so its illegal to load 10 rounds into a 30 round mag and use it on the rifle side?

Possession of a detachable magazine designed for or capable of being inserted in a pistol is a midemeanor.  Having it actually inserted in a pistol is a felony, and of course the powers that be consider AR magazines to fit that description.  I'm told that HPD turns a blind eye to guys with 30-round magazines, but I'm not willing to risk it if it could involve me going to prison.  Does anybody know if Ruger 10/22 magazines can be inserted in a pistol?  If not, I guess I'd better go get a 50 round drum for mine, just on principle.

Quote from: AWS-GTAW on July 15, 2011, 01:14:16 PM

so its illegal to load 10 rounds into a 30 round mag and use it on the rifle side?

I'm told that HPD turns a blind eye to guys with 30-round magazines, but I'm not willing to risk it if it could involve me going to prison.

Great. Now we just need to make a plethora of more laws to convince criminals to feel the same way and abide by, umm, the law.

Does anybody know if Ruger 10/22 magazines can be inserted in a pistol?  If not, I guess I'd better go get a 50 round drum for mine, just on principle.

Yes, they insert quite nicely into the Ruger Charger and their variants.

so its illegal to load 10 rounds into a 30 round mag and use it on the rifle side?

The magazine "should" be blocked off; it's very unlikely anyone is going to say *anything* at all -- we just don't want people blindsided if they someone does say something about it.

There is nothing illegal about 30 , 40, 100 rounds in a rifle. However, that magazine cannot be capable of use in a 'pistol' -  AR-15's are in use with pistols (AR-15 pistols...) and their ammunition is classifed as Handgun ammunition.

Does anybody know if Ruger 10/22 magazines can be inserted in a pistol?  If not, I guess I'd better go get a 50 round drum for mine, just on principle.

Yeah the 10/22 Charger is considered a pistol, so the same rules apply as tha Ar-15.  On a related note, if you plan on getting high capacity magazines for the 10/22, Ruger just came out with 25 round banana-style magazines.  From what I've read they're pretty awesome. 

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I does bleeve that almost any "rifle" round can be, and most were, chambered in Thompson Contender pistols.

But this new ruling is obviously for the good of the children Good of The Children.

(Correction applied, with thanks to Cougar8045 --see below.)

And remember, Hawaii law defines pistol as any gun with a barrel less than 16 inches.....

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Freedom is slavery
War is peace
Ignorance is strength

"1984," By George Orwell

I does bleeve that almost any "rifle" round can be, and most were, chambered in Thompson Contender pistols.

But this new ruling is obviously for the good of the children.

When referencing The Children (tm), please make sure to observe proper capitalization and trademark recognition.  Thanks.  /sarc

And I'm pretty sure my old man's TC has a .243 barrel.  I guess you've got to be using some weird caliber like an Ackley improved case in order to not be shooting pistol ammunition out here.

^  Correction applied, and thanks.  Stupid of me.






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