High capacity magazine ban

[Rookie]

California and other states have bans on high capacity magazines which brings me to something I've always wondered...

Why doesn't magpul make a 458 Socom magazine?

 

[Ahap]

Because the .458 was designed to fit and feed from standard .223/5.56 mags. I have mine "half mooned" to insure smooth feeding. Some say you don't even need to do it. I think Wilson is the only mfg that makes proprietary .458 mags. Tromix makes a center feed follower you can put in standard mags, but it costs more than most mags themselves.

 

[Rookie]

Exactly my point. 30 round magazines are evil, but 10 round is okay. Since a standard ar mag can hold 10 rounds of 458 socom, why not label it that? Then people in certain states wouldn't own high capacity magazines. Of course, what they choose to load in them is a different story...

 

[shibumiseeker]

Exactly my point. 30 round magazines are evil, but 10 round is okay. Since a standard ar mag can hold 10 rounds of 458 socom, why not label it that? Then people in certain states wouldn't own high capacity magazines. Of course, what they choose to load in them is a different story...

When .458 socom first came out this was exactly our point. “They only hold 10 rounds.” Several threads here that talked about this.

 

[DadSmith]

Isn't the 450 Bushmaster similar in power and capacity?

 

[russc2542]

Same goes for .50 beowulf. A few mfrs do make proprietary mags and I'll be darned if I can tell any difference but the label.

 

[kiddchaos]

Its coming?!?!

 

[BigRed]

Its coming?!?!

To congress:

Good luck with that, **** suckers.

 

[Michigan Slim]

I think I'll go load out 30 more mags. You know, just cause.

 

[DadSmith]

The Senate will save us.

 

[Whip_McCord]

I hope they don't decide to come after my 8-shot, high capacty revolvers next. I didn't use purple because this is not really sarcasm. After they try to ban the usual suspects, they will come after shotguns and whatever other "dangerous" guns they find out about.

I remember hearing about an article in Rolling Stone from about 8 years ago: The 5 Most Dangerous Guns in America. The link is below, but the list is: Pistols, Revolvers, Rifles, Shotguns, and Derringers. This shows what they are really after; ALL OUR GUNS!

The 5 Most Dangerous Guns in America

These are the firearms causing the most harm

www.rollingstone.com

 

[Leadeye]

I've got high cap magazines and don't think there should be restriction on them. That said, I don't have a lot of them simply because I don't see any firefight I'm going to be involved in lasting that long. I'll be a casualty or the attackers will give up before the mags are empty. I can reload them if I'm lucky or it won't matter.

 

[LtScott14]

Stack em high, load em up. Keep a couple of 10 rounders in case you need to fire a little target practice or open carry. Hi Caps are standard you know.

 

[Pepi]

Crazy forkers will move to explosives

 

[manifest destiny]

The .gov might start with allowing 10rnd mags. But over time that number will get lower and lower; 10,8,5 until "who really needs more than 1 round?" I point to fed income taxes as an example. First it's 1%, then it's 3%, until finally it's nearing half my damn money.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Last gun show I bought 20 M-16 EPMs. I should have bought 200.

The more they want to ban the more are put in circulation. And they do not even realize that we can print them now.

 

[1nderbeard]

I've got high cap magazines and don't think there should be restriction on them. That said, I don't have a lot of them simply because I don't see any firefight I'm going to be involved in lasting that long. I'll be a casualty or the attackers will give up before the mags are empty. I can reload them if I'm lucky or it won't matter.

Practically speaking I think you're right. If the word deteriorates so far I'm worried about how many 30 round mags I can carry I'll probably have so many more concerns it's ridiculous.

Having said that, If I find a good deal I will always take another.

 

[Amishman44]

The biggest problem I see is the number of people falling into the liberal's trap by calling a 30-round magazine a 'high-capacity' magazine because 'high-capacity' a made-up liberal term that's designed to change the narrative.
The AR-15 30-round magazine is a 'standard-capacity' magazine, not a 'high-capacity' magazine!
The best thing that can be done is to refer to the 30-round magazine as a 'standard-capacity' magazine every time it's mentioned...keeping the perspective and the narrative honest and correct.
In dealing with various issues, simply using correct verbage (aka, calling a 30-round magazine a 'standard-capacity' magazine when referring to it vs calling it a 'high-capacity magazine) matters in both keeping the issues honest and truthful, and it also creates the correct perspective or narrative.
Using the term 'high capacity' creates a false perspective or narrative...and feeds the bears!

 

[Kirk Freeman]

I've got high cap magazines and don't think there should be restriction on them. That said, I don't have a lot of them simply because I don't see any firefight I'm going to be involved in lasting that long. I'll be a casualty or the attackers will give up before the mags are empty. I can reload them if I'm lucky or it won't matter.

My magazines are not all for me.

 

[ghuns]

...I have mine "half mooned" to insure smooth feeding. Some say you don't even need to do it...

I didn't.

Shoot .458s through P-Mags, Lancers, USGIs, etc. All have fed fine. BUT, I only shoot one round through my .458s, home rolled and topped with 300 grain Hornady HPs.

So I guess ALL my AR mags "identify" as 10 round .458 mags.