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New Hampshire Magazine Capacity Laws (2026)
Permitted: No New Hampshire law limits magazine capacity.
No New Hampshire law limits magazine capacity. State law also largely bars cities and towns from making their own firearm rules. Federal law sets no general capacity cap.
Official source: nhsp.dos.nh.gov →
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Magazine Capacity in states bordering New Hampshire
The same rule in each neighboring state LawLert has verified, from that state’s own official source.
- MainePermitted
Maine has no state limit on magazine capacity for carry. Towns cannot set their own firearm rules, except on where guns may be fired. Hunting is the exception: most semi-automatic firearms may not be used for hunting with a magazine that holds more than 5 rounds.
Verified Oct 12, 2026 · Source: maine.gov · Full Maine rule →
- MassachusettsRestricted
Massachusetts bans possessing, selling or importing any magazine or feed device that holds more than 10 rounds (or more than 5 shotgun shells). The only possession exception for private owners is for devices lawfully possessed on September 13, 1994, and only on private property, at a dealer or gunsmith for repair, at a licensed range or shooting competition, or while traveling to those places, unloaded and locked up. The listed exceptions do not include visitors.
Verified Oct 12, 2026 · Source: mass.gov · Full Massachusetts rule →
- VermontConditional
Vermont bans possessing, buying, selling, transferring, receiving or importing a handgun magazine holding more than 15 rounds, or a long-gun magazine holding more than 10. …
Verified Oct 12, 2026 · Source: dps.vermont.gov · Full Vermont rule →
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