You can get high capacity magazines in Colorado
Feb 1st 2014, 1:12 am
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You can get high capacity magazines in Colorado
We picked up a 30 round AR this afternoon, seems the legislation has major loopholes.
They had lots of 223, the hunt for 22LR continues.
They had lots of 223, the hunt for 22LR continues.
Feb 1st 2014, 1:25 am
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Feb 1st 2014, 1:33 am
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Re: You can get high capacity magazines in Colorado
We were in a Gun Shop, yes.
Feb 1st 2014, 5:29 pm
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Re: You can get high capacity magazines in Colorado
The situation for .22LR is the same in Virginia I think everything else is available.
Feb 1st 2014, 5:46 pm
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Re: You can get high capacity magazines in Colorado
When I carried an M-16A1, we had 20 round mags and were instructed to load only 18 due to problems with the spring.
The M-1 Garand had an 8-round clip.
The M-1903 Springfield had five-rounds.
What do you need 30 for?
The M-1 Garand had an 8-round clip.
The M-1903 Springfield had five-rounds.
What do you need 30 for?
Feb 1st 2014, 8:24 pm
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Re: You can get high capacity magazines in Colorado
My rifle has a 5 round, my pistol 10.
I was the driver.
They had some 338 Lapua that was $6 a pop, single shot material!
I will probably pick up a single shot adapter for the rifle.
There is a replacement stock you can get for an AR that effectively makes it an automatic, it is called a Slidefire, I would have thought the extra capacity would be good then.
And like you say no need to fill it to its capacity anyway.
I was the driver.
They had some 338 Lapua that was $6 a pop, single shot material!
I will probably pick up a single shot adapter for the rifle.
There is a replacement stock you can get for an AR that effectively makes it an automatic, it is called a Slidefire, I would have thought the extra capacity would be good then.
And like you say no need to fill it to its capacity anyway.
Feb 1st 2014, 8:28 pm
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I did pick up 100 22LR. Also found a source on line but more that Wally world and better quality than I need for paper.
Seems that it may be several years before the Manufacturers catch up.
I would quite like an AR but overkill for gophers.
Feb 2nd 2014, 1:30 am
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Re: You can get high capacity magazines in Colorado
Need?
Just eat a Banana, I did not need to.
How much of what we do is need relevant?
Just eat a Banana, I did not need to.
How much of what we do is need relevant?
Feb 2nd 2014, 6:59 pm
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Re: You can get high capacity magazines in Colorado
Was at a gun show today and 500 rounds of Remington .22LR was $65.
Just about all the common ammo was there expect the one I wanted 10 gauge No4 Turkey Load
High capacity mags were plentiful
Just about all the common ammo was there expect the one I wanted 10 gauge No4 Turkey Load
High capacity mags were plentiful
Feb 2nd 2014, 7:28 pm
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Re: You can get high capacity magazines in Colorado
Virginia doesn't have a law restricting large capacity magazines but Colorado restricted them in 2013.
Feb 2nd 2014, 9:02 pm
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Re: You can get high capacity magazines in Colorado
I do not have a Ruger but there were boxes of the 25x2 (50 rounds) for sale, all very legal.
The trick it seems is that you sell them as a kit.
It does not really matter, it was always a political nonsense, the general assumption is that you would have to stock up out of State. So anybody who really really wanted some, not a problem.
Feb 2nd 2014, 9:46 pm
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Feb 3rd 2014, 1:56 am
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Re: You can get high capacity magazines in Colorado
This is the sort of AR we were looking at, but with the stock I mentioned that gets you through a lot of ammo very quickly.
Feb 5th 2014, 7:31 pm
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Re: You can get high capacity magazines in Colorado
I'm not convinced they are legal, ATF to the contrary: http://www.slidefire.com/downloads/BATFE.pdf
26 USC 5845(b) says:
The key word being "automatically" which ATF interprets as being a mechanical device:
Does the word "automatically" preclude the use of your finger as part of the mechanism, or the use of recoil? Only a court could say for sure.
26 USC 5845(b) says:
The term “machinegun” means any weapon which shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger.
The stock has no automatically functioning mechanical parts or springs and performs no automatic mechanical function when installed.