Magnetic bullet button release question

[Tacobandit]

Wanted to throw this out there, I know you cant leave the magnetic BB release in the BB itself, but can you leave it magnetized to another part of the rifle? or on a metal mag? And only use it to release the mag then take it back off the rifle and put it in another location on the rifle?

[Shady]

throw it in the trash

[jonc]

I wouldn't

I would just stay away from those....

If you look at the gun shows at the booths they use a featureless AR...
Or even a rim fire 22lr....

[Cokebottle]

Already addressed many, many times:

http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?t=238857

http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?t=362789

http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?t=452414

http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?t=422271

http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?t=422107

http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?t=362385

These things are legal to possess, but not legal to use.
Just because it is sold at a gun show does not mean it is 100% legal.
Keyrings that look like a cat's head are sold at gun shows and they are a violation of 12020 (knuckles).

[lorax3]

The key here is that using a "mag-magnet" on a rifle that would otherwise require a fixed magazine creates an assault weapon.

Using the mag magnet, just to release the magazine creates a moment of "detachability" and removes the rifle from its fixed magazine status therefore triggering prohibited features in 12276.1

Easy Solution: Use a non magnetic magazine release tool to release the magazine on your rifle.

[dantodd]

Easy Solution: Use a non magnetic magazine release tool to release the magazine on your rifle.

if you are really hung up on the ability to magnetically connect the release to your gun use a plastic tip tool and put a magnetic base on it in such a way that it will not stay in the bullet button but can be stuck to your gun/magazine. You might still see some drama if it's stuck to your gun but it is much less likely and almost certainly won't stick.

[TKM]

Some of us weirdos use a bullet. Why the urge to make it harder than it has to be?

[ap3572001]

I don't see a need for anything like that.

You can have BB Ca legal AR style rifle(s) AND a Mini-14/Benelli MR1.(with std. mag release and regular magazines.

[dsmoot]

I would just stay away from those....

If you look at the gun shows at the booths they use a featureless AR...
Or even a rim fire 22lr....

Except for the 14 year old at the last Costa Mesa show that had left on the magazine release of a FEATURED centerfire rifle.

I asked him if it was a rimfire or 22 cal upper and he said no its a 556. So I told him that he was creating an AW by using that and he just took it off and stuck it to the upper.

[diginit]

What about a high strength magnet on the reverse side of the BB? Pulling the mag release from the opposite side???? It is a tool. Not inserted or added to the BB, is on the left side of the reciever, and is removed when firing. Works well.

[Cokebottle]

What about a high strength magnet on the reverse side of the BB? Pulling the mag release from the opposite side???? It is a tool. Not inserted or added to the BB, is on the left side of the reciever, and is removed when firing. Works well.

I believe it is discussed in one of the threads I linked above.

Can the magazine be detached?
Yes = Illegal.

The magnet sticks to the mag catch.
Pulling on the magnet drops the mag.
The magnet CAN be left in place.
It is not a tool, it is an attachment. It doesn't matter whether it goes on the Armalite-designed mag release, or some other part of the mag catch.

[JuliusV]

BB's, one of many dumb laws in CA. Hope to see this overturned, sooner the better.

[Dead*Reckoned]

BB's, one of many dumb laws in CA. Hope to see this overturned, sooner the better.

The bullet button design is actually genius, its just the fact that we have to use it that is stupid.

[Bhobbs]

BB's, one of many dumb laws in CA. Hope to see this overturned, sooner the better.

BB's are one of the ways we get to use evil rifles in CA. So they are pretty awesome. It's the AWB that needs to go away and there is currently at least one lawsuit going after it.

[dantodd]

It would be interesting to use a magnetic catch on a composite or aluminum lower. No mag release button at all. Whole a magnet against the area of the release and it repels another magnet inside the lower to release the mag. I presume the magnet would qualify as a tool in that instance but you would need a non-ferrous lower to ensure the tool couldn't stick and hold the release open.