r/canadaguns • u/dazednewf709 • Mar 11 '26

Gun and gear reviews Pinned Wrong?

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I bought 2BX-25 mags from a Canadian online supplier. Tried loading them today and they won't accept the 10th round. I reached out to Customer Service and was told "Unfortunately due to the way these magazines are pinned, many of them end up only holding 9 rounds." Isn't it more likely somebody is drilling and pinning your mags wrong"if the rivet was an 1/8" lower it would take the intended 10 rounds without issue.

Am I wrong to be peeved??

Am I allowed to move the rivet and pin it to its legal capacity?

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u/feeddageek Mar 11 '26 edited Mar 11 '26

The legal capacity of the BX-25 may be 25 if the opinion of the RCMP about it end up being wrong.

Drill the pin out, post about it on reddit, and be the hero that challenge the opinion #absolutlynotlegaladvice

edit: to be absolutely clear if #absolutlynotlegaladvice does not make it obvious enough ; the second line is satire and nobody should try this regardless of the potential legality of a non-pinned BX-25/Butler Creek 25/22. The cost and/or stress of the process is not worth it, for anybody.

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u/feeddageek Mar 11 '26

I thought the BX-25 also predated the Charger pistol, apparently I was wrong (Charger 2007, BX-25 2011)and it was probably the Butler Creek that gave me this impression.

There is still the question of "Is the Charger pistol commonly available in Canada ?". But that argument is way less robust than if "This mag was not designed for use in a handgun" was true.

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u/4r4nd0mninj4 Mar 11 '26

If the majority of the population can not legally buy something, it could be argued that it's not commonly available. 🤷‍♂️ #goodluckincourt 😅

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u/feeddageek Mar 11 '26

I'd never want this to be successfully argued in court by anyone, it would mean that all centerfire handgun magazine in Canada fall under 3(1)(a)(i) instead of 3(1)(b) and has to be pinned to 5.

So it is even worst, you'd need to get the number of registered Charger pistol from the Canadian Firearms Program, hope it is low enough, then argue that despite the many handgun in Canada that should still be considered commonly available because they are owned by tens of thousand of people, this one in particular should not be considered commonly available.

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u/JAmToas_t Mar 11 '26

There is something like 136 in Canada.