Magazine Crimping?

Crimped (in this case) means they've pushed in the side of the mag at the 5 round capacity (as this is a 30 round magazine) so that only 5 rounds can be inserted. Take a look at the bottom pic and you'll see the crimp.
 
You could always un-crimp and then rivet it instead...but it does have to be blocked to 5 rounds somehow. You can't get it to have 10 rounds like the LAR pistol mags (just in case that was what you were after).
 
wormwood777 said:
Okay, okay. So can it be un-crimped or would that be illegal.
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That would be modifying the magazine to accept more than the legal limit for the firearm and cartridge it was designed and manufactured for, which would make it a prohibited device.

Hmm, unless it's treated the same as the regular LAR-15 10 round magazine, in which case it could be altered to hold 10 rounds and still be legal since it's a pistol magazine. That's not legal advice, I'm not sure if the 30 rounder counts as a pistol magazine(10 round limit) or a semiauto centerfire magazine(5 round limit). Since it's crimped to 5 it might have been ruled to count as a rifle magazine.
 
"...pushed in the side of the mag..." Don't think that counts. The civil servants have ruled on exactly how a mag has to be damaged, I mean altered to hold only 5 for a rifle mag. Has to be riveted, as I recall.
As mentioned, removing the rivet or whatever is illegal. A centre fire rifle mag that holds more than 5 is illegal all by itself.
 
sunray said:
"...pushed in the side of the mag..." Don't think that counts. The civil servants have ruled on exactly how a mag has to be damaged, I mean altered to hold only 5 for a rifle mag. Has to be riveted, as I recall.
As mentioned, removing the rivet or whatever is illegal. A centre fire rifle mag that holds more than 5 is illegal all by itself.
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Centerfire SEMI-AUTO rifle magazines
 
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