Reply #42: Not sure I follow you... [View All]

[benEzra]

What I can't figure out is whether the restricted-weapon permit that someone would need to acquire either the Beretta or a handgun in any way specifies what weapon(s) it applies to, and thus whether ammunition purchases would be limited to ammunition that can be legally possessed for use with that particular firearm.

The carbine uses the same ammunition as any ordinary 9mm pistol, so I'm not sure I follow you. That's why the rifle takes pistol magazines, because the carbine is essentially a small pistol in the body of a rifle.

There seems to be a weird loophole in the law/regs, that means that while the 10-round Beretta CX4 magazine may not be sold, a handgun magazine that can be used with the Beretta may be purchased.

Essentially, the CX4 magazine *IS* a handgun magazine, as the carbine was designed from the ground up to use existing Beretta pistol magazines. But, new-production magazines bundled with the CX4 are often manufactured with the intent of being shipped with CX4's, and it is these that the Canadian law disallows. I would call that a technicality, since they are still essentially bona fide pistol magazines, and I suspect that they would still fit and function in Beretta pistols, but because they are manfactured for the carbine then they fall under the rifle law (which was probably written with rifle caliber firearms in mind).