CDN pinned magazines

[jstin2]

Here are some examples of pinned magazines in Canada.  #5 & #6 pictures are Chinese and the rest are Tula.
https://ibb.co/album/ieoSdv

[running-man]

Awesome, thanks man!  So interesting that they came up with so many ways to do it. 

[jaroslav]

Great! You got them all.

[jstin2]

Today I found another way magazines were pinned to 5 rounds. This was on a 51 all matching SKS. Added to folder (second and third pictures).

[jstin2]

Added another magazine to pictures(first picture). This was on a Chinese sks.

[Bubbazinetti]

Why couldn't they go with something simple like the DC Engineering 5 shot block?

[jstin2]

It looks like this block could be removed and reinstalled. A temporary 5 round fix. I am not saying that what I posted could not also be removed, but it could not be reinstalled if checked at a random police stop. There are severe penalties for having a 10 round magazine in Canada, this is why magazines are pinned to 5.

[jstin2]

Found one more example of pinned magazine. #1 in folder.

[running-man]

Neat stuff,  I'm thinking to pull all the photos to the SKS-Files server and incorporate them into a sticky (if that's ok with you?).  Good information that we want to keep archived as best we can in the event imgbb goes down or something else goes south. 

[jstin2]

I have no problem with you saving them.

[jstin2]

i was on another forum about the rarity of a Chinese 5 round magazine. I had a rifle several years ago with one but sold it. But a couple years ago I bought a 5 round magazine (no rifle) and put it away. When I read the article, I decided to pull it out. To my amazement, I found that the Chinese 5 round magazine was pinned to 5 rounds. Would it have held 6 rounds if not pinned, no idea? But it will hold 5 rounds the way it is now.

https://ibb.co/album/CJsNpG

[running-man]

Nice.  Lots of hand work on that 5 rounder.  I guess they would rather be safe than sorry wrt to 5 vs 6 rounds.

I'll get all these organized into a sticky at some point. 

[jstin2]

If you thought that the Westrifle frankenpinned magazine was bad, here is an example where the serial number is partially destroyed by the weld job.

[jstin2]

Found another example of a pinned magazine on a 1963 Chinese SKS. This one actually covers the last number in the S/N.

[echo1]

i was on another forum about the rarity of a Chinese 5 round magazine. I had a rifle several years ago with one but sold it. But a couple years ago I bought a 5 round magazine (no rifle) and put it away. When I read the article, I decided to pull it out. To my amazement, I found that the Chinese 5 round magazine was pinned to 5 rounds. Would it have held 6 rounds if not pinned, no idea? But it will hold 5 rounds the way it is now.

https://ibb.co/album/CJsNpG

I had no idea the 5s were hard to find. I had 2 with "Made in China" written in cursive that went down the road and a scrubbed 5er that I kept for a build I call "The Canadian Deer Stalker" because of the mag limit. I cut the barrel to 18.5", used a neutered front sight globe & a Mojo rear. The donor rifle was a salvage job, numbers matching rifle except for the mag & a Butler Creek stock. No wear on the bolt face at all. PAX

[jstin2]

I saw this Chinese rifle for sale and although I was not interested in it, I noticed the magazine. I asked about getting more pictures, but have not received any yet. But here is a picture from the ad. I would guess that the spacer has been drilled and threaded. Another example of how magazines are pinned.

[running-man]

I much prefer something like that versus an extremely visible weld.