What are the legalities behind 14 round Glock Magazines?

[gwhysow]

An issue that I can find very little info on. A colleague has gotten rid of his guns, and is looking to give away his G19 14-round magazines. What are the regulations behind this?

Hoping everyone is having a lovely weekend.

 

[daveg01]

14 rounders are prohibited. If he gets caught with them he will be charged.

They can be pinned at 10 rounds to be legal. I'm not sure of the process, hopefully someone will chime in with how it needs to be done.

 

[enefgee]

Unless they are owned by a Police Department, or pinned to 10 rounds, original capacity magazines are prohibited devices. Like Tasers, full autos and hand grenades. Pinning can be as simple as drilling a hole (or using a witness hole) and installing a rivet to stop the follower from going full length.

 

[Kodiak Outpost]

They must be pinned at 10 round maximum capacity. Otherwise they are prohibited.

 

[t-star]

it's just a simple matter of restricting the follower so it can't go past the 10.5 round mark- in some cases, there's even a hole - all i did was put i a block in and rivet the baseplate shut

 

[glockguycalgary]

How did he come into having these in the first place?

 

[gnmontey]

it's just a simple matter of restricting the follower so it can't go past the 10.5 round mark- in some cases, there's even a hole - all i did was put i a block in and rivet the baseplate shut

That's novel! All mine are riveted from the side.

 

[enefgee]

How did he come into having these in the first place?

I'm guessing they came with the gun - way back when, we didn't need the nanny state to tell us how many rounds we could have in our pistols. I still miss my old Glock factory 33 rounder - probably more than I miss the Glock.

 

[Dick Proenneke]

How did he come into having these in the first place?

Seriously? And what would be the purpose of asking that question?

 

[glockguycalgary]

Or someone drilled out the rivet. That never happens though.

 

[enefgee]

Or someone drilled out the rivet. That never happens though.

as long as that was done to disassemble the magazine it would be legal, provided the magazine was not reassembled without the rivet, possession of magazine components that could be assembled into an illegal magazine does not in and of itself constitute possession (at least according to one judge at one time in one place - your luck - and mileage- may vary) - the law really is "An Ass"

 

[gwhysow]

He was a long time gun owner, hasn't had one in over 10 years. What is the process to having them pinned? Has anyone gone through the process? Thanks again.

 

[Doc Hollandaise]

Put a 1/8" rivet in the # 13 hole and all will be fine

 

[glockguycalgary]

I have some X cap mags I bought while in FLA for my G22.

All I did was slam a rivet in the witness hole and everything is good to go.

 

[gwhysow]

What is best to use as a rivet?

 

[glockguycalgary]

Ummmm. Read ALL the replies to your post dude.

 

[gnmontey]

Go to CT or PA, purchase a pop riveting set $20.00. Use the rivet size suggested on this thread.

 

[glockguycalgary]

Sorry if I am out of place but, troll?

I spent roughly 9 seconds googling magazine capacity and found dozens of sites which gave the regs.

Not to mention my CFSC book....

 

[UCSPanther]

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Possessing unblocked handgun mags over 10 rounds that is...

 

[gwhysow]

The regulations are not the issue, GlockGuy. As owners we are all quite privy to that information; however, this is not as clearly outlined. Thank you to all that have made constructive contributions.