Current mag cap law? cliffs notes please

[WJFortier 10]

What is the CURRENT NJ magazine capacity law as of today?  I'm not interesting in any pending bills.  I want to know what officially penned and passed NJ gun law can put us in jail today. 

 

Pistol?

Rifle?

 

Thanks.

[WadePool 1]

from what I know, which is very little compared to the knowledgeable guys here, current mag cap is 15rds for both

[Vlad G 345]

15 RD for rifle/pistol

 

Shotguns are odd with semi-auto's being restricted to 6 (ish).

 

But, you really shouldn't ask for cliff notes for something that can land you in jail, you should want to know every single detail and read the law yourself, anything else is irresponsible or foolish.

[Steve_G 51]

What is the CURRENT NJ magazine capacity law as of today?  I'm not interesting in any pending bills.  I want to know what officially penned and passed NJ gun law can put us in jail today. 

 

Pistol?

Rifle?

 

Thanks.

Pistol - 15 rounds

Rifle - 15 rounds

Semi-auto shotgun - 6 rounds

[WJFortier 10]

Pistol - 15 rounds

Rifle - 15 rounds

Semi-auto shotgun - 6 rounds

very simple.

 

Thanks Steve for answering question asked...nothing additional. 

[intercooler 41]

Semi auto applies to all mag limits. Bolt action/lever has no limit right?

[Silence Dogood 468]

... unless you're hunting with that shotgun.  

[HBecwithFn7 296]

... unless you're hunting with that shotgun.  

 

Yes!  I just took that course and got my license.  NJ Law is 6+1 (6 in tube, 1 in chamber) for semi-auto shot guns.  But NJ Fish & Wildlife policy is 2+1 when hunting or shooting on WMA ranges, etc. The chamber needs to be "blocked" to prevent more than two shells being loaded into the chamber.

[Vlad G 345]

Unless you are hunting geese in some years and some seasons, in which case there is no shotgun capacity limit imposed by hunting regs (but the NJ state one still applies). I'm waiting for someone with a 20 shot pump gun tube

[Silence Dogood 468]

Yes!  I just took that course and got my license.  NJ Law is 6+1 (6 in tube, 1 in chamber) for semi-auto shot guns.  But NJ Fish & Wildlife policy is 2+1 when hunting or shooting on WMA ranges, etc. The chamber needs to be "blocked" to prevent more than two shells being loaded into the chamber.

 

That's Federal law for waterfowl as well ... that's why some shotguns come with the mag plug already installed.

[Vlad G 345]

http://www.nj.gov/dep/fgw/pdf/2014/14-15mig_seasons.pdf

 

Note the 6+1 capacity this year for geese (7 total)

[djg0770 481]

Semi auto pistol -15

semi auto rifle - 15

semi auto shotgun - 6

no exceptions from the above for 22 caliber!!!!

 

revolver = no limit

bolt action, pump, or lever action rifle OR shotgun = no limit

 

as per Cliff

[intercooler 41]

Derringer

[illy 1]

very simple.

 

Thanks Steve for answering question asked...nothing additional. 

 

NJ and gun laws = never simple.

See e.g.

 

Semi auto applies to all mag limits. Bolt action/lever has no limit right?

 

 

... unless you're hunting with that shotgun.  

 

 

Yes!  I just took that course and got my license.  NJ Law is 6+1 (6 in tube, 1 in chamber) for semi-auto shot guns.  But NJ Fish & Wildlife policy is 2+1 when hunting or shooting on WMA ranges, etc. The chamber needs to be "blocked" to prevent more than two shells being loaded into the chamber.

 

 

Unless you are hunting geese in some years and some seasons, in which case there is no shotgun capacity limit imposed by hunting regs (but the NJ state one still applies). I'm waiting for someone with a 20 shot pump gun tube

 

 

That's Federal law for waterfowl as well ... that's why some shotguns come with the mag plug already installed.

 

 

http://www.nj.gov/dep/fgw/pdf/2014/14-15mig_seasons.pdf

 

Note the 6+1 capacity this year for geese (7 total)

 

 

Hence Vald G's advice below:

 

15 RD for rifle/pistol

 

Shotguns are odd with semi-auto's being restricted to 6 (ish).

 

But, you really shouldn't ask for cliff notes for something that can land you in jail, you should want to know every single detail and read the law yourself, anything else is irresponsible or foolish.

At the end of the day, to quote NJ State Appelate Court Judge David Baime:

 "When dealing with guns, the citizen acts at his peril."

[mipafox 438]

It's effectively zero since you can't have a loaded firearm of any type outside of your home, business, range, or hunting.

[ryan_j 0]

It's effectively zero since you can't have a loaded firearm of any type outside of your home, business, range, or hunting.

 

 

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[DeerSlayer 241]

http://www.nj.gov/dep/fgw/pdf/2014/14-15mig_seasons.pdf

 

Note the 6+1 capacity this year for geese (7 total)

Thats only for the early September conservation resident goose season Sep15 to 30th. After that the plug has to go back in the gun for the rest of waterfowl season.

[mipafox 438]

Oh wow, I never win anything

[glockamole 0]

I was wondering what that plug was in my 12 gauge. I took it out so I can fit more. Silly piece of plastic trying to make me load more often.

[mipafox 438]

I was wondering what that plug was in my 12 gauge. I took it out so I can fit more. Silly piece of plastic trying to make me load more often.

Mine had a tree branch with the bark milled off and cut to length. Straight from the factory. It was even bowed like most tree branches.

[PK90 3,570]

21 posts so far when 1 would have sufficed.

[njpilot 671]

21 posts so far when 1 would have sufficed.

Right? Seems to happen a lot around here.

[Pizza Bob 1,488]

OK - I'll pile on.

 

@mipafox - Don't need to have the gun, possession of a mag exceeding 15 rounds is all that's needed.

 

Pump guns are affected if the magazine used fits a semi-auto also. Remington 7600 comes to mind - they made one in .223 that would accept AR mags.

 

It's never simple.

 

Adios,

 

Pizza Bob

[JackDaWack 2,895]

Thats only for the early September conservation resident goose season Sep15 to 30th. After that the plug has to go back in the gun for the rest of waterfowl season.

 

It applies to the late season Snowies conservation order too, i actually need to find my plug from last year..

[DeerSlayer 241]

It applies to the late season Snowies conservation order too, i actually need to find my plug from last year..

Just stick an unsharpened pencil in the mag tube. I have an old 500 thats had a pencil in it for two decades. Works perfect.

 

We don't have any snow geese up here or I would do that season myself.