Purely Hypothetical 458 SOCOM question

[geoint]

But there is no getting around the fact that is still a 30 round magazine for 5.56mm, and the law explicitly prohibits anything greater than ten rounds.

Personally, I don't see the ambiguity. You can label that thing a hot fudge sundae if you want, but it's still a 30 round magazine.

No one here is saying were gonna buy new (or manufacture and sell) 30 round AR mags

[e-clip]

Having the magazine marked/engraved, helps explain to LEOs that it's a 10 round magazine and not a large capacity magazine.

"Yes officer, this is the only caliber I shoot, but your welcome to try and squeeze more than 10 rds of .458 in this mag."

Same for the .50 Beowulf.

[Merc1138]

But there is no getting around the fact that is still a 30 round magazine for 5.56mm, and the law explicitly prohibits anything greater than ten rounds.

Personally, I don't see the ambiguity. You can label that thing a hot fudge sundae if you want, but it's still a 30 round magazine.

*psst*

Some 10 round .40 pistol magazines will hold more than 10 rounds of 9mm. It's not illegal either as long as you didn't have to modify the .40 mag to work in a handgun chambered in 9mm.

[blubullett]

I know someone with a bunch of different brands of GI style mags and the 30 rd mags will hold 11 .458 socoms. The eleventh is very hard to get in there but it does cram in. I guess you could throw some rivits down low on the mag to restrict it to 10 .458's but as delivered they wouldn't be legal.