IPSC Matches

[4sooth]

How can I legally come into California and compete in IPSC matches with a handgun which uses the "large capacity" magazines--or can I? How do competitors avoid an unknowing violation of California's voluminous firearms laws when entering the state---especially from states where such items are NOT illegal to possess and use?

[puRe59]

That's why all the big matches moved out of cali...

[dwtt]

According to CA DOJ, there is supposed to be a mechanism for granting large capacity magazine permits, but I don't know of any out-of-state competitor being issued one. If you are shooting Production, then you'll be OK with 10-rd magazines. If you shoot Open then you're out of luck and will have to use 10-rd magazines, in which case you can shoot Limited 10, but Open is still out of luck.
Where are you shooting now? Is it too cold to hold matches where you live?

[Librarian]

GT 10 mags are not illegal to possess or use here, either - but they have been illegal to import, even temporarily, or to sell/transfer to CA residents, since 2000.

So, no, out of state competitors may not legally bring 10+ capacity magazines into CA.

[Quiet]

AFAIK...
Because of magazine capacity laws; IPSC limits magazine capacity to 10 rounds in matches in California, Hawaii, and Canada.

[SuperSet]

Now you know why there's no major matches in CA. There is a competition exemption in the law but not one for the magazines. Just use someone else's high caps.

[Eljay]

Likewise when a bunch of Californians decided it would be fun to shoot in the Hawaii state championship a lot of people shot single stack because even the production guys mostly had magazines that were grandfathered in CA but couldn't be brought to Hawaii.

[postal]

Now you know why there's no major matches in CA. There is a competition exemption in the law but not one for the magazines. Just use someone else's high caps.

Isnt it illegal to 'loan' full cap mags too?

Stupid cali...

[SuperSet]

Isnt it illegal to 'loan' full cap mags too?

Stupid cali...

http://wiki.calgunsfoundation.org/Large-capacity_magazine_restrictions

Exemptions:
One can temporarily loan a large-capacity magazine to another person who is eligible to possess firearms and within the immediate vicinity of the owner of the large-capacity magazine - most commonly at a range.