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Capacity, caliber and the guns from the gun catalog a magazine fits — plus the capacity limits by country.

Legal position by country

Magazine limits differ by country: by handgun or long gun, by ignition type and by whether only magazines for semi-automatic guns count. Each country shows the wording with its legal reference and date; every magazine page shows what follows for that magazine.

prohibited
Possession is prohibited; at most an individual exemption from a central authority remains.
only with a permit or exemption
Allowed with a firearms licence, for certain purposes (such as hunting or sport) or with an official exemption — the wording says which.
depends on the gun
The consequence depends on the gun the item is used in (handgun or long gun, semi-automatic) — the app checks this against your own inventory.
not covered by firearms law
The country’s firearms act does not mention the item (for magazines: below the limit). Hunting, state or provincial law may still regulate it.
not surveyed
There is no checked statement for this country. That is not a clearance.

United States (federal law) not covered by firearms law

Federal law sets no capacity limit for magazines; the former limit expired in 2004 and has been repealed (18 U.S.C. § 922(w) (repealed)). Several states do limit capacity, however – for example California, New York, Connecticut, Maryland, Washington and Colorado – some as a sales ban, some as a possession ban. This list is not complete; the law of the state decides.

Legal reference: 18 U.S.C. § 922(w) (repealed) · Checked 09/2026 · No guarantee – GCA and your authority decide.

Canada prohibited

A magazine is a prohibited device if it holds more than 5 rounds for a semi-automatic firearm other than a handgun – rimfire excepted – or more than 10 for a semi-automatic handgun commonly available in the country, rimfire included (SOR/98-462 Schedule Part 4 Item 3); for handguns not commonly available, more than 5 already applies. Rounds are counted in the cartridge the magazine was designed for; magazines permanently reduced to the limit are allowed. Possession without a licence is an offence, and the law provides such a licence only for businesses (Criminal Code s. 84(1), s. 92(2); Firearms Act s. 11).

Legal reference: SOR/98-462 Schedule Part 4 Item 3; Criminal Code s. 84(1), s. 92(2); Firearms Act s. 11 · Checked 09/2026 · No guarantee – SOR/98-462 and your authority decide.

Other countries

Germany prohibited

Detachable magazines for centre-fire ammunition that hold more than 20 (handgun) or more than 10 rounds (long gun) of the smallest permitted calibre are prohibited items, together with their bodies (WaffG Anl. 2 Abschn. 1 Nr. 1.2.4.3/1.2.4.4) – the wording makes no distinction between self-loaders and repeaters. A magazine that fits both handguns and long guns counts as a handgun magazine unless its owner may possess a long gun in which it can be used. Existing possession is only protected if a magazine acquired before 13 June 2017 was reported by 1 September 2021; otherwise the only option is an exemption from the Federal Criminal Police Office on application (WaffG § 58 Abs. 17; § 40 Abs. 4).

Legal reference: WaffG Anl. 2 Abschn. 1 Nr. 1.2.4.3/1.2.4.4; WaffG § 58 Abs. 17; § 40 Abs. 4 · Checked 09/2026 · No guarantee – WaffG and your authority decide.

Austria only with a permit or exemption

Magazines for semi-automatic centre-fire weapons are prohibited if they hold more than 20 (handgun) or more than 10 rounds (other firearm) (§ 17 Abs. 1 Z 9 und 10 WaffG 1996). The authority may grant an exemption; sport shooters who lawfully own a category B firearm are entitled to the exemption for the firearm, and magazines for a firearm held under such a permit need no separate one (§ 17 Abs. 3 und 3c, § 58 Abs. 13 WaffG 1996). Anyone who lawfully owned such magazines when the ban took effect and reported this within two years is granted an exemption.

Legal reference: § 17 Abs. 1 Z 9 und 10 WaffG 1996; § 17 Abs. 3 und 3c, § 58 Abs. 13 WaffG 1996 · Checked 09/2026 · No guarantee – WaffG 1996 and your authority decide.

Switzerland only with a permit or exemption

Magazines for semi-automatic centre-fire weapons holding more than 20 (handgun) or more than 10 rounds (long gun) are high-capacity loading devices (Art. 4 Abs. 2bis WG). Only someone entitled to acquire the corresponding firearm may acquire them – usually with a cantonal exemption permit, for example for sport shooting or as a collector; anyone who acquired them lawfully may keep them. A firearm equipped with such a magazine counts as a prohibited weapon (Art. 5 Abs. 1 lit. c, Art. 16b, Art. 28c WG).

