Canadian Firearms Registry
Canada Firearms Centre
50 O’Connor St., 10th Floor
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 1M6
Registre canadien des armes à feu
Centre des armes à feu Canada
50, rue O’Connor, 10ième étage
Ottawa (Ontario) K1A 1M6
Mr. ###
Friday, May 05, 2006
Mr. ###
Thank you for your recent request with regard to using Remington 7615P magazines in semi-automatic rifles within Canada.
In your correspondence, you partially quoted the Criminal Code Part III, S. 84 Part 4 Prohibited Devices, Former Cartridge Magazine Control Regulations which states the prohibited device as:
Any cartridge magazine that is capable of containing more than five cartridges of the type for which the magazine was originally designed and that is designed or manufactured for use in
a. A semi-automatic handgun that is not commonly available in Canada,
b. A semi-automatic firearm other that a semi-automatic handgun.
The Remington 7615P rifle, in calibre .223 Remington/ 5.56 NATO utilizes a magazine well adapter, which specifically permits the use of M16/AR15 style magazines, and is promoted by Remington as having this capability. Therefore, the magazine is subject to the five (5) round limits as applied to semi-automatic rifles, despite being deployed in a pump rifle within Canada.
Further, the existence of a magazine of the type used in the M16/AR15, and now the Remington 7615P, with a capability of containing more than five (5) rounds in Canada is in direct contravention to the Criminal Code.
In direct response to your inquiry about the legality of using a thirty (30) round magazine intended for use in the Remington 7615P in the M16/AR15 semi-auto rifle, I am obliged to inform you that is contrary to the Criminal Code for the reasons explained above.
Trusting this response discloses the information required in denying your request, I remain
Sincerely,
George Fraser
A/Manager
Firearms Technical Analysis Section
Canadian Firearms Registry
Tel (613) 993-0038
Fax (877)699-4928
Email:
george.fraser@cfc-cafc.gc.ca