Pinned Wrong?

[u/dazednewf709]

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?

[u/feeddageek]

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.

[u/Psyex → u/[deleted]]

Wow, glad I live in a province that isn't communist.

[u/IPSC_Canuck → u/Psyex]

Doesn’t matter where you live in Canada, the firearms act is federal. Like it or not, even Alberta RCMP would be enforcing this law if it became an issue they couldn’t ignore.

[u/Defiant_Impact_1957 → u/IPSC_Canuck]

you think the RCMP are checking out 22 mags? lol

[u/GodsGiftToWrenching → u/Defiant_Impact_1957]

They wont go out of their way unless they're already checking you out for something

For example if you're camping in the bush and a fish cop comes by to check for your crown land camping pass and notices the firearms and magazines you were just using he will most likely check for pins or an "LAR-15 PISTOL MAGAZINE" engraving depending on the magazines he can immediately see

[u/IPSC_Canuck → u/GodsGiftToWrenching]

Having worked closely with lots of CO’s, I can tell you that unless they’re also a gunnie(and I’ve never met one who was), they don’t know enough about magazines, magazine law, or anything other than shotgun plug limits specific to hunting regulations to even know to look at your stuff.

Most of em had absolutely no idea you could have a semi auto shotgun that could hold more than 5 rds of 2 3/4” because it was chambered in 3 1/2”… it was a bear to get them to understand.

[u/GodsGiftToWrenching → u/IPSC_Canuck]

Well the time they rolled up on me and my buddy there was a .22, 9mm rifle, a couple semi auto .223's as well as a benelli M4 (pre December 2024) the officer asked my buddy and I if we were military because our carriers were visible (not donned and only had flat trainer plates in them) also for context I have long hair and a full beard so definitely not CAF. But any ways he checked every mag that was visible at the camp, we had to also clarify that the marked "LAR-15 pistol magazine" mags were indeed allowed to have a 10 round capacity.

So essentially while they don't know the specifics as well as folks like us do, they seem to be just knowledgeable enough to be potentially dangerous and lead to a shit show of a situation, and they know to check mags, at least in my experience

[u/IPSC_Canuck → u/GodsGiftToWrenching]

Interesting. I think it depends on who you get for sure. I only know about the guys I worked with in Ontario, and a few guys who were casual acquaintances in two other provinces.

This was also between 2017-2021, so they may have all been schooled on this stuff a little better since then.

[u/GodsGiftToWrenching → u/IPSC_Canuck]

Ah yeah that night be it, I'm in Alberta so that may be partly as to why the encounter was different

Thats fair, my encounter happened around 2022 I think so not too far off

[u/Defiant_Impact_1957 → u/IPSC_Canuck]

I've been advised to ask if the cop has their rpal, and if they don't, you can request a cop with an rpal come to check things instead, as cops don't know fire arms laws well.  A cop told me this

[u/IPSC_Canuck → u/Defiant_Impact_1957]

Not a bad idea.

[u/IPSC_Canuck → u/Defiant_Impact_1957]

I don’t think they’re just going around and checking them. No. They have better shit to do than harass supposedly law abiding people, but there are times when they would have to check. There are situations they could not just look the other way.