
Posted: 12/17/2001 10:24:46 AM EDT
All of the ATF opinion letters I've seen say that it is ok to replace parts on pre-ban hi-cap mags without losing their status. I've looked at the law and find nothing prohibiting the repacement of the mag body. If I only had the guts, I'd quit my attorney job and be in the manufacturing business asap.
You could do like they do with lower receivers. Send in the broken or defective mag body (that way you know you are replacing it) and you send them a new mil-spec mag body for $20.
If you produce enough, I'll bet the manufacturing costs are down to about $1.98 per unit! Make them pay shipping. Think of the profits!
If I only had the guts... well, for now I'll keep dreaming. (If any of you yahoos want to give it a try, I'll donate some time to your criminal defense efforts - (at least until it becomes burdensome, then good luck reaching me)).
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The problem is, no one would pay you anywhere close to $20 per mag body. You'd be very lucky to get any decent volume at $5 per mag body. Which is why no one has done it yet.
When AR mags cost $100 each (and someday they will), then someone will start making replacement mag bodies.
-Troy
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Originally Posted By Troy:
The problem is, no one would pay you anywhere close to $20 per mag body. You'd be very lucky to get any decent volume at $5 per mag body. Which is why no one has done it yet.... View Quote |
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I think that you are both right. My comments were only in gest as far as potential profits, etc. But why don't some of the current manufactures sell body replacements? They are already tooled up to make LEO mags. What is stopping them from selling replacements? We all agree that "at present time" it is not illegal. If the government closes any loophole, then they simply cut back production to LEO again. They have the machines already, I guess they just need to find some balls.
Right-to-Bear
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What stops them is the threat of losing their lucrative government contracts.
Right now, 95% or more of these companies' income come from government contracts. There are all sorts of ways they could lose these contracts; either from direct political pressure, or from some nutjob who was found to use "evil, banned magazines made from parts made legal from the 'parts loophole.'"
Then, factor in the fact that these companies are geared up to make complete mags. Changing a manufacturing line costs big money and causes big hassles, even for something that sounds as simple as "take x number of mag bodies off the production line before assembly."
Finally, the mag companies are only set up to sell to large companies who will order 20-50,000 mags at a time. They have no retail sales infrastructure, nor do they want to pay for one.
Basically, the current companies would probably not make a profit by selling mag bodies separately, and could risk their entire business.
Again, once mags cost a LOT more than they do today, then someone WILL find a way to make mad bodies available, assuming it is still legal by then.
-Troy
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California Kid, were in Caliban are you finding used mag bodies w/floorplates? I haven't seen any around LA.
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I haven't seen anyone so brazen as to sell them from a storefront or at a gun show.
They are sometimes available by mail order.
I don't want to get any more specific than that on the board.
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