Hey everyone. A couple of us were talking about the legal capacity of magazines in our great country and a question came up regarding Milsurps. What does a person do with a Garand that uses the enbloc and not a mag ? And does pinning a mag ruin collector values ? Thanks for your time.
Milsurp capacity
- Thread starter HIGHRPM
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Read the FA. M1 Rifles are exempt, by name, from the daft mag capacity law. The only other rifles with the exemption are the assorted Lee-Enfields and no other rifles. There are a few MG and some early pistol mags that are OK too. You can't have the MG.
The only time you need worry about it is if your going to hunt in a Province that has a mag capacity law in its hunting regs. AB does, but I don't know about BC.
This should have been covered on your PAL course. Although chances are good that your instructor has never seen an M1 Rifle.
The only time you need worry about it is if your going to hunt in a Province that has a mag capacity law in its hunting regs. AB does, but I don't know about BC.
This should have been covered on your PAL course. Although chances are good that your instructor has never seen an M1 Rifle.
samsplacci71
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^^^ what he said. It is the only milsurp rifle that allows you to shoot 8 rounds.
htt p://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-98-462/FullText.html
That was easy.
Incorrect
(ii) is a rifle of the type commonly known as the “Lee Enfield” rifle, where the magazine is capable of containing not more than 10 cartridges of the type for which the magazine was originally designed, or
SPECIFICLY noted and defined .. A lee enfield mag may only contain 10 rds
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It is because there were semi auto conversions of the LE and that's why they were specifically mentioned and given a limit of 10 rounds. The Charlton rifle! I totaly forgot about it myself until someone reminded me about it.
So, let me ask another question as I am a bit unclear here. The Garand is ok. The Lee Enfield is ok ? how about all other bolt action Milsurps, they all seemed to have different amounts in mag capacity. I understand for the hunting capacity, but for a guy who collects and takes them to his gun club, what happens there? Sorry if I am beating this to death ! The more people I talk to the more different interpretations I get. so it's confusing.
You might need to read over the law again, the thing is pretty clear. There is no limit for bolt actions, and the Lee Enfield, as mentioned earlier , is specifically mentioned because of the existence of semi autos based on it.
Again, read the law. It's written in plain English.
EDIT: Also, aren't we in the MBR forum?
The US manufactured 20 round magazines for the 1903 Springfield rifle in WW1. I believe the Germans also made some for their rifles? For the US anyway, these mags saw limited issue for specific use. Quite rare nowdays and originals will fetch a high price, but would these be legal if a Canadian had one for his bolt action 1903?
I actually saw some of the 98K "Trench Magazines" listed by one of the retailers around here recently - those would be the high cap mags for the German Mausers. Totally legal, as far as I know, because no semi-auto was ever designed to take the 98K mags.
CAVEATE: Can't hunt with mags over 5 rounds in most provinces, bolt action or no. Also, be careful about getting in the face of a Mountie or Fish & Wildlife Officer who wants to get all "Rah-spact mah author-atay!" with you and confiscate your mags. Be polite, ask for a receipt, and tell them you'll discuss it with their supervisor at the dispatch. You're more likely to get your stuff back without court time if you take the polite route.
Dangit... I'm too OCD to not look that up and track down where I saw it...
http://www.corwin-arms.com/product/mauser-98-trench-magazine
They're fixed magazines, not drop in/drop out. So you still need to top-load with stripper clips. And you might need to tweak it to get it to work on the 98k, because they were actually designed for the Gewehr 98.
It's a 20 round extension, so you go from 5 rounds to 25 rounds...
Basing that off a bit of googling, and a US Website's info, not actual knowledge:
http://www.keepshooting.com/mauser-k98-trench-magazine.html
I can't see how this would work in anything but the bolt G98 and 98K rifles, so there's no reason it should be a legal problem. Other than if you tried hunting with it.
http://www.corwin-arms.com/product/mauser-98-trench-magazine
They're fixed magazines, not drop in/drop out. So you still need to top-load with stripper clips. And you might need to tweak it to get it to work on the 98k, because they were actually designed for the Gewehr 98.
It's a 20 round extension, so you go from 5 rounds to 25 rounds...
Basing that off a bit of googling, and a US Website's info, not actual knowledge:
http://www.keepshooting.com/mauser-k98-trench-magazine.html
I can't see how this would work in anything but the bolt G98 and 98K rifles, so there's no reason it should be a legal problem. Other than if you tried hunting with it.
