Question about getting AR 15 Mags from the States

[Wildbore]

Importing Magazine bodies whether altered or unaltered is against the law in Canada regardless of the country of origin. It means that the magazine must be assembled and modified to meet Canadian Requirements prior to entry into Canada.


Unaltered Mag bodies by definition are prohibit devices .Law States that all magazines must hold 5 rnds of ammunition for any center fire semi automatic firearm that it was designed or manufactured to fit . A Commercial Firearms license does not allow a dealer to import magazines that do not meet this requirement for retail sales to non government agencies .The mag body is considered a magazine that can hold more than 5 rounds of ammunition .Think I am wrong talk to the CFC or CBSA

As someone stated above, if you dissassemble the magazine, including the floorplate, it cannot hold any cartridges. Its just a metal box with no top or bottem. The part is legal to ship and any confiscation by customs would be unlawful.

 

[acrashb]

if you took your mags apart then they would not be in compliance with the law because your magazine can hold more than 5 rnds

Nope. When they're apart, they're parts - and an unpinned mag body is just a mag body, not a mag, and hence an uncontrolled device.

What CBSA will do is one thing - I understand from others that they may not allow unmodified mag bodies in - but once in Canada a mag body is a part, like a baseplate, follower, or spring.

 

[acrashb]

Neither does anyone else so... 'have at 'er

You're right... but we can read a regulation and look at case law and make a reasonable decision.

 

[kenjuudo]

Can my friend in NY buy some AR15 mags, ones that we arn't able to buy here, take them home, pin them to hold 5 rounds and then send them to me using USPS?

Can I go to the States, buy AR15 Mags, pin them while in the states, and then bring them back across the boarder?

Thanks,
Matt

Notwithstanding the rest of this discussion... NY is an AWB state so if your buddy were to by 30's they'd have to have been manufactured before 1994.

Just one example follows of the problem he'd face... read the small print...

http://www.wilsoncombat.com/r_mags.asp