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Magazines and Bump Stocks

13 V.S.A. § 4021 — more than 10 rounds for a long gun, or more than 15 for a handgun

  • No one may make, possess, transfer, offer for sale, buy, receive or import a large capacity ammunition feeding device.
  • That is a magazine, belt, drum or similar device holding more than 10 rounds for a long gun, or more than 15 rounds for a handgun.
  • Devices lawfully possessed before the section took effect are excepted, as are those made only for lever action or bolt action long guns, antique firearms, or curios and relics.
  • A violation carries up to one year and $500.
  • 13 V.S.A. § 4021
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Possessing a bump-fire stock, a stock that uses recoil to make a semiautomatic fire at the rate of an automatic, carries up to one year and $1,000.

  • 13 V.S.A. § 4022
Sources for this section (2)
  1. 13 V.S.A. § 4021 — Large capacity ammunition feeding devices
  2. 13 V.S.A. § 4022 — Bump-fire stocks; possession prohibited

Legal information, not legal advice. Verified as of October 2026. Applying it to a particular situation is the work of a licensed Vermont attorney.

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