Legal reference: Art. 4 Abs. 2bis WG; Art. 5 Abs. 1 lit. c, Art. 16b, Art. 28c WG · Checked 09/2026 · No guarantee – WG and your authority decide.

Poland not covered by firearms law

The firearms act does not mention magazines: it lists the essential parts of a firearm exhaustively, and the magazine is not among them (art. 5 ust. 2 uoBiA). It therefore sets no capacity limit.

Legal reference: art. 5 ust. 2 uoBiA · Checked 09/2026 · No guarantee – uoBiA and your authority decide.

Czechia only with a permit or exemption

Magazines for centre-fire firearms that hold more than 20 (handgun) or more than 10 rounds (long gun) are over-limit magazines (příloha 1 bod 3.5 z. č. 90/2024 Sb.). The rules for ammunition category S2 apply to them: handling only with a firearms permit or firearms licence plus an exemption granted for named reasons, for example to sport shooters with a year of training or competition records, to collectors or for professional purposes (§ 9 odst. 5, § 49, § 150 odst. 6 z. č. 90/2024 Sb.). Anyone who lawfully acquired them under the old law may keep them; in the firearm, the new rules apply.

Legal reference: příloha 1 bod 3.5 z. č. 90/2024 Sb.; § 9 odst. 5, § 49, § 150 odst. 6 z. č. 90/2024 Sb. · Checked 09/2026 · No guarantee – z. č. 90/2024 Sb. and your authority decide.

Estonia only with a permit or exemption

Magazines for semi-automatic centre-fire firearms holding more than 20 (pistol) or more than 10 rounds (rifle) may only be acquired, owned and carried for named purposes (RelvS § 20¹ lg 7): a shooting discipline that requires them – with proof of club membership and competition –, historical re-enactment, collecting, the Defence League or national defence. Hunting and self-defence are not among them; they may only be used at a shooting range. Firearms with such a magazine registered before 1 March 2020 remain permitted on the previous terms (RelvS § 28 lg 1 p 2¹; § 91 lg 24).

Legal reference: RelvS § 20¹ lg 7; RelvS § 28 lg 1 p 2¹; § 91 lg 24 · Checked 09/2026 · No guarantee – RelvS and your authority decide.

Lithuania only with a permit or exemption

Magazines for semi-automatic centre-fire firearms holding more than 20 (handgun) or more than 10 rounds (long gun) are prohibited in civilian circulation (GŠKĮ 7 str. 3 d. 1 p.). Only someone who lawfully owns such a category A firearm may acquire and own them, and only for that firearm (GŠKĮ 11 str. 3 d.); permits for such firearms go, for example, to athletes with competition records, members of a shooting organisation, the Riflemen's Union and soldiers. Hunters and collectors are not named.

Legal reference: GŠKĮ 7 str. 3 d. 1 p.; GŠKĮ 11 str. 3 d. · Checked 09/2026 · No guarantee – GŠKĮ and your authority decide.

Finland only with a permit or exemption

Magazines for semi-automatic centre-fire firearms holding more than 20 (short firearm) or more than 10 rounds (long firearm) count as firearm parts (ampuma-aselaki 3 § 2 mom.); acquiring and owning them requires a permit. A permit is only granted to sport shooters with at least twelve months of club membership, for reservist training (long firearms only), to collectors, for professional reasons and for demonstrations – not for hunting. Anyone who already holds a permit for the corresponding particularly dangerous firearm needs no separate one to acquire them (ampuma-aselaki 44 b §; 19 § 1 mom. 4–5 k.).

Legal reference: ampuma-aselaki 3 § 2 mom.; ampuma-aselaki 44 b §; 19 § 1 mom. 4–5 k. · Checked 09/2026 · No guarantee – ampuma-aselaki and your authority decide.

Italy only with a permit or exemption

Magazines holding more than 20 rounds for handguns or more than 10 for long guns may only be manufactured, imported and sold for the armed forces or for export, subject to sporting use (art. 2, secondo comma, L. 110/1975) – regardless of ignition type or action. Only sport shooters belonging to a shooting federation recognised by CONI or to the Tiro a Segno Nazionale may acquire and own them; every such magazine must be reported within 72 hours (art. 12 co. 4 D.Lgs. 104/2018; art. 38 TULPS). For anyone who lawfully owned one on 13 June 2017, the previous law applies.

Legal reference: art. 2, secondo comma, L. 110/1975; art. 12 co. 4 D.Lgs. 104/2018; art. 38 TULPS · Checked 09/2026 · No guarantee – L. 110/1975 and your authority decide.

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