Mini-14 LEO magazine

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Hypothetically...

Say someone I know wants to get rid of his prohibited Mini-14 LEO 20-rounders, does he just destroy them and never mention them again or can he bring it to the police to get them destroyed without getting arrested?
 
Chronos said:
Hypothetically...

Say someone I know wants to get rid of his prohibited Mini-14 LEO 20-rounders, does he just destroy them and never mention them again or can he bring it to the police to get them destroyed without getting arrested?
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Personally I would crush, cut, weld or otherwise destroy the mag body myself so that there is no doubt about it.

Sensible cops would take them off your hands and that would be the end of it, but depending on the jurisdiction there are definitely cops and Crown attorneys who would #### someone over for this.
 
I would suggest he put the pop-rivet back in the hole.
It is o.k to take them out to disassemble the magazine to clean them.
But make sure he puts the pop-rivet back in the hole that was drilled in the spine right away.
 
Geoff B said:
Why not pin them to 5 rounds with a pop rivet and sell them on the equipment exchange?
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That could be a solution. So he would bring it to the local armorer and have it done? Would he not get harassed by the fact that they are prohibited until modified?
 
Chronos said:
That could be a solution. So he would bring it to the local armorer and have it done? Would he not get harassed by the fact that they are prohibited until modified?
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Why the hell would you even post #### like this on the internet?

Burn them, crush them, cut them, pin them; do whatever you/he wants to. Just don't tell the whole world about it.
 
There will be a 1/8" hole in the back of the magazine, drilled by the previous owner...likely made with a standard 1/8" drill bit in a hand-held drill. Said hole will have been located just far enough down the mag to allow only 5 rounds to be loaded, and there would have been a 1/8" rivet put into said hole, likely with a 10.00 rivet gun kit from Canadian Tire. The previous owner obviously removed this rivet during dissasembly to clean the mag body, so all you need to do is put a fresh rivet in and they are 100% legal...and worth a good chunk of change on the EE. ;)

or:

Sell me the parts....don't need the whole mags....just a bag of parts.
 
Chronos said:
That could be a solution. So he would bring it to the local armorer and have it done? Would he not get harassed by the fact that they are prohibited until modified?
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Common sense needs to prevail. If the guy has come into possession of some mags that weren't pinned after the capacity law came into effect and he is trying to comply with the law, any decent gunsmith shouldn't be offering any hassle at all. Any decent gunsmith should be able to pin them to 5. The LE/gov't only stamp doesn't mean sqaut in regards to ownership. You can own them if stamped that way.
 
Thanks guys for your answer! As said, (hypothetically again) the person is only trying to comply with the law and perhaps was even unaware that his possession were "prohibited".
 
"...Any decent gunsmith should be able to pin them to 5..." Yep, except that said smithy would have to be licenced to work on prohibited devices. Most are not and won't touch 'em.
In any case, pinning a mag is not rocket science. Do it yourself.
"...LE/gov't only stamp doesn't mean sqaut..." Most assuredly. It's a U.S., Ruger for the most part, marketing thing. Means nothing here or Stateside. At least in most U.S. States. 20 round mags are evil in some States too.
 
Wow...this is not funny at all, I noticed, there are a lot of gun owners out there does not know what is legal to have nor illegal to own nor to hunt with nor can do or can not do with their firearms!!! A educational course this field is needed...BAD!!!
 
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