Author Topic: 10/22 High capacity magazines (Read 1394 times)

wormbobskey · « **on:** March 06, 2003, 10:24:13 AM »

Can anyone tell me where I might find a cheap 25 round magazine for my 10/22? I checked out a few sights and the cheapest I saw was 60.00!! I would also like to hear from anyone that has installed a heavy barrel on their 10/22's. Was it worth the time and expense? Did it increase accuracy enough to justify the expense? Thanks, Worm

SeanD · « **Reply #1 on:** March 06, 2003, 03:54:14 PM »

I think $60 might be the going rate now for those, im not sure. i bought one two years ago for $50. I had to replace one i bought in like '94 that i melted with a can of gun scrubber. Ouch! I put a clerke barrel and houge overmoulded stock on it for around $100, and i really like it. Ive never really spent any time at all on sandbags, so i dont know the if there was a substantial accuracy gain, i just built it to weigh the same as my hunting rifles to practice offhand shooting with.

Check out rimfirecentral.com, some of those guys have some really accurate 10/22's on all kinds of different barrels.

wormbobskey · « **Reply #2 on:** March 07, 2003, 03:19:37 AM »

Thanks, Sean. I'll check out the rimfirecentral.com. It just doesn't seem right to have to pay that much for a magazine. Oh well, supply and demand I guess.
I'm thinking about the heavy barrel just for squirrell and ground hog hunting. I'm used to carrying a swedish mauser around for ground hogs so the extra weight isn't much of a consideration. I live in the hills of Southern Ohio and there aren't a lot of good ground hog hunting spots down here. There are however a large number of squirrells just about anywhere you look. There also seems to be more red and gray fox around than before. Coyotes have really taken over around here and I have been trying to put a dent in the