Colorado preparing to pass magazine ban. What would you buy now? - Page 2

Auto426 · February 21, 2013, 12:05 PM

A Magpul rep recently commented on M4Carbine forums that they might have a few runs of mags without date codes before the gan goes in place. I'm guessing they are trying to cut costs or something

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Anyway, with such a run produced and sold in Colorado before the ban, if they were to produce another run or two of dateless mags after the date the law goes into effect someone in Colorado could acquire some of them and it would be extremely hard to prove they are not pre-ban magazines.

HKGuns · February 21, 2013, 08:25 PM

I would rent a moving truck.

**4V50 Gary** · February 21, 2013, 08:32 PM

I'd buy more AR magazines. Try to keep things simple and interchangeable. That makes upkeep easier.

Geoff7 · February 21, 2013, 09:05 PM

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I'd buy more AR magazines. Try to keep things simple and interchangeable. That makes upkeep easier.

I'm coming to that conclusion. I stopped by an LGS today and they had a full wall of available ARs by different mfgs, which was nice to see. No 30rd 5.56 mags, however :-(

Assuming using an AR for practice and maybe some 3 gun competitions, etc down the road, I'm curious how many of each type of mag one would need: aluminum USGI, 30rd Pmag & 20rd Pmag?

seeker_4 · February 21, 2013, 11:50 PM

This is the same state making marijuana legal... it was also on the news today. I would think a stoner in a car going down the freeway could be deadlier than the nut with an assault weapon.
I ride Harley and love going through Colorado, but I think I'd just save my purchases to do business in my new hometown in another state.

Rangefinder · February 22, 2013, 02:54 AM

While I share your current predicament, I'm going to challenge you to think in a little broader terms. Stop thinking like a minority and start acting like We the People. We are gathering steam. Archuleta County is well under way and should soon be making resolution against such unconstitutional tyranny. Step up your action. Out of curiosity, where are you?

http://libertyzone.org/

seeker_4 · February 22, 2013, 12:05 PM

NV... not Colorado.. but your link really interest me. We have now 5 county Sheriffs that submitted letters advising they will side by county residences and act accordingly. You have no idea how much I hope they do. I too am an oath taker, just not by enrollement with a group.... which as I learn more may change. Thanks for the info and the link.....

seeker_4 · February 22, 2013, 02:56 PM

Thanks for info...now bonified OK.

DaleA · February 23, 2013, 05:23 PM

Goodness...Is it already a law or requirement that mag manufactures put a date on the mags???

On a separate note: If a state is silly enought to ban high capacity magazines I think it would be entirely possible that they might ban all undated magazines. 'Cause you just couldn't tell don't ya know.

KO3422 · February 23, 2013, 06:04 PM

Grab a boatload of AR & AK mags. Handgun mags of your choice as well.

SVO · February 24, 2013, 02:50 PM

Too late to be buying. Use the money to fund your favorite gun lobby to fight and oppose anti-2A laws.

freedash22 · February 25, 2013, 02:54 AM

I really hope this magazine ban doesn't pass. If Magpul mags and others are lost, semi-auto rifles will never be the same again. Also, it's very easy for them to add a law that will make magazine wells proprietary and specifically not accept the traditional standard capacity STANAG 5.56 magazines. Then new rifles will not be able to accept them anymore should the AWB fail but the magazine ban passes.

SuperIronOut · February 25, 2013, 03:18 AM

Get a Ruger 10/22 .22lr, fully customizable to look just like an AR, the AR stocks for it are on MidwayUsa.com or Brownells.com, any of these are awesome (Archangel 556, Troy T22, G36 Nomad, and the best one is a Nordic AR22 kit, you buy an Ar15 free float handguard, and an AR pistol grip and collapsible buttstock, while only needing a buffer tube, no buffer, no spring. Anything that fits on an Ar15 will fit on this kit. Easy to install. The HC3R is a 30 round rapid rifle reload magazine, it has a secondary ammo pocket that holds twenty more rounds with stripper clips for $40 dollars on Rimfiresports.com. Impact resistant resin molded, extremely reliable I have a few, steel feeding lips and breakdown and easy to use. The second mag that is available is the T125, by Tactical Innovations, for about 70$ on RimfireSports.com as well. Both magazines I mentioned are great, feed reliably with zero wiggle.

