I am trying to do some research and it appears that one of the Marlin .22 Semi Auto Rifles is deemed an Assualt Rifle in NJ.

 

This is from vladtepes posts regarding NJ gun laws:

 

Title 2C - Chapter 39

 

 

(4) A semi-automatic rifle with a fixed magazine capacity exceeding 15 rounds.

 

 

This is from a Sussex County Justice System article:

 

http://www.sussexcountyjustice.com/guns.html

 

Marlin Model 60 Rifle- This .22 caliber rifle was deemed an "assault firearm" by the New Jersey Appellate Division Courts!

 

 

So it appears to me that there are a lot of people that legally bought these guns years ago and now these same guns are illegal.

 

Can anything be done to make them legal, similar to how shotguns have a dowel put into them to limit the rounds to 3?

 

Hundreds (perhaps thousands) of these guns were bought years ago for kids to learn on and use for plinking/target shooting, now this state considers them assault weapons because they hold more than 15 rounds in a fixed magazine and they are semi automatic........... I know people aren't turning these guns in to their local PD's, what are people doing to make them legal to use?

Replace the cutter wheel on a small pipe cutter with an appropriate size washer.

Create a permanent indentation on the magazine tube to restrict the travel of the follower inside.

Voila

Jersey-legal at 15 round capacity

The old Model 60 held more than 15 rounds. The current model is labeled .22lr only and holds 14 rounds, making it legal. At one point Marlin made a plunger tube for the old version that restricted the number of rounds to comply with NJ requirements.

pop the pin from the tube and drop a rod in then re pin

maybe silly question, but can the boogey man drop 17 22 shorts in the tube, shoot one round (maybe before it jams) and legally say assault rifle... even though rifles says " 22 long rifle only" on it?

maybe silly question, but can the boogey man drop 17 22 shorts in the tube, shoot one round (maybe before it jams) and legally say assault rifle... even though rifles says " 22 long rifle only" on it?

 

Depends on the jury.

maybe silly question, but can the boogey man drop 17 22 shorts in the tube, shoot one round (maybe before it jams) and legally say assault rifle... even though rifles says " 22 long rifle only" on it?

Let me put it this way... how many .22lr rounds can you fit in a 15rd 9mm magazine? NJ doesnt clarify this, so i would think that the limit on the magazine is directly related to the specified caliber. I'm not sure... are the new marlins only able to cycle .22lr, or did they just do this to circumvent the issue?

We stuck a piece of metal rod inside the piece that has the spring in it that push the bullets forwards. We can only load 10 rounds, but I don't know if that would satisfy local prosecutors..........

We stuck a piece of metal rod inside the piece that has the spring in it that push the bullets forwards. We can only load 10 rounds, but I don't know if that would satisfy local prosecutors..........

 

does the gun hold more than 15 rounds?

 

yes - you go to jail

no - you go home

I'll let my buddy know, especially since his 12 and 13 year old girls are the ones shooting them.

I'll let my buddy know, especially since his 12 and 13 year old girls are the ones shooting them.

 

when I say that.. I mean in its present condition...

a removable plug is not good enough IMO..

a plug that is affixed with some type of tooling is good to go..

 

the idea is the plug can't be something you can just remove on the fly.. imo of course

We stuck a piece of metal rod inside the piece that has the spring in it that push the bullets forwards. We can only load 10 rounds, but I don't know if that would satisfy local prosecutors..........

 

I was told by two different gun shops and a gentleman on this forum that you just crimp the inner (brass)magazine tube to hold 15 or less. I would do 14, just because of the obvious mental deficiencies of the lawmakers of this state. I was concerned about the outter magazine, but since the gun can't cycle without the inner mag in place it's ok. Maybe a block with a crimp in the tube is the best solution.

Nope, I fully understand what you are both saying, thanks. I also felt that if someone was able to easily remove the plug that he made and now load it beyond legal capacity with no tools needed it was not good enough.

 

I will get him to crimp it, or buy two new spare tubes to permenantly modify and keep the orignals locked in the house for the future.