Thread: is it legal to take hi-cap mags to CA disassembled?

Originally Posted by SVT-ROY

You could get an AR15 with the "bullet button" rather than a mag release. Its lame but the only way for 30 round mags. I'm not sure if you guys seen them but you have to use a bullet tip to press the mag release. That way is considered a fixed mag.

Putting a >10 round magazine in a "featured" (pistol grip, flash hider, foldable/collapsible stock) semiautomatic centerfire rifle in California is a felony, even if the rifle has a bullet button. If the rifle has a pistol grip or other "features" it must have a bullet button and a magazine with 10 rounds or less. If you have a "featureless" rifle then you don't need a bullet button and you can use magazines with >10 rounds, but you have to have owned the magazine(s) in California before 1/1/2000.

Here is a flowchart to determine if a rifle is an illegal "assault rifle" in California http://www.calguns.net/caawid/flowchart.pdf

Originally Posted by BSG 75

Here is a flowchart to determine if a rifle is an illegal "assault rifle" in California http://www.calguns.net/caawid/flowchart.pdf

Good advice. Also make sure prior to moving back down to CA that your firearms are legal in the state. Such as your Lower receiver to your AR. If you have a folding stock, make sure your stock is either welded open or you buy a barrel extender from places such as SOLAR TACTICAL. Check the lengths of your barrels as well. Etc etc etc. Pretty much use the flow chart. If you have an AR, AK, etc, make sure you have an Off List Lower.

(ughhh this is reminding me how dreadful and how careful I had to be when I lived in CA concerning firearms, but CA has its trade-off's)