r/canadaguns • u/Deizelpunk • Jun 16 '26

Buy recommendations Henry supreme mag?

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I just put a down payment on a Henry supreme 5.56 at my local gun store. I was under the impression that these magazines have to be pinned to 5 but my gun store employee said it's a 10 round limit which makes no sense to me. Is there some sort of loophole that he knows about and I don't? Or was he bullshitting / mistaken? Pic for attention.

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Regardless, what is the best magazine option for these things in Canada? All I'm going to be using it for is target shooting for now.

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Thanks In advance!

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u/Think_Lengthiness686 Jun 16 '26

I’m under the impression that Henry supreme takes AR mags, so you can simply use AR pistol mags which are pinned to 10 rounds.
Had Henry chosen to use proprietary mags, there would be no limitations on mag capacity as it’s a manual action rifle.

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u/Deizelpunk Jun 16 '26

What makes an ar mag a pistol mag? Sorry I'm actually very new to the firearms world, only had my PAL for about a year and a half now.

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u/International_Mud367 Jun 16 '26

The law states that the limit is based on the "firearm the magazine was designed for" and that "pistol magazines can have 10 rounds"

Because the LAR15 "Pistol" was in canada for a minute, the LAR15 "Pistol" mag can be 10 rounds. This mag is a standard AR mage the only difference being that it was "designed for a pistol" which makes it able to have 10 rounds.

Welcome to Canadian gun laws brother, glad you're here!

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u/gnu_gai Jun 16 '26

To add: the rule of thumb I go with is that if the magazine has the words 'pistol magazine' or some other clear indication on it from the factory, then it's definitely a pistol magazine

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u/International_Mud367 Jun 16 '26

yeah this isnt safe though, anyone can just etch pistol on it. The magazine has to be in the documented design for the gun. This is why we can't just write pistol on AR15 magazines.

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u/gnu_gai Jun 16 '26

As I say, has to be from the factory. It's pretty easy to tell if the text was included in the mold/stamping or added after the fact. Personally I always keep a paper copy of the RCMP special bulletin in my range bag if I'm using pistol mags in a rifle, just in case

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u/Deizelpunk Jun 16 '26

Do you have a link to this document? I definitely want to do the same thing. Very smart.

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u/gnu_gai Jun 16 '26

Can't find it it right now, horse seems to have changed their website yet again. It's Special Bulletin 72, can probably find on via Wayback, was put out March of 2011 iirc. Will try and remember to get a working link after work

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u/Acceptable_Visit_115 Jun 16 '26

They moved to the new HTML website and the old SB72 got replaced with this: https://rcmp.ca/en/firearms/classes-firearms/maximum-permitted-magazine-capacity

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u/gnu_gai Jun 16 '26

Cheers chef, save me the work

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u/icedesparten Jun 16 '26

Right, it has to say "pistol" on it from the factory.

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u/SpinachStunning5547 Jun 18 '26

What does from the factory mean? I am pretty sure you can legally 3d print ar magazines as long as they comply with the laws. Does this mean I can 3d print a 10 rds ar mag if is says pistol? I mean 3d printer is kind of the factory in this case?

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u/icedesparten Jun 18 '26

What a great question, there's no proper answer to that, certainly not legally nor in the RCMP's interpretation of the law. Broadly speaking, they take it to mean that a magazine stamped "for pistol use only" from the factory, or is otherwise explicitly designed for a pistol (Glock magazine for example) can use 10 rounds but you can't etch that onto a rifle magazine and repin to 10 rounds.

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u/ManufacBorealis Manufactorum Borealis Jun 16 '26

It used to be an even more fun mess of laws when we still had the .50 beowulf magazines before the RCMP made up the "dual use" clause

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u/feeddageek Jun 16 '26 edited Jun 16 '26

The law clearly state that the handgun has to be "commonly available in Canada" for the limit to be 10.

Magazine designed for use in a handgun not commonly available in Canada are still limited to 5.

Whether or not the LAR15 Pistol is or was at some point commonly available in Canada is a question that have never been tried. Everyone is free to gamble that it is, I would not