State Legality Matrix / Magazine Capacity Limits / Vermont
Statute-cited, last verified 2026-07-10
Yes. Bans sale, purchase, and transfer of magazines over 10 rounds for long guns and over 15 rounds for handguns; possession of grandfathered magazines is lawful. Limit: 10 rounds (long guns), 15 rounds (handguns). Effective 2018-10-01.
Controlling law: 13 V.S.A. § 4021
Act 94 (2018). Magazines lawfully possessed before October 1, 2018 are grandfathered; the ban targets sale, transfer, and import, not continued possession. Upheld by the Vermont Supreme Court in State v. Misch (2021).
There is no federal magazine capacity limit; the 1994 federal assault weapons ban expired in 2004.
Scope: Detachable magazine round-count restrictions for handguns and long guns. States not listed have no capacity limit.
Yes. Bans sale, purchase, and transfer of magazines over 10 rounds for long guns and over 15 rounds for handguns; possession of grandfathered magazines is lawful. Limit: 10 rounds (long guns), 15 rounds (handguns). Effective 2018-10-01. Controlling law: 13 V.S.A. § 4021.
The controlling law is 13 V.S.A. § 4021. Bans sale, purchase, and transfer of magazines over 10 rounds for long guns and over 15 rounds for handguns; possession of grandfathered magazines is lawful.
Vermont's rule took effect 2018-10-01. Act 94 (2018). Magazines lawfully possessed before October 1, 2018 are grandfathered; the ban targets sale, transfer, and import, not continued possession. Upheld by the Vermont Supreme Court in State v. Misch (2021).
There is no federal magazine capacity limit; the 1994 federal assault weapons ban expired in 2004.
Living under a 10-round cap does not mean running junk magazines. These are factory and OEM-quality 10-round options that feed reliably and fit flush.
10-round MDT polymer AICS short-action magazine for .308 Winchester and 6.5 Creedmoor precision rifle chassis systems.
Factory OEM 10-round steel magazine for the Ruger Mark IV 22/45 (and 22/45 Lite) chambered in .22 LR.
Factory FN OEM 10-round magazine for the most restrictive state capacity limits.
10-round single-stack magazine for .350 Legend AR-15 rifles
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