High Cap Mag info needed plz.

[maxiss]

Im heading to Vegas in the morning and wanted to know if I went to a gun shop and try and buy a high cap mag will I have a issue? Will I need to prove where I live? I not looking for trouble..Just need a promag for my Saiga 7.62.

Thanks..

[Grouch]

uh, so you dont plan on bringing this mag back into CA assembled right?

[maxiss]

NO! As a part kit..

[ghost]

Im heading to Vegas in the morning and wanted to know if I went to a gun shop and try and buy a high cap mag will I have a issue? Will I need to prove where I live? I not looking for trouble..Just need a promag for my Saiga 7.62.

Thanks..

you dont need id to buy mags.you can buy them you just can bring them back to ca.
from the looks of it you dont have any previously owned high-caps prior to 2000.

[SemiAutoSam]

There is a good possibility that you will find the trouble that your not looking for.

What your suggesting is illegal according to California Law.

and a lot of the shops in Las Vegas and use to people from California coming over with the intent of purchasing a High Cap magazine and bringing it back to California.

They have the CHP on speed dial and aren't afraid to drop a dime on those that break the law.

Im heading to Vegas in the morning and wanted to know if I went to a gun shop and try and buy a high cap mag will I have a issue? Will I need to prove where I live? I not looking for trouble..Just need a promag for my Saiga 7.62.

Thanks..

[mike100]

don't whip out your wallet and expose the white CA id . pay cash out of your pocket.

You don't have to take it back home..nothing illegal about leaving it with out of state friends.

[Ikazamay]

would it be okay to bring it back if u pinned it to only hold 10 rounds?

[maxiss]

Im just going to look for mag part kits. Thanks all for the input.

[Jicko]

would it be okay to bring it back if u pinned it to only hold 10 rounds?

BEFORE YOU COME INTO CA!

Also, CA DOJ can easy place sting operations and mark all the parts they sell you.

Each manufacturing/importing high cap mag is a felony.

[JeffM]

Wow, people need to chill out. Dude just wants parts. If he disassembles the mag for parts before comes back to CA he'll be fine.

[leelaw]

There is a good possibility that you will find the trouble that your not looking for.

By buying a legal magazine for parts? Hey, didn't you offer to buy high-cap UZI (or some other model) magazines for parts kits late last year?

What your suggesting is illegal according to California Law.

Nope, buying high capacity magazines out of state is perfectly legal. Bringing them back into California in an assembled state, or as repair parts which you intend to build into a new high cap magazine, and not as a replacement of a preexisting magazine, is illegal.

Taking into account what the OP has stated - getting a high-cap magazine to use as replacement parts - there isn't anything wrong with the question.

and a lot of the shops in Las Vegas and use to people from California coming over with the intent of purchasing a High Cap magazine and bringing it back to California.

"Replacement parts"

They have the CHP on speed dial and aren't afraid to drop a dime on those that break the law.

Sounds like the "CA DOJ is at the Big Reno Gun Show and making arrests!" FUD


To the OP:

Buying high-capacity magazines in another state is legal. Do NOT bring the magazine back into CA in an assembled state, as that would be a felony for each magazine you brought back. Additionally, do NOT bring back the magazine in an unassembled manner if you have the intention of using it to create a new high-capacity magazine, rather than replace a legitimately owned high-capacity magazine.

If you plan to use the magazine to create a new 10/20 or 10/30 magazine clone, then you certainly may; however, it is essential that your modification to the magazine to only hold 10rds is in such a way that trying to reverse the modification will result in the destruction or non-operation of the magazine.

Personally, you should just get a 10rd magazine and not bother with buying high-caps just to be altered to shoot 10rds, unless the aesthetic is just that darned important to you. Also.. ProMag.. Seriously.. Find some other manufacturer

[bigthaiboy]

Promag makes a 20 and a 30rds magazine for the Saiga. Were Saiga 7.62x39mm 20 and 30rd magazines even available in the US prior to 2000? If not, then it doesn't sound feasible to be buying parts to repair hi-cap magazines probably not even available for sale in the country 8 years ago. Sounds like a recipe for trouble.

[SunriseF150]

Im heading to Vegas in the morning and wanted to know if I went to a gun shop and try and buy a high cap mag will I have a issue? Will I need to prove where I live? I not looking for trouble..Just need a promag for my Saiga 7.62.

Thanks..

Guys seriously. He did not mention anything about a parts kit or repairing a preban hicap. Don't jump on people telling him it's illegal. If the OP is repairing a preban hicap then he should have made it more clear. Cause as is, it sounds otherwise.

[leelaw]

Guys seriously. He did not mention anything about a parts kit or repairing a preban hicap. Don't jump on people telling him it's illegal. If the OP is repairing a preban hicap then he should have made it more clear. Cause as is, it sounds otherwise.

He also said nothing about importing it into California or otherwise using it in an illegal manner.

Then, as his first post of clarification, the SECOND response to this thread, BEFORE anyone had jumped on him claiming that his plan was illegal, he stated:

NO! As a part kit..

Seems pretty clear to me that those quick to decry his actions as illegal either made an assumption about his intention, or couldn't be bothered to read past the first post.

Just pointing it out....

[SemiAutoSam]

I started replying to his first post before he clarified his position in his 2nd post.

If he would have mentioned that he was planning on purchasing mags to disassemble and use as parts kits in his original post I would have not made the post so harsh sounding.

If we keep one Noob from getting in trouble (Felony) isn't it worth it ?

He did say this wouldn't this give an indication he planned to bring the mag or mags back ?

Originally Posted by maxiss
Im heading to Vegas in the morning and wanted to know if I went to a gun shop and try and buy a high cap mag will I have a issue? Will I need to prove where I live? I not looking for trouble..Just need a promag for my Saiga 7.62.

He also said nothing about importing it into California or otherwise using it in an illegal manner.

Then, as his first post of clarification, the SECOND response to this thread, BEFORE anyone had jumped on him claiming that his plan was illegal, he stated:



Seems pretty clear to me that those quick to decry his actions as illegal either made an assumption about his intention, or couldn't be bothered to read past the first post.

Just pointing it out....