Hi-Cap. Magazines!!!!!!!!!!&#

[ben 0]

[stevem 0]

Ummm.., this topic has come up like six zillion times.If you look around the forum you'll see that there are no high cap Siaga mags, but you can legally convert the rifle to accept them.Just look around, you'll most likely find the answeres to all of your Saiga questions.

[crow slayer 0]

actually there are hi cap mags for saigas they are just hard to get and your better off doing a conversion

[Black92LX 0]

actually there are hi cap mags for saigas they are just hard to get and your better off doing a conversion

yes you can get them but they are not legal!

[stingrayia 0]

Here is what I don't understand. I went to a well known gun shop here in town. Bought a Saiga and they have right there on the shelves pre-ban 30 round and 20 round mags labeled as Saiga 30 rd Mag and 20 rd. I have asked multiple times and they have said because it's a preban mag the ban doesn't apply. I cannot find the law that says that it's not legal. Until I see the law I have no reason to believe that they are wrong about them being legal. Also the owner of the shop http://www.ammobearerltd.com/ has been selling SKS and AK rifles for like 15 years and I would say seems very familiar with the laws. I would love to have the law that states where this would be illegal so if there is some truth to it I can discuss it with them.

[stingrayia 0]

Title 18 U.S.C. (United States Code), Chapter 44, section 922(w)

provides that it shall be unlawful for a person to transfer or possess

a large capacity ammunition feeding device except those which were

lawfully possessed on or before September 13, 1994.

 

I mean this seems pretty clear. It doesn't apply to pre-ban mags.

 

Now I know there is a law out there about modifying a magazine to fit another weapon and that it must be useable in the original weapon it was intended, but I would believe that would only apply to post ban mags as well.

 

Also if the hi cap mag is the only "assault weapon" characteristic doesn't that pretty much put me in the clear any way?

[stingrayia 0]

Ok I found the info I have been looking for and it doesn't look good.

 

http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/user/wbardw...tf_letter88.txt

 

A magazine manufactured prior to September 13, 1994, would not be

a large capacity ammunition-feeding device as defined. You asked

about altering such a magazine so that it could fit in another type

of firearm.

 

If the altered magazine could no longer function in the firearm for

which it was originally designed, it is our opinion that a new

magazine has been manufactured. The fact that the materials used

to construct the new magazine were made prior to September 13,

1994, would not mean that the magazine was manufactured prior to

that date. The altered magazine would be a large capacity

ammunition feeding device and it would be subject to the

prohibition in section 922(w).

 

If the magazine has minor modifications performed, such as cutting

an additional slot for a different style of magazine release, and

it still functions in the original firearm for which it was

designed, we do not believe that it would be considered a new

magazine. However, it major changes are made it is possible that

a new magazine has been manufactured. It is not possible for us to

render a final opinion on such magazines without examining a

sample.

 

 

and

 

 

http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/user/wbardw...tf_letter85.txt

 

The altered magazine would be a large capacity ammunition feeding

device. The fact that the materials used to construct the 10mm

magazine were made prior to September 13, 994, would not mean that

the 10mm magazine was manufactured prior to that date. A new 10mm

magazine with the capacity of accepting more than 10 rounds of

ammunition would have been manufactured and it would be subject to

the prohibition in section 922(w).

[mrapathy2000 0]

link to thread covering 922®

 

the rifle is in sporty configuration and to convert it to non sporting configuration you need to add US parts.