I'm just curious if you are allowed to purchase and own high capacity pistol magazines if you are in the armed forces?

I believe only Police can possess High Cap Magazines for Pistols.

I'm just curious if you are allowed to purchase and own high capacity pistol magazines if you are in the armed forces?

Are you issued a personal duty weapon for use off base? If no, then no.  If yes, then likely no as well because you shouldn't be mixing personal gear in a duty gun.

If you are in the Military

But on base you can have Hi Cap Mags. You cant take them off base.

This is because the base is Federal Property.  Problem is how do you get them unless there was a FFL on base.

May as well ask this in this thread.  If you are a LEO can you buy standard capacity mags over 10 rounds for your own use?  Security asked me last time if I wanted LEO or 10 round mags for a glock.  I guess I would show some sort of hpd identification card

Anyone with arresting powers can buy magazines that fit a pistol over 10 rounds.
If you should quit or lose your arresting powers then you will have to block all the magazines to 10 rounds

Aah, explains why my buddies used LE S&W has a bunch of blocked magazines.

As a military member, I keep 2 sets of M9 magazines.  A set of standard capacity mags for duty use, and set of 10 rounders for off-duty use.

Btw, I think you're confusing standard and hi-capacity magazines.  If a gun comes with and was meant to hold ie 15 round magazines for regular use, then those are standard capacity.  If you were to buy like a 30 round magazine, that would be high capacity. 

Btw, I think you're confusing standard and hi-capacity magazines.  If a gun comes with and was meant to hold ie 15 round magazines for regular use, then those are standard capacity.  If you were to buy like a 30 round magazine, that would be high capacity.

I agree with the first part:  what the manufacturer intended for normal use is standard capacity.

Saying a specific number of rounds represents high capacity is misleading.  Some AR rifles come from the manufacturer with 30 round mags, others with 20 rounds, still others with 10.  In some cases, 30 round mags ARE standard mags, NOT high capacity.

The term "High Capacity" is a relative term.  15 rounds is high for a 1911, but standard for a Glock 19.  G19 lists optional sizes of 17, 19, and 33 (http://us.glock.com/products/model/g19gen4).  A G30, however, has a standard capacity of 10 rounds.

So, don't be fooled into thinking ANY number represents "high capacity".  The anti-gunners want to dictate the vocabulary of the gun debate (assault weapons, high capacity magazines (or clips <== so wrong!), and "weapons designed for the military").  Don't get sucked into their rhetoric!