Semi auto fixed magazine pistols?

BillM · April 17, 2018, 05:09 PM

Local gun grabber idiots are at it again, and their latest petition specifically
lists "semiautomatic handguns with a fixed magazine over 10 rd capacity"
as evil.

What's out there in a semi auto with a fixed magazine? There is the C-96 Mauser and the Roth Steyr 1907, both stripper fed. Couple of Bergmanns that use clips--but that's not a fixed mag. Gyrojet fed from the top--but what else?

HighValleyRanch · April 17, 2018, 06:52 PM

LOL, stupid lawmakers don't know what they are talking about so "fixed" magazine can mean anything they think of.
Fixed as in remade?? Fixed as in locked into place by the magazine button??

If I repaired the magazine base plate on my Shield, does that mean that it's finally fixed?

Bill DeShivs · April 17, 2018, 07:03 PM

Let them pass the law! "Fixed magazine" means not removable from the gun.

egor20 · April 17, 2018, 07:20 PM

P-10 Grendel, I had one and wasn't unhappy to see my ex-wife take it.

BillM · April 18, 2018, 12:43 AM

C-96
Roth-Steyr 1907
Gyrojet
Grendel P-10

Any other fixed mag pistols? Heck--even the 93 Borchardt had a detachable magazine---

**JohnKSa** · April 18, 2018, 12:52 AM

They're just trying to make sure that there's no possible way to get around the capacity restriction they want to pass.

In other words, trying to come up with a "bullet button" type work-around for the capacity restriction won't work because of the way the law is written.

Black Wolf · April 18, 2018, 04:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JohnKSa

They're just trying to make sure that there's no possible way to get around the capacity restriction they want to pass.

In other words, trying to come up with a "bullet button" type work-around for the capacity restriction won't work because of the way the law is written.

What he said!

Using a fixed high cap is a work around they are trying to prevent.

During the 94-04 ban, I was planning on building an AR pistol, with a 7.5" bbl, and a fixed mag. The idea was to pull the rear pin, lean the upper forward, an load the 30rd mag with stripper clips. It would have been ban compliant. With a detachable mag, any pistol with its mag in front of the grip could only have a max weight of 50oz.

I ended up just waiting until sunset and building what I wanted because the whole build was really just a way for me to thumb my nose at the law, anyway.

kozak6 · April 18, 2018, 07:17 AM

I think the point is to make bullet buttons untenable rather than to ban museum pieces.

April 17, 2018, 05:09 PM	#1
BillM Senior Member Join Date: January 20, 2009 Location: Amity Oregon Posts: 791	Semi auto fixed magazine pistols? Local gun grabber idiots are at it again, and their latest petition specifically lists "semiautomatic handguns with a fixed magazine over 10 rd capacity" as evil. What's out there in a semi auto with a fixed magazine? There is the C-96 Mauser and the Roth Steyr 1907, both stripper fed. Couple of Bergmanns that use clips--but that's not a fixed mag. Gyrojet fed from the top--but what else?

April 17, 2018, 06:52 PM	#2
HighValleyRanch Senior Member Join Date: July 15, 2005 Posts: 4,066	LOL, stupid lawmakers don't know what they are talking about so "fixed" magazine can mean anything they think of. Fixed as in remade?? Fixed as in locked into place by the magazine button?? If I repaired the magazine base plate on my Shield, does that mean that it's finally fixed? __________________ From the sweet grass to the slaughter house; From birth until death; We travel between these two eternities........from 'Broken Trail"

April 17, 2018, 07:03 PM	#3
Bill DeShivs Senior Member Join Date: April 7, 2006 Posts: 10,985	Let them pass the law! "Fixed magazine" means not removable from the gun. __________________ Bill DeShivs, Master Cutler www.billdeshivs.com

April 17, 2018, 07:20 PM	#4
egor20 Senior Member Join Date: November 14, 2010 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 1,824	P-10 Grendel, I had one and wasn't unhappy to see my ex-wife take it. __________________ Chief stall mucker and grain chef Country don't mean dumb. Steven King. The Stand

April 18, 2018, 12:52 AM	#6
JohnKSa Staff Join Date: February 12, 2001 Location: DFW Area Posts: 24,992	They're just trying to make sure that there's no possible way to get around the capacity restriction they want to pass. In other words, trying to come up with a "bullet button" type work-around for the capacity restriction won't work because of the way the law is written. __________________ Do you know about the TEXAS State Rifle Association?

April 18, 2018, 12:43 AM	#5
BillM Senior Member Join Date: January 20, 2009 Location: Amity Oregon Posts: 791	C-96 Roth-Steyr 1907 Gyrojet Grendel P-10 Any other fixed mag pistols? Heck--even the 93 Borchardt had a detachable magazine---

April 18, 2018, 07:17 AM	#8
kozak6 Senior Member Join Date: June 16, 2005 Location: AZ Posts: 3,113	I think the point is to make bullet buttons untenable rather than to ban museum pieces.