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Swamp Yankee Firearms can now convert your AR15, AR10 or AK-47 to a fixed magazine firearm. This conversion makes AR & AK rifles and pistols compliant under Connecticut laws all while leaving all your favorite tactical features in place. This provides a true solution to owning an AR or AK in Connecticut.
The Magazine Lock is a mechanism designed to lock MIL-SPEC AR magazines in place. Developed for states with intrusive laws requiring fixed magazines, the method Swamp Yankee Firearms uses to install the Magazine Lock makes AR firearms legal and compliant, leaving all your favorite tactical features in place. Installation of the Magazine Lock provides a true solution to fixed magazine laws.
The Magazine Lock allows firearm to conform to Connecticut law when used to permanently mount a 10 round magazine. The Magazine Lock replaces the magazine release components and Swamp Yankee Firearms installs them in a way where they cannot be removed.
A couple different manufacturers offer quick loading solutions for your Magazine Lock. The optional 10-round cartridge loading devices allow you to safely and efficiently reload your fixed magazine without the need to break down the firearm. Simply place the loader into your AR's ejection port and slide to quickly load or reload. It is that simple and takes the same amount of time as a magazine change. Note: Does NOT work with left handed uppers and may not feed reliably with some brands of 300 Blackout ammunition.
Swamp Yankee Firearms can permanently attach an AK or AR magazine, which makes your rifle or pistol legal and compliant while leaving all your favorite tactical features in place. This provides a true solution to owning an AK or AR in Connecticut. Now Swamp Yankee Firearms can help you legally own virtually any AK or AR rifle ot pistol from all your favorite manufacturters. This permanently attached magazine loads through a window in the side of the magazine. AR-15 and AK-47 versions hold 10 rounds, while the AR-10 version holds 8.
PLEASE NOTE that the following policies and terms of service apply to fixed magazine conversions:
Any firearm receiving custom work, including fixed magazine conversion (magazine locking), must be picked up in Milford, CT or we can arrange shipping to your local FFL at an additional cost.
Swamp Yankee Firearms will not perform a fixed magazine conversion on any firearm banned by make and model under Public Act 23-53. This does not apply to "copies or duplicates" as magazine locking changed the way the firearm functions, no longer making it a copy or duplicate.
Swamp Yankee Firearms will only fix a magazine that is limited to 10 rounds from the manufacturer. We will not modify factory magazines to 10 rounds for firearms where the magazine will be locked to the firearm. We will not fix a factory 10 round magazine that can be altered to hold more than 10 rounds (such as a 10/30 magazine). If the magazine that comes with your firearms holds more than 10 rounds your optiions are: 1) purchase a 10 round magazine to be locked via the item below, 2) supply us with a factory 10 round magazine to lock or 3) receive your firearm without a magazine.
How does this make a firearm legal to own in CT? Connecticut General Statute Sec. 53-202a defines what is considered an assault weapon. In reference to semiautomatic, centerfire rifles and semiautomatic pistols, the section states the firearm "has an ability to accept a detachable magazine and has at least one of the following" safety features. When we focus on what is considered a detachable magazine, the same section of the statute reads that a "detachable magazine means an ammunition feeding device that can be removed without disassembling the firearm action. Action of the weapon means the part of the firearm that loads, fires and ejects a cartridge, which part includes, but is not limited to, the upper and lower receiver, charging handle, forward assist, magazine release and shell deflector."
A firearm with either the Magazine Lock or CompMag installed by Swamp Yankee Firearms alters firearm's ability to remove the magazine whatsoever, so is no longer considered as having a detachable magazine. Please note that our installation methods go above and beyond those of the manufacturers of either system, making our install a true permanent installation.
It is interresting to know that Connecticut does not consider modern sporting rifles to be considered assault weapons unless they can accept a detachable magazine. This acknowledges that CT does not consider these firearms more dangerous than other firrearms and only the detachable magazines are a threat to public safety, even if they can only hold 10 rounds. However, other 10 rounds detachable magazines are not considered dangerous. So as usual, no logic or science in firearm legislation.
Can a pistol be converted to a fixed magazine as well? Yes, any AR15 or AR10/308 pistol can also legally be converted to a fixed magazine solution.
Why won't you lock a magazine that has been limited to 10 rounds? Again, it is due to an abundance of caution. Since these magazines can be converted by the customer to accept more than 10 rounds, we are not willing to perform magazine locking on such maghazines.
Will you lock the magazine for any AR15 or ART10/308? We will lock allmost any, but not all, AR15 or AR10/308 magazine. Swamp Yankee Firearms will not perform magazine locing on any firearm banned by make and model under Public Act 23-53. This does not apply to "copies or duplicates" as magazine locking changed the way the firearm functions, no longer making it a copy or duplicate.
