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Re: Loaded mags in public
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2015 1:51 pm
by Hunter87
Outsider wrote:Kungfugerbil wrote:I load magazines in advance but treat them just as I do loose ammunition... A magazine is after all just an expensive storage box with limited capacity :)
I wouldn't walk around a shopping centre with a pocket full of bullets any more than I would a loaded mag.
Unless you had to walk through a shopping centre to get to a train station to go to the range, like say if you lived near Elephant and Castle.
Or London Bridge
Re: Loaded mags in public
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2015 3:08 pm
by bitfield
Hunter87 wrote:Can someone confirm to me that it is illegal to have loaded magazines in public
No, it's not, but I'm curious why you need to know...
Re: Loaded mags in public
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2015 3:14 pm
by Hunter87
My friend told me he carrys loaded mags along with his unloaded rifle when he goes to his local shooting club when I heard this I told him it was illegal as I genuinely thought it was turns out I was wrong.
Re: Loaded mags in public
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2015 3:16 pm
by Airbrush
Hunter87 wrote:My friend told me he carrys loaded mags along with his unloaded rifle when he goes to his local shooting club when I heard this I told him it was illegal as I genuinely thought it was turns out I was wrong.
It's a common misconception.
Re: Loaded mags in public
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2015 3:19 pm
by Hunter87
Airbrush wrote:Hunter87 wrote:My friend told me he carrys loaded mags along with his unloaded rifle when he goes to his local shooting club when I heard this I told him it was illegal as I genuinely thought it was turns out I was wrong.
It's a common misconception.
I am a silly sausage
Re: Loaded mags in public
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2015 3:25 pm
by breacher
Hunter87 wrote:Can someone confirm to me that it is illegal to have loaded magazines in public even if they are not inserted into a firearm I am 100% sure this is the case but I just want to make sure mr mate isn't going to get into trouble.
No - totally LEGAL.
Having a firearm in public WITH SUITABLE AMMO ( note no reference to loaded etc ) requires a good reason etc
The mags being charged or even fitted to the rifle make no difference whatsoever.
Re: Loaded mags in public
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2015 4:04 pm
by Dellboy
so what about black powder revolver spare cylinders
Re: Loaded mags in public
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2015 5:10 pm
by Countryman
BP revolver is not loaded until capped.
Any firearm, any time, you need a good reason.