the bolt action rifle they fit but you own the mags and an M14 it's legal? I wouldn't bet my firearms collection and PAL on it. Get caught with a ten round mag in your M14 and I'd bet a judge would determine you have broken the law. I'm no legal expert but I believe the firearm is limited to five rounds not the magazine. The bolt action rifle is allowed to have ten rounds therefore there magazines for it are limited to that number.

Before any of you calls me a fudd I'm just stating my opinion. If any of you has hard evidence that it is legal to use a ten round mag intended for a different firearm in a rifle that is legally limited to 5 I'd be very interested in seeing it. And until you provide it your advice to do so is bad.
 
Wow

This isn't a question if the magazine is legal.

You put a ten round mag in a gun legally limited to five and I'll bet you pay a price if caught. If it fits and functions then it may as well be designed for it. I don't think any judge would see it any other way. I wouldn't.

Go ahead chances are you'll never be caught but I wouldn't want to be the guy that ends up at the center of this courtroom debate.
 
Seafury said:
Wow

This isn't a question if the magazine is legal.

You put a ten round mag in a gun legally limited to five and I'll bet you pay a price if caught. If it fits and functions then it may as well be designed for it. I don't think any judge would see it any other way. I wouldn't.

Go ahead chances are you'll never be caught but I wouldn't want to be the guy that ends up at the center of this courtroom debate.
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How does one limit the capacity of a gun that takes a magizine to 5 rounds? You cant add electronics to make it stop shooting or feeding cartridges after 5 shots...Its the mags capacity that is limited not the gun. As the mag is designed to be used in a bolt gun then the limit is 10. It is no different then the pistol calibre carbines. The gun is designed to use pistol mags, and since they're mags designed for a hand gun its limited to 10 rounds.
Do our laws make sense? No!
Should we have capacity restrictions in the first place? No!
But we have what we have and lets just roll with it.
 
Seafury said:
So

If you don't own the bolt action rifle they fit but you own the mags and an M14 it's legal? I wouldn't bet my firearms collection and PAL on it. Get caught with a ten round mag in your M14 and I'd bet a judge would determine you have broken the law. I'm no legal expert but I believe the firearm is limited to five rounds not the magazine. The bolt action rifle is allowed to have ten rounds therefore there magazines for it are limited to that number.

Before any of you calls me a fudd I'm just stating my opinion. If any of you has hard evidence that it is legal to use a ten round mag intended for a different firearm in a rifle that is legally limited to 5 I'd be very interested in seeing it. And until you provide it your advice to do so is bad.
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I have 10rd 300 win mags for my bolt that Wolverine sells , do you think they are illegal too. Remember in order for these mags to be in this country they would have needed approval from the RCMP beforehand which I'm sure they recieved a letter of approval like Questar did with there 10rd pistol mag. Also take a look at ATRS they are selling a 10rd pistol mag that many including myself have purchased for use in a AR 15. Again this would have needed approval from the RCMP , further more if you think the RCMP doesn't know how these mags are being used , then your kidding yourself. If the law for mags were written differently you bet those 10rd mags would be prohibited.
 
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The rcmp has already ruled on this issue. In fact, there is, if you care to find it, specific info regarding this on CFC's site.

When the elander mags came on the market, someone actually posted a link so guys could print it off and carry in range bag.

There's no loophole, nadda zilch
The magazine is legal , has been approved for sale and use in Canada and it IS perfectly legal to use in ANY firearm it fits.

Stop worrying about it already....
 
Seafury said:
Wow

This isn't a question if the magazine is legal.

You put a ten round mag in a gun legally limited to five and I'll bet you pay a price if caught. If it fits and functions then it may as well be designed for it. I don't think any judge would see it any other way. I wouldn't.

Go ahead chances are you'll never be caught but I wouldn't want to be the guy that ends up at the center of this courtroom debate.
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Go read bulletin 72 that the rcmp put out. It will explain to you that firearms, and magazines are regulated separately.

Firearms are restricted, non restricted and prohibited.

Magazine are either prohibited, or not. They are limited to what they are designed for. What they happen to fit in after the fact is beside the point.

Which is covered in the bulletin, which was written to clarify the legislation because people were, and are, freaking out over it.

It's legal. Get used to it.
 
Canbacon said:
I think this is the link that 45ACPKING was mentioning.

http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/cfp-pcaf/bulletins/bus-ent/20110323-72-eng.htm
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Specifically...

4. Magazines designed for one firearm but used in a different firearm

The maximum permitted capacity of a magazine is determined by the kind of firearm it is designed or manufactured for use in and not the kind of firearm it might actually be used in. As a consequence, the maximum permitted capacity remains the same regardless of which firearm it might be used in.

Example:
The Marlin model 45 (Camp Carbine) rifle chambered for 45 Auto caliber uses magazines designed and manufactured for the Colt 1911 handgun, therefore the seven round and eight round capacities are permitted. A similar example is the 10 round capacity magazine for the Rock River Arms LAR-15 pistol, regardless of the kind of firearm it is actually used in.
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PitBull1973 said:
I have 10rd 300 win mags for my bolt that Wolverine sells , do you think they are illegal too. Remember in order for these mags to be in this country they would have needed approval from the RCMP beforehand which I'm sure they recieved a letter of approval like Questar did with there 10rd pistol mag. Also take a look at ATRS they are selling a 10rd pistol mag that many including myself have purchased for use in a AR 15. Again this would have needed approval from the RCMP , further more if you think the RCMP doesn't know how these mags are being used , then your kidding yourself. If the law for mags were written differently you bet those 10rd mags would be prohibited.
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Man are you thick.

I'm not questioning the legality of the magazine. This rule or exception makes about as much sense as a lot of the others.
 
I remember walking around the fields of southern Ontario, pockets full of standard capacity mags (loaded, natch) for my G3, plinking, staying out of trouble, lunch in the backpack.

My how times have changed.
 
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