Magazine Markings (50 Beowulf, 458 SOCOM)..

[NorCalDustin]

So most people would agree that if you intend to use a .50 Beowulf (as an example) mag in a featureless 5.56 rifle that said mag should be marked as ".50 Beowulf" and that you should not use a mag that is marked for 5.56/.223...

Well what if the mags were marked with a more general ".50 Caliber; 10rnds" marking rather than .223/5.56 or some specific large caliber marking? Would such an individual holding a mag marked that way still be good to go to use it in a featureless 5.56 rifle?

I'm just looking for some opinions on this one... I can find nothing that indicates that the markings must be specific to a specific caliber, so i thought I'd throw the question out there for consideration.

[Bolt_Action]

you can use any mag you want in a "featureless" rifle, but if I understand where you're going with this it sounds like you're asking if you can use .50 Beowulf mag (which is basically a 30 round 5.56 mag) in a fixed magazine .50 Beowulf rifle? That's a good question, but it would at least seem to make some sense. The .50 Beowulf followers are different than the 5.56mm ones, correct? If that's the case, then it could be clearly demonstrated that the mag is a 10 round .50 mag, and not a 30 round 5.56 mag (IANAL, it just seems to make sense). You could mark the floorplates too, but I don't see what difference any markings on the mag will actually make.

It would also seem to be legal to "import, manufacture, etc." a .50 Beowulf 10 round mag, even though it is nearly identical to the USGI 30 round .223 mag.

[1681]

you can use any mag you want in a "featureless" rifle, but if I understand where you're going with this it sounds like you're asking if you can use .50 Beowulf mag (which is basically a 30 round 5.56 mag) in a fixed magazine .50 Beowulf rifle? That's a good question, but it would at least seem to make some sense. The .50 Beowulf followers are different than the 5.56mm ones, correct? If that's the case, then it could be clearly demonstrated that the mag is a 10 round .50 mag, and not a 30 round 5.56 mag (IANAL, it just seems to make sense). You could mark the floorplates too, but I don't see what difference any markings on the mag will actually make.

It would also seem to be legal to "import, manufacture, etc." a .50 Beowulf 10 round mag, even though it is nearly identical to the USGI 30 round .223 mag.

OP is asking if he can use his Beowulf .50 marked mag in a featureless 5.56 rifle.

it's a gray area since this rule applies to pre-ban mags...

[Hoooper]

what is the question?

can you use a generic ".50 cal/10 rds" magazine filled with .50 beowulf in a featureless .223/556 lower with a .50 beowulf upper?

or

can you use a generic ".50 cal/10 rds" magazine filled with 30 rds of .223/556 in a .223/556 featureless build?

or

can you use a generic ".50 cal/10 rds" magazine blocked and filled with 10 rds of .223/556 in a .223/556 featureless build?

[thenodnarb]

Rather than revisit the topic, you should use google to search calguns on this issue. You will find your answer. You will not however find any beowulf marked mags available anywhere. They are extremely hard to get, even before the panic.

[blubullett]

Rather than revisit the topic, you should use google to search calguns on this issue. You will find your answer. You will not however find any beowulf marked mags available anywhere. They are extremely hard to get, even before the panic.

Can't you just take mag bodies down to a trophy shop or other shop that does engraving and have them engrave whatever you want on the side?

[NorCalDustin]

Can you use a generic ".50 cal/10 rds" magazine filled with 30 rds of .223/556 in a .223/556 featureless build?

I am asking because I know where we can get mags that fall into that very unique category... With mag availability being what it is, it would benefit Californians.

[NorCalDustin]

bump

[Germz]

doesnt matter if you jam a blue square block or red square block into the square hole...as long as its a square block. simple yea?

[NorCalDustin]

doesnt matter if you jam a blue square block or red square block into the square hole...as long as its a square block. simple yea?

I'd argue that analogy does not apply.

Your square block is your feeding device...

In this case, if you can use a 30rd 5.56 marked magazine as a 10rd .50 Beowulf mag in a .50 Beowulf gun... BUT you cant then use that same 5.56 magazine in a 5.56 featureless gun (just by simply saying that it CAN be used in a .50 Beowulf gun or because YOU HAVE used it as a .50 Beowulf mag) because of its markings.. So clearly, the color is important.

Then clearly the markings are important. The question is, is the important point that the magazine simply NOT be marked 5.56? Or is it the specific caliber marking, that the magazine is said to be designed for, the important part?