whats the real deal with lar-15 mags

Same kind of deal with the .458 SOCOM. If I remember right, their is only one company and one reamer maker that has the right to use it.
 
I love the LAR mags and I have a bunch. The thing I don't get is how can LAR mags be pistol mags when they are a short version of a 30 round mag but we can't pin a 30 rounder and register it as a pistol mag.

It makes no sense to limit one to 5 rounds and another to 10 but they are pretty much the same. Jmo
 
WAREWOLF said:
I love the LAR mags and I have a bunch. The thing I don't get is how can LAR mags be pistol mags when they are a short version of a 30 round mag but we can't pin a 30 rounder and register it as a pistol mag.

It makes no sense to limit one to 5 rounds and another to 10 but they are pretty much the same. Jmo
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The AR pistol magazines are a unique design, and aside from the follower share no commonality with the larger AR magazines. This was one of the determining characteristics that allowed them to be classified as pistol magazines. Since the law specifies that rifle magazines are limited to 5-rounds...
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rocco said:
damn...they are Legal...18 rounds..lol Where the hell was I when these came out...
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Nowhere, they havent really "come out" yet. Basically noone on the Armtac preorder has received one. There is only about half a dozen guys (from what i know) that actually have a mag in hand.
 
Llywelyn said:
ok. but in building a rifle you would have to stamp it with the caliber(for no other reason than information purposes!!) If they have trademarked the name beowulf, would even stamping the rifle or component with that might be a trademark infringement? Even if the rifle was called the death star or something...lol
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I dont *think* there is actually a legal requirement to stamp it with the caliber. According to the verifiers course, rifles dont even technically have to have a serial number - one can be assigned if the rifle does not contain one. Dont take this to the bank though, as I may be wrong.

Here is an interesting note on caliber trademarks. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6.5mm_Grendel.

"The name "6.5mm Grendel" was a trademark owned by Alexander Arms until February 15, 2012 when it was legally released [2] to allow the cartridge to become SAAMI standardized.[3] The release of the trademark removes the requirement of manufacturers to seek the permission of the trademark holder to use the mark."

No similiar note on the Beowulf wikipedia page, but interesting nonetheless.
Also, Alexander Arms page has a note about "relinquishing" the grendel trademark on the bottom of their news page. So yes, using the ".50 beowulf" wording on a stamp could be infringing, but I dont know for sure that you would need to. Regardless, this will probably never happen anyway.

http://www.alexanderarms.com/index.php/news-events.html
 
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