Bolt action magazine question?

[sffred]

Hello my fellow Calgunners!

On a bolt action rifle with detachable magazine, is there a mag limit?
Just wanted to know, because it's not a semi I don't think the limit applies? (But does it?)

Thanks,
Sffred

[Merc1138]

Hello my fellow Calgunners!

On a bolt action rifle with detachable magazine, is there a mag limit?
Just wanted to know, because it's not a semi I don't think the limit applies? (But does it?)

Thanks,
Sffred

The rifle AW laws are for semi auto centerfire rifles. You could stick a 100 round drum magazine into a bolt action rifle if you want to, since it's not semi auto.

Getting a 100 round drum magazine is a different issue.

[2shotjoe]

10 rounds, most of the time.

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[firemanjoe]

I don't think I would want more than 10 rounds in my 308. That would be heavy! But if you can and want to do more, more power to you and I applaud you.

[devster55]

I thought it was 10 rds no matter what. Mor a mossberg MVP for instance. Could I legally use a standard capacity mag with it???

[sffred]

I thought it was 10 rds no matter what. Mor a mossberg MVP for instance. Could I legally use a standard capacity mag with it???

I just played with one today! It was a 16.5", threaded muzzle, bolt action that uses AR Stanag style mags! The Pmag had issues not locking on but worked great with usgi, and others that are metal mags.

Maybe next year I will buy one?

[ar15barrels]

On a bolt action rifle with detachable magazine, is there a mag limit?
Just wanted to know, because it's not a semi I don't think the limit applies? (But does it?)

Magazines holding more than 10 rounds can not be sold in the state anymore.
If you happen to already HAVE magazines that hold more than 10 rounds and they would fit into your bolt action rifle, there are no laws prohibiting their use.

[ar15barrels]

a mossberg MVP for instance.
Could I legally use a standard capacity mag with it???

Yes.

[Merc1138]

I thought it was 10 rds no matter what. Mor a mossberg MVP for instance. Could I legally use a standard capacity mag with it???

You're only limited to 10 in a fixed magazine semi auto centerfire rifle.

A mossberg MVP is not semi auto. Yes, you can legally use a 100 round drum mag, a 30 round USGI mag, or whatever you want in it(I already said this above). The issue is getting the magazine, but once you have one there is no issue with using it in a mossberg MVP at all.

[hambam105]

You can't manufacture or loan a more that 10 round magazine.

Is the OP asking if he had a detachable AR 20 or 30 round magazine left over from the 1970s...could he, California legally speaking, and by a new design, attach a 1970s magazine to a .223 re-designed bolt action rifle? Beats-me.

I don't know, just asking here, but isn't the Assault Weapon stuff inclusive only to semiautomatic actions?

[Merc1138]

You can't manufacture or loan a more that 10 round magazine.

Is the OP asking if he had a detachable AR 20 or 30 round magazine left over from the 1970s...could he, California legally speaking, and by a new design, attach a 1970s magazine to a .223 re-designed bolt action rifle? Beats-me.

Well fortunately it's crystal clear, yes. The currently available example that's pretty common(well, it's not rare or anything) is the mossberg mvp. There's no debate over this.

I don't know, just asking here, but isn't the Assault Weapon stuff inclusive only to semiautomatic actions?

When referring to centerfire rifles, yes.

[ar15barrels]

if he had a detachable AR 20 or 30 round magazine left over from the 1970s...could he, California legally speaking, and by a new design, attach a 1970s magazine to a .223 re-designed bolt action rifle?

Yes.

is the Assault Weapon stuff inclusive only to semiautomatic actions?

Yes.

[Hairball]

If you had a pre-ban mags you could theoretically use them in a mossberg MVP that takes AR 5.56/.223 mags. I have an MVP and why someone would put a 30 round mag on a bolt action is beyond me but to each their own. Now if you are asking if all bolt action rifles are exempt from a max of 10 round mags the answer is no

[Merc1138]

If you had a pre-ban mags you could theoretically use them in a mossberg MVP that takes AR 5.56/.223 mags. I have an MVP and why someone would put a 30 round mag on a bolt action is beyond me but to each their own. Now if you are asking if all bolt action rifles are exempt from a max of 10 round mags the answer is no

Wrong. The answer is yes, since they aren't going to be "assault weapons" by having magazines over 10 rounds in them.

Now if you're trying to buy a bolt action rifle with a fixed 11 round mag, then you've got a problem since you can't buy an 11 round magazine. That has nothing to do with the AW laws. The OP specified detachable anyway. But even then, some rifles with fixed 10 round magazines are OK(specifically .22 caliber tube mags).

We trying to set a record in this thread with how many times the same question needs to be answered?

[Hairball]

Um....no. If you go down and purchase a new bolt action rifle in say .308 and add a DBM to the rifle, you can't go out and purchase 20 round mags for it someplace and call it legal.