A dealer can't sell you a gun with mags larger than 10 if that is your state limit.In general most dealers will not separate the gun and the mags to ship them to different locations. An individual might and also ship the mags to an alternate location, but dealers can get in trouble for that I think. So what you have to do in MD is get the gun with the 10 round mags and buy larger ones in person out of state (or have an out of state address to ship to although some dealers won't do that either like CDNN or CTD).Anyone purchase a handgun from Sportsman's Outdoor Superstore with a magazine capacity of greater than 10 rounds? Are they open to shipping to an alternate state?
Can you buy a handgun that only takes mags that only hold over ten rounds?
I have a question then, why are there Pistols on the MD handgun Roster with only Hi Cap mags, does that mean I can purchase the pistol and recieve those mag with it???? or I do I just get the pistol less the Mags...?
1) Why shouldn't there be? Would you prefer the pistol not be approved, just because the standard mag capacity is higher than some arbitrary standard? The mag is not the gun.
2) No. You may not receive (take ownership of) a mag holding more than 10 rounds within the borders of Maryland.
3) You either get the pistol without the mags, or get it with 10 rounders. There are ten round magazines available for most pistols.
You then take a short drive to a neighboring state and buy standard magazines, 32-round high capacity mags, 100 round drums, or belt-feed conversions, as many as you want. You bring the standard mags home for your personal use. This is perfectly legal. The law does not ban possession or use, only transfer-of-ownership.
Remember also, the cut-off was twenty rounds until last October. The only change in the law was from 20 to 10. Very few handguns come with mags holding more than 20 rounds (I can only think of one), so previously the limit wasn't a big issue for handguns.
The change is a big pain in the arse, but is not a ban on standard mags, however much confusion remains. Bringing in personal magazines from other states is not illegal, not shady, not an evasion. It is not a "loophole". There is no gray area. It is entirely legal and above board.
Even out of production guns that were around during '94-'04 have lots of 10rd mags available.
Anyone purchase a handgun from Sportsman's Outdoor Superstore with a magazine capacity of greater than 10 rounds? Are they open to shipping the magazines to an alternate state?
What is it an HK USP-C?I have a pistol that I wanted more mags for, and only could find 10 rounders (standard is 12).
But luckily there is another mag that will fit.
They've replaced the high capacity mags with 10 rounders on a few of my orders. Picking up in a neighboring state isn't really an option for me so I never asked.