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/IPSC_Canuck Mar 11 '26

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.

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u/Defiant_Impact_1957 Mar 11 '26

you think the RCMP are checking out 22 mags? lol

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u/GodsGiftToWrenching Mar 11 '26

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

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u/IPSC_Canuck Mar 11 '26

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.

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u/GodsGiftToWrenching Mar 12 '26

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

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u/IPSC_Canuck Mar 12 '26

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.

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u/GodsGiftToWrenching Mar 12 '26

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

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u/Defiant_Impact_1957 Mar 13 '26

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

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u/IPSC_Canuck Mar 14 '26

Not a bad idea.