Date stamped mags

[merl]

what about ps90 mags? One of those have been on my range toy list for a while.

various handgun mags? (luckily most of those are 15 or under. hmmm, wonder why the limit was bumped to 15...)

[Gman]

My 9mm S&W Sigma has 16 round standard mags...

[Kraven251]

what about ps90 mags? One of those have been on my range toy list for a while.

various handgun mags? (luckily most of those are 15 or under. hmmm, wonder why the limit was bumped to 15...)

Because they wanted to appear "reasonable," those helpful idiots.

[merl]

But are handgun mags date stamped?

[sniper7]

But are handgun mags date stamped?

Mine aren't.

Xdm 9mm has 19 round mags

[TAR31]

Once again incorrect. SEARCH the forums for the CRS. Altering ANY serial Number is against the law. AT ANY TIME, Not just as it related to magazines, anything.

A date stamp is not a serial number.

[Justin]

Yeah, but do you really want to go to court just to make that point?

That said, I don't think the date stamp issue is quite as big of a deal as the transfer of possession. If you go to the range with some friends, and loan your buddy your Glock 17 with the standard capacity magazine in it, you've just committed a crime.

If you leave a magazine out on the coffee table, and your wife picks it up to move it into your man cave, she's just committed a crime.

If you take your gun to a gunsmith to have some work done, and leave a magazine with him in order to function-test the firearm, it's a crime.

Heck, there's even an interesting point brought up by another state senator where he pointed out that the law doesn't just prohibit magazines, but guns capable of being readily converted to take "high capacity" magazines, which means that, per the law, it would be illegal to own a Remington 870 in the stock hunting configuration, because you can easily convert them to "high capacity" by putting a magazine tube extension on them.

Source for the last claim:
http://denver.cbslocal.com/2013/03/0...proposed-bill/

[merl]

yeah that "readily converted" weasel language could be used to ban pretty much anything. most any mag can be extended with a bit of sheet metal and a spot welder. It is in direct opposition to the permanently reduced language.

It'll come down to the courts to decide the line between readily converted and manufactured. They'll also get to define whether that shotgun mentioned above can be readily converted if you don't have the extension tube. (should it pass)

Gah it is the NFA conflicting rulings all over again isn't it, constructive possession of a magazine extension.

[Blockhead]

I have a pile of new BX-25 ruger 10/22 magazines and none have dates, at least on the outside.

[Daniel_187]

My H&K 91 mags have dates on them. Most dated before I was born.