Runningfool
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Not the case. I wish people would stop spreading this mis-information.
AA Beowulf mags are the best mags available at the moment IMO - sized the same as a 30 rd and legally hold 15 223.
What size magazine should I buy?
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Not the case. I wish people would stop spreading this mis-information.
AA Beowulf mags are the best mags available at the moment IMO - sized the same as a 30 rd and legally hold 15 223.
It was mainly the plastic gen 1 PCV mags that could hold 6. If you're concerned yours could be illegal, you could always buy dummy rounds to check. Rule of thumb, if they hold 16+ rounds of .223, you're probably in illegal territory.
Oh and there were these ...
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It was mainly the plastic gen 1 PCV mags that could hold 6. If you're concerned yours could be illegal, you could always buy dummy rounds to check. Rule of thumb, if they hold 16+ rounds of .223, you're probably in illegal territory.
Oh and there were these ...
LOL
that unbelievable
Some enterprising individuals calling themselves "Fringe Firearms" remanufactured some .223 mags and sold them as Beowulf mags. Clearly illegal IMO, but they probably made a bunch of money off of the venture. Some site sponsors were selling them (for ~$85 apiece). This was before the C-Products ones became common. The sponsoring businesses who sold them are top notch, which is why I was surprised they were associating themselves with these products.
The photo was from another board member who bought some of their mags. The spots where they drilled out the welds were apparently really sharp, and the magazine bodies were just epoxied back together.
The photo was from another board member who bought some of their mags. The spots where they drilled out the welds were apparently really sharp, and the magazine bodies were just epoxied back together.
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Depends on the shooting you are planning on undertaking. If you are taking classes you will need to get the 5/30 for rapid mag changes or bench shooting the shorter the better to keep the mag from touching the bench. I am not fond of the Magpul because of the rivet on the spine. Some of the older Gens have the spine milled out before the rivet is inserted preventing the mag from getting hung up in the lower. The later Gens have the rivet protruding enough that the shooter needs to pull on the magazine to get it out. I extremely happy with high quality of the Israeli Defense magazines because it is pinned without a rivet.
Personally I feel this is not a good choice. What happens when you want to drop the mag while training or rapid shooting? The 3D printed extension for the LAR-15 Magazine gives the dimensions of a regular 5/30 but the capacity of the 10.
did you read that article fully or just quote it? That article makes no sense at all.
one letter, to one company only, AA 50 beowulf rifle is not prohibited there fore its AA mags are limited to 5 therefore are not prohibited regardless what the rcmp states, it doesn't matter, no such thing ever present in the law as a dual calibre magazine.
Until I see a specific mention in the law about AA beowulf mags being prohibited I am not going to take an article as fact. How can a mag manufactured by the same company that designed the50 beowulf be questioned as anything but beowulf. Companies are still selling them.
Now those other cowboy companies out there taking 556 mags and modding them into beowulf, well thats a 556 mag not a beowulf mag.
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Runningfool
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I'm hoping that maybe v-king was agreeing with me and linked that article to help clarify things. The article linked opens with the CSSA and CSAAA's statement, "Despite some recent social media surrounding Beowulf magazines, the CSAAA is confirming that no ban on the sale of these magazine in Canada has been issued by the R.C.M.P. or the Minister of Public Safety at this time."
I agree totally with you Mikethebike, one letter to one company does not the law make.
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Or get a LAR15 pistol magazine and have 10 rounds legally?
Some guys still use the 5/30 round mags for competitions etc because their tac vests have deep pouches designed for full magazines.
Hard to fish out a tiny LAR magazine out of a pouch with any speed in that case if its buried down in the pouch.
Other than that I don't know why anyone would want anything other than a 10 round legal LAR15 magazine in any STANAG accepting rifle. Maybe just for looks I guess.
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I will be experiencing this exact issue this weekend. Our black rifle match has specifically banned the Beuwolf mags. Now I have to dig up my LAR mags and, yup, they are tiny! And they don't sit well in my mag pouches!
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I use a belt rig, not a taco. Kydex (?) retention. Anything I put in to wedge the mags in place will come flying out when I pull the mag. I kinda have it figured. I'll run the first 20 rds with my magwedged metal LARs and the next with my ATRS ones. They are a bit longer than the metal LAR mags.
of course I read the article, why else would I link it. Obviously you are gonna draw your own conclusions and do as you see fit but for me its definately a concern. The liberal government has recently ( last week I think) reversed legislature, again giving RCMP final authority over gun classification. So, to me if RCMP says (from the article)
"Since the 50 Beowulf calibre magazines are adapted from the original 5.56×45 mm NATO design and the ability of the magazine to perform as originally designed has not been compromised by the adaptation, such magazines are prohibited if they contain more than five 5.56×45 mm NATO cartridges. The magazines are in effect dual calibre magazines and will be prohibited if they exceed five shots capacity of either calibre.
Magazines have recently been manufactured in, or imported into Canada bearing markings suggesting they are exclusively designed for 50 Beowulf ammunition, and at four or five shot capacity, are non-prohibited magazines. This is simply not the case. All magazines for 50 Beowulf calibre AR platform firearms presently on the Canadian market are prohibited devices. "
and its in their power to classify things as prohibs, I'm woried.
"Since the 50 Beowulf calibre magazines are adapted from the original 5.56×45 mm NATO design and the ability of the magazine to perform as originally designed has not been compromised by the adaptation, such magazines are prohibited if they contain more than five 5.56×45 mm NATO cartridges. The magazines are in effect dual calibre magazines and will be prohibited if they exceed five shots capacity of either calibre.
Magazines have recently been manufactured in, or imported into Canada bearing markings suggesting they are exclusively designed for 50 Beowulf ammunition, and at four or five shot capacity, are non-prohibited magazines. This is simply not the case. All magazines for 50 Beowulf calibre AR platform firearms presently on the Canadian market are prohibited devices. "
and its in their power to classify things as prohibs, I'm woried.
These are very nice too but 5 rnds
https://www.wolverinesupplies.com/ProductDetail/ELAM16530_E-Lander-M16-5-56-Nato-5-30-Round-Mag
I bought 2 of these and really like them. Love the classic Colt mags and HK steel ones.
