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[Maint.man]

Not HI Capacity
FULL CAPACITY

OK how do YOU qualify a mag as "full" capacity?


since they make 10,15,17 etc ... which one is in your opinion the full capacity?



seems to me , that any mag that holds more than Ca allows is a HI Cap mag..but that's just my humble opinion

[Sniper3142]

Not HI Capacity
FULL CAPACITY

They are called LARGE CAPACITY magazines in California law.

I simply call them 15, 20, 25, or 30 round magazines.

[damndave]

My understanding of "Full Capacity" means

If a 10rd mag has 10rds in it, it is at Full Capacity

If a 30rd mag has 30rds in it, it is at Full Capacity

[SamsDX]

OK how do YOU qualify a mag as "full" capacity?

since they make 10,15,17 etc ... which one is in your opinion the full capacity?

I hope you aren't taking too much offense to the "correction" seanbo made because it's meant mostly in good fun - kind of like those common "corrected it for you" posts. But it's also serious, in that the rest of the country has 15, 17 round capacity magazines, while the California legislature, in their infinite wisdom, has limited us to 10 rounds and deprived us of the standard capacity magazines. If you call a magazine with anything more than 10 rounds "high capacity," the implication is that the other States have additional special rights, when the opposite is true - California took away our rights. It's a subtle difference in semantics, but I do think it is significant as we continue to fight this in the Courts and legislature.

To answer your question - I'd define the standard capacity as any capacity of an unaltered magazine, as designed and supplied by the manufacturer with the particular firearm with which it is used, without artificial, legislatively-imposed limitations. If your Beretta 92FS factory magazine is originally designed for 15 rounds of 9mm, then 15 is standard capacity for that weapon. If your 1911 factory magazine is originally designed for 7 rounds of 45ACP, then 7 is the standard capacity for that weapon.

[leelaw]

Not HI Capacity
FULL CAPACITY

"Large-capacity"

Full capacity is a misnomer.

[Librarian]

"Large-capacity"

Full capacity is a misnomer.

... because it depends on the gun.

As designed, 1911 style pistols have 7-round mags as 'full capacity'. Under reasonable analysis, 7+3 would be 'high capacity' for such guns, without exceeding California's regulation of 10+ 'large capacity' magazines.

Really, for CA there is only 10+ and 10 and under. Full, crippled, design, high - all irrelevant descriptors.