Pinning Para Mags

canucklehead

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Guys,

I'm heading down to the US for a business trip, and wanted to pick up some MecGar mags for my P16. Prices down there are CRAZY cheap for hi-caps.

I'm wondering, what is the best method for pinning 16 round mags to 10 rounds? Obviously, I'll need to pin them while I'm down there, so I'm trying to get ideas of a good way to pin them with minimal drilling/machining, as all materials I need to pin them will need to go in my luggage!

Anyone have some MecGar mags and know a good way to pin them?

Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.
 
Take note I spoke with a Canadian immigration officer about bringing in pinned hi-caps and he pointed out their policy for how they want them done, which didn't include pop-riveting even though it's generally accepted by other authorities. You may want to confirm and get a name from the border crossing before coming back with them just so you don't end up with possible hassles.
 
http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pub/cm/d19-13-2/d19-13-2-06-e.html

(4) A cartridge magazine described in subsection (1) that has been altered or re-manufactured so that it is not capable of containing more than five or ten cartridges, as the case may be, of the type for which it was originally designed is not a prohibited device as prescribed by that subsection if the modification to the magazine cannot be easily removed and the magazine cannot be easily further altered so that it is so capable of containing more than five or ten cartridges, as the case may be.

(5) For the purposes of subsection (4), altering or re-manufacturing a cartridge magazine includes

(a) the indentation of its casing by forging, casting, swaging or impressing;

(b) in the case of a cartridge magazine with a steel or aluminum casing, the insertion and attachment of a plug, sleeve, rod, pin, flange or similar device, made of steel or aluminum, as the case may be, or of a similar material, to the inner surface of its casing by welding, brazing or any other similar method; or

(c) in the case of a cartridge magazine with a casing made of a material other than steel or aluminum, the attachment of a plug, sleeve, rod, pin, flange or similar device, made of steel or of a material similar to that of the magazine casing, to the inner surface of its casing by welding, brazing or any other similar method or by applying a permanent adhesive substance, such as a cement or an epoxy or other glue.
 
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