Mag Extension Question...

ar-180 · January 23, 2001, 05:57 PM

I was flipping through the Benelli catalog and noticed that they have mag extensions for their semi auto shotguns. Are these legal for non-leo? I was under the impression that anything more than five in the tube of a new semi auto was illegal? If not, what is the big deal regarding a "pre-ban" semi auto? Thanks for your help....

NAD · January 24, 2001, 12:08 PM

You can't have the two evil features on a post-ban shotgun at the same time. You cannot legally have both an extended magazine and pistol grip on a post-ban shotgun. It's either one or the other. Pre-ban shotguns can have both.

Spatula · January 24, 2001, 12:49 PM

You can have any two features in one gun (semi-auto, folding stock, 5+ rds, and pistol grip). Since Benelli M1 & M3 are semi-auto shotguns you can have a 8 rd mag without the pistol grip. Or a 5 rd mag with pistol grip. Not all three features at the same time. If you really want both options, get a 870 or some other pump guns.

SDC · January 24, 2001, 08:00 PM

Boy, and I thought CANADIAN laws were stupid! Up here, all centrefire semi-auto long-guns (rifles and shotguns) are only allowed to hold 5 rounds; there's no limit on pump-actions or rimfire mags (at least until the next time someone uses one in a well-publicized crime). The way I explain this to my students when I teach the Firearms Safety Course (necessary to get a licence), is to say "The politicians have decided that you're not quite as dead when you're murdered with a pump-action as you are when you're murdered with a semi-auto".

ar-180 · January 24, 2001, 08:26 PM

OK, I get it... I can put the extension on a conventional stocked gun, but not a pistol gripped one. Cool, thanks guys.

Monkeyleg · January 25, 2001, 12:00 AM

ar 180: yes, you now understand the legalties. But do you understand the logic?

Dick

huntsman · January 26, 2001, 10:54 AM

is there logic ? I want to go back to the good old days of unrestricted shotguns

don vito · January 28, 2001, 03:01 AM

i got benelli nova pump it comes with a 4rd mag + 1 in chamber and i know that there is a +2 ext for it is it legal on post ban pump without pistol grip
my gun store won't order it he said 5 is the limit
i live in NYC
the manual said that there is +1 ext aolso but the store said they are not imported
so where is the logic of only importing +2 which are ilegal

Moe · January 28, 2001, 12:05 PM

SDC

Lets not forget a couple of things about the benelli in Canada. You can have a two shot extension fitted to your gun here in Canada and that gives a mag cap or 5 shots. The CFC has also declared that the shell sitting on the elevator is not a magazine and is not therefor added to the magazine capacity of the gun.(got that in writing) So... With my m1 super 90 with a mag capacity of 3 and an extension of 2 and the elevator of 1 and a shell up the pipe I got a total cap of 7 and it is legal so long ad the politicans don't get wind of it and change the CFC's position of the shell on the elevator thing.

Moe

January 24, 2001, 12:49 PM	#3
Spatula Member Join Date: January 8, 2001 Location: ATL, GA Posts: 87	For post-ban.................... You can have any two features in one gun (semi-auto, folding stock, 5+ rds, and pistol grip). Since Benelli M1 & M3 are semi-auto shotguns you can have a 8 rd mag without the pistol grip. Or a 5 rd mag with pistol grip. Not all three features at the same time. If you really want both options, get a 870 or some other pump guns.

January 26, 2001, 10:54 AM	#7
huntsman Senior Member Join Date: March 7, 2000 Location: ohio Posts: 121	is there logic ? I want to go back to the good old days of unrestricted shotguns __________________ cause he liked the quiet clean country livin and 20 more years slipped away -JB

January 23, 2001, 05:57 PM	#1
ar-180 Member Join Date: December 4, 2000 Posts: 37	I was flipping through the Benelli catalog and noticed that they have mag extensions for their semi auto shotguns. Are these legal for non-leo? I was under the impression that anything more than five in the tube of a new semi auto was illegal? If not, what is the big deal regarding a "pre-ban" semi auto? Thanks for your help....

January 24, 2001, 12:08 PM	#2
NAD Senior Member Join Date: October 20, 1998 Posts: 169	You can't have the two evil features on a post-ban shotgun at the same time. You cannot legally have both an extended magazine and pistol grip on a post-ban shotgun. It's either one or the other. Pre-ban shotguns can have both.

January 24, 2001, 08:00 PM	#4
SDC Senior Member Join Date: January 23, 2001 Location: People's Republic of Kanada Posts: 1,652	Boy, and I thought CANADIAN laws were stupid! Up here, all centrefire semi-auto long-guns (rifles and shotguns) are only allowed to hold 5 rounds; there's no limit on pump-actions or rimfire mags (at least until the next time someone uses one in a well-publicized crime). The way I explain this to my students when I teach the Firearms Safety Course (necessary to get a licence), is to say "The politicians have decided that you're not quite as dead when you're murdered with a pump-action as you are when you're murdered with a semi-auto".

January 24, 2001, 08:26 PM	#5
ar-180 Member Join Date: December 4, 2000 Posts: 37	OK, I get it... I can put the extension on a conventional stocked gun, but not a pistol gripped one. Cool, thanks guys.

January 25, 2001, 12:00 AM	#6
Monkeyleg Senior Member Join Date: January 25, 2000 Posts: 4,625	ar 180: yes, you now understand the legalties. But do you understand the logic? Dick

January 28, 2001, 03:01 AM	#8
don vito Member Join Date: January 14, 2001 Posts: 47	i got benelli nova pump it comes with a 4rd mag + 1 in chamber and i know that there is a +2 ext for it is it legal on post ban pump without pistol grip my gun store won't order it he said 5 is the limit i live in NYC the manual said that there is +1 ext aolso but the store said they are not imported so where is the logic of only importing +2 which are ilegal

January 28, 2001, 12:05 PM	#9
Moe Member Join Date: December 6, 1998 Location: Fredericton, NB., Canada Posts: 97	SDC Lets not forget a couple of things about the benelli in Canada. You can have a two shot extension fitted to your gun here in Canada and that gives a mag cap or 5 shots. The CFC has also declared that the shell sitting on the elevator is not a magazine and is not therefor added to the magazine capacity of the gun.(got that in writing) So... With my m1 super 90 with a mag capacity of 3 and an extension of 2 and the elevator of 1 and a shell up the pipe I got a total cap of 7 and it is legal so long ad the politicans don't get wind of it and change the CFC's position of the shell on the elevator thing. Moe