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Oldwoodsloafer · January 22, 2013, 06:18 AM

Actually, the M1 rifle has a seven round magazine. Placing a full eight round clip in the rifle will not allow the bolt to close if there is a cartridge in the chamber. Loading a full clip only works while loading a completly empty rifle. As I read the new law, it only seems to address magazine capacity, not firearm capacity.

The question now becomes: how will the New York State Police regard the M1 clip?

Or, for that matter, what about the military stripper clips used to fill magazines for M16/M4's or M1 carbines?

This will hopefully be sorted out by April 15.

January 22, 2013, 06:18 AM	#20
Oldwoodsloafer Member Join Date: March 11, 2007 Location: Upstate New York Posts: 49	M1 Rifle Magazine Actually, the M1 rifle has a seven round magazine. Placing a full eight round clip in the rifle will not allow the bolt to close if there is a cartridge in the chamber. Loading a full clip only works while loading a completly empty rifle. As I read the new law, it only seems to address magazine capacity, not firearm capacity. The question now becomes: how will the New York State Police regard the M1 clip? Or, for that matter, what about the military stripper clips used to fill magazines for M16/M4's or M1 carbines? This will hopefully be sorted out by April 15. __________________ "There is nothing so frightening as ignorance in action."