Delaware Magazine Limit: 17 Rounds

Delaware Code title 11, section 1468 defines a large-capacity magazine as a feeding device that accepts, or can readily be converted to hold, more than 17 rounds. An attached .22-caliber rimfire tubular device is excluded, and a removable floorplate alone is not enough to prove ready convertibility.

Section 1469 supplies exemptions for listed government and law-enforcement personnel, qualified retired officers, holders of a current Delaware concealed-carry permit, certain dealer transactions, permanently inoperable devices, and devices permanently modified to 17 rounds or fewer.

There is no federal magazine capacity limit; the 1994 federal assault weapons ban expired in 2004.

Federal baseline verified 2026-07-31. Scope: Detachable magazine round-count restrictions for handguns and long guns. States not listed have no capacity limit.