rifle magazine conversion

[fortcollinsjerry]

I'm not sure that this fits in the gun building but recently I was faced with a magazine problem for my M1A Scout .308. I wanted to use it this season in Missouri hunting white tails. One of the Missouri rules on firarms stated that a magazine holding more than 11 rounds was illegal. I have a 5 round flush fitting magazine from Springfield but it's a POS and you need to use a screwdriver to remove it from the reciever once you snap it in. Otherwise I only own 20 round magazines that came with the rifle.

To solve this problem I removed the springs and followers from the two magazines and made a wood block filler to take up the majority of the space. Inserted the spring and follower from the 5 rounder into the 20 and followed that up with the block. I just arbitraraly decided on a 4 round capacity. I shouldn't need more than one round anyway. Now I have a full size magazine I can grab and pull out of the reciever nice and easy

[BigBoy1]

This same principle has been used for years with duck hunting shotgus, A wooden plug in put in the magazine to limit the number of shells tha can be placed in the magazine tube.

[Bob D.]

NJ banned magazines holding over 15 rounds a few years ago. To the best of my knowledge, no one sells such items so we had to permanently modify our 20 or 30 rounders to suit the law. Epoxying in a wooden filler block seems to fit the bill. There doesn't seem to be a need to modify the spring, as it behaves as if it was still under the tension of some rounds when the mag is empty.
This is a "common sense" solution, not guaranteed to be legally accepted by NJ. Any reasonable game warden should find your method acceptable, but due to the perceived hi-cap mag, you may receive additional scrutiny in the field.
Good luck and good hunting!

[scatter cat]

Why don't you just buy a 10rd mag? Lots of places have them.Centerfire Systems has them in their fall catalog for 6.99 ea. Cheap and you don't have to mess up a good 20rd mag.Flat rate shipping of 9.99 Find a few more thing you want/need you can come out pretty good on the shipping. www.centerfiresystems.com

[Bob D.]

1) I already had a few 20 rounders on hand, and could not legally keep them as such (no grandfathering in this law).


2) I can legally have 50% more capacity than 10 rounders have.