Pinned Military Magazines

[jwhc]

Hey guys! Just a dumb question for a new guy I've noticed that you can always see the rivet head on magazines pinned to 5 rounds. I was just wondering if you could pin them in a fashion so you don't see the ugly rivet head? As long as you can only put 5 rounds in it, it should be legal right?
Only reason I ask is because I've come across a couple pinned m1 carbine mags and want to get rid of those stupid rivet heads ( if I can legally that is ) And I mean something you can't take out when you disassemble the magazine ( like a block of wood or something in that manner I'm pretty sure that's illegal )
Thanks for all input in advance!



Cheers
Joe

 

[FishDoc]

The thing is, the way the laws are written, the change has to be "permanent". It's not really defined, but a block of wood is not generally considered a permanent block. A rivet is acceptable, but even that can come under scrutiny. What I did for my M1 carbine mags was to disassemble the mag, solder a metal rod to the follower, pop the pin, then reassemble. This hides the block inside, is somewhat permanent, and you're legal.
Cheers
Dr.Oz

 

[t-star]

there's so many ways to tackle this it isn't funny- and there is NO SET way- what i did was extend the follower with a metal rod and pop rivet the floorplate shut- granted, you can't take apart for cleaning, but you can't see the ugly rivet either, and it doesn't dig the heck out of your gun the way a spine rivet does

 

[mmartin1872]

you could use a countersunk rivet... the one i'm thinking of is called a cherry max.. part number cr3212. But there must be countersunk pop rivets that aren't "aviation".

 

[jwhc]

Thanks guys

 

[twosteam]

Yes- They is these guys what write these magazines and then pin them onto the bullet-tin board.

(sorry I could not help meself.)
j.