NWPilgrim · February 26, 2013, 01:29 PM

Just got in some D&H 30-rd mags and they also have a date stamp. Very nicely finished y the way. Widener's still has some mags in stock from $22-$30. So I know first hand that NHMTG, D&H, and since being pointed out to me, PMags as well all have date stamps.

My older (pre-2008) C-Products mags do not have a date stamp but I don't know about more recent production.

Geoff7 · February 26, 2013, 06:42 PM

Well, doesn't that just figure? I've been watching Pmag prices on gunbroker for over a month and finally, after seeing some downward movement towards "normal" I bought 10 Pmag M3s for $30 each. Not two hours later, Magpul announces a new program to sell 10 Pmags to every Colorado resident who wants them (hopefully at MSRP). Oh well, if I'm lucky enough to get a 10 pack (or more, depending on other family members) at MSRP. That news makes me so happy, yet I'm kicking myself for having been patient for a month but too impatient by just a couple of hours

@SuperIronOut, thanks for pointing me in the direction of the 10/22. Looks like a great platform that could be a lot of fun to customize and shoot, as well as allowing me to get some time in with rifles without spending a fortune on ammo. I appreciate the advice!

February 21, 2013, 12:05 PM	#26
Auto426 Senior Member Join Date: November 24, 2007 Location: South Louisiana Posts: 1,323	A Magpul rep recently commented on M4Carbine forums that they might have a few runs of mags without date codes before the gan goes in place. I'm guessing they are trying to cut costs or something . Anyway, with such a run produced and sold in Colorado before the ban, if they were to produce another run or two of dateless mags after the date the law goes into effect someone in Colorado could acquire some of them and it would be extremely hard to prove they are not pre-ban magazines. __________________ *"Si vis pacem, para bellum"* - If you want peace, prepare for war.

February 21, 2013, 08:32 PM	#28
4V50 Gary Staff Join Date: November 2, 1998 Location: Colorado Posts: 21,831	I'd buy more AR magazines. Try to keep things simple and interchangeable. That makes upkeep easier. __________________ Vigilantibus et non dormientibus jura subveniunt. *Molon Labe!*

February 22, 2013, 02:54 AM	#31
Rangefinder Senior Member Join Date: August 4, 2005 Posts: 2,017	While I share your current predicament, I'm going to challenge you to think in a little broader terms. Stop thinking like a minority and start acting like We the People. We are gathering steam. Archuleta County is well under way and should soon be making resolution against such unconstitutional tyranny. Step up your action. Out of curiosity, where are you? http://libertyzone.org/ __________________ "Why is is called Common Sense when it seems so few actually possess it?" Guns only have two enemies: Rust and Politicians. Last edited by Rangefinder; February 22, 2013 at 03:07 AM.

February 25, 2013, 02:54 AM	#37
freedash22 Member Join Date: July 2, 2012 Posts: 49	Magazine Ban Concerns I really hope this magazine ban doesn't pass. If Magpul mags and others are lost, semi-auto rifles will never be the same again. Also, it's very easy for them to add a law that will make magazine wells proprietary and specifically not accept the traditional standard capacity STANAG 5.56 magazines. Then new rifles will not be able to accept them anymore should the AWB fail but the magazine ban passes.

