Magazine conversion

busav8or

August 09, 2002 12:30

I recently purchased a Beretta 96D with a post ban 10 rd. mag. and was wondering if it can be converted to an 11 rd. mag just by trimming the length of the follower. It seems too simple so I figure there must be a catch. Am I right?

Thanks

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  busav8or

  August 09, 2002 12:30

  Sorry, this was a mistake post. Please disregard.
  
  Edited by - busav8or on 08/09/2002 16:34:09
  
  Edited by - busav8or on 08/09/2002 16:38:42

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  gravedigger

  August 09, 2002 13:14

  It's pretty illegal to convert a post ban magazine to hold more than 10 rounds.
  
  -Marcus
  
  When buying a new gun, remember, it's easier to ask forgiveness than permission.

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  boeboe

  August 09, 2002 17:28

  ditto on what gravedigger said. if it ever gets to the point where you need 11 rounds, you'll know how to do it.
  
  To err is human, to moo is bovine.

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  busav8or

  August 10, 2002 07:17

  Thanks for the replies. It was sort of a rhetorical question because it seemed so simple to do that I figured there must be a catch and now I know what it is!

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  JudgeColt

  August 10, 2002 09:16

  The simplest way to get an 11-round M96 magazine is to buy one of the many relatively inexpensive pre-ban 15-round M92 magazines around and load 11 rounds of .40 in it. True pre-ban 11-round M96 magazines are not really rare either, but cost substantially more than pre-ban M92 magazines.
  
  The queston I have never had answered is whether loading more than 10 rounds of 9x19 in a post-ban 10-round M96 magazine (I have been told a post-ban 10-round M96 magazine will hold about 13 rounds of 9x19.) is "manufacturing a large capacity ammunition feeding device." Does the mere fact of loading the magazine with a different round constitute "manufacturing?"
  
  "Pretty illegal." Is not that like a "little bit pregnant?"

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