February 25, 2013, 03:18 AM	#38
SuperIronOut Junior Member Join Date: February 24, 2013 Posts: 1	Ruger 10/22 Get a Ruger 10/22 .22lr, fully customizable to look just like an AR, the AR stocks for it are on MidwayUsa.com or Brownells.com, any of these are awesome (Archangel 556, Troy T22, G36 Nomad, and the best one is a Nordic AR22 kit, you buy an Ar15 free float handguard, and an AR pistol grip and collapsible buttstock, while only needing a buffer tube, no buffer, no spring. Anything that fits on an Ar15 will fit on this kit. Easy to install. The HC3R is a 30 round rapid rifle reload magazine, it has a secondary ammo pocket that holds twenty more rounds with stripper clips for $40 dollars on Rimfiresports.com. Impact resistant resin molded, extremely reliable I have a few, steel feeding lips and breakdown and easy to use. The second mag that is available is the T125, by Tactical Innovations, for about 70$ on RimfireSports.com as well. Both magazines I mentioned are great, feed reliably with zero wiggle.

February 21, 2013, 08:25 PM	#27
HKGuns Senior Member Join Date: March 12, 2005 Location: Bora Bora Posts: 932	I would rent a moving truck.

February 21, 2013, 11:50 PM	#30
seeker_4 Member Join Date: February 2, 2013 Posts: 48	This is the same state making marijuana legal... it was also on the news today. I would think a stoner in a car going down the freeway could be deadlier than the nut with an assault weapon. I ride Harley and love going through Colorado, but I think I'd just save my purchases to do business in my new hometown in another state.

February 22, 2013, 12:05 PM	#32
seeker_4 Member Join Date: February 2, 2013 Posts: 48	NV... not Colorado.. but your link really interest me. We have now 5 county Sheriffs that submitted letters advising they will side by county residences and act accordingly. You have no idea how much I hope they do. I too am an oath taker, just not by enrollement with a group.... which as I learn more may change. Thanks for the info and the link.....

February 22, 2013, 02:56 PM	#33
seeker_4 Member Join Date: February 2, 2013 Posts: 48	Thanks for info...now bonified OK.

February 23, 2013, 05:23 PM	#34
DaleA Senior Member Join Date: September 12, 2002 Location: Twin Cities, MN Posts: 5,312	Goodness...Is it already a law or requirement that mag manufactures put a date on the mags??? On a separate note: If a state is silly enought to ban high capacity magazines I think it would be entirely possible that they might ban all undated magazines. 'Cause you just couldn't tell don't ya know.

February 23, 2013, 06:04 PM	#35
KO3422 Senior Member Join Date: March 6, 2011 Posts: 124	Grab a boatload of AR & AK mags. Handgun mags of your choice as well.

February 24, 2013, 02:50 PM	#36
SVO Senior Member Join Date: December 20, 2009 Location: Texas Gulf Coast Posts: 728	Too late to be buying. Use the money to fund your favorite gun lobby to fight and oppose anti-2A laws.

February 26, 2013, 01:29 PM	#39
NWPilgrim Senior Member Join Date: September 29, 2008 Location: Oregon Posts: 2,346	Just got in some D&H 30-rd mags and they also have a date stamp. Very nicely finished y the way. Widener's still has some mags in stock from $22-$30. So I know first hand that NHMTG, D&H, and since being pointed out to me, PMags as well all have date stamps. My older (pre-2008) C-Products mags do not have a date stamp but I don't know about more recent production. __________________ "The ultimate authority ... resides in the people alone. ... The advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation ... forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition." - James Madison

February 26, 2013, 06:42 PM	#40
Geoff7 Member Join Date: January 27, 2013 Location: Colorado Posts: 29	Well, doesn't that just figure? I've been watching Pmag prices on gunbroker for over a month and finally, after seeing some downward movement towards "normal" I bought 10 Pmag M3s for $30 each. Not two hours later, Magpul announces a new program to sell 10 Pmags to every Colorado resident who wants them (hopefully at MSRP). Oh well, if I'm lucky enough to get a 10 pack (or more, depending on other family members) at MSRP. That news makes me so happy, yet I'm kicking myself for having been patient for a month but too impatient by just a couple of hours @SuperIronOut, thanks for pointing me in the direction of the 10/22. Looks like a great platform that could be a lot of fun to customize and shoot, as well as allowing me to get some time in with rifles without spending a fortune on ammo. I appreciate the advice! Last edited by Geoff7; February 27, 2013 at 12:37 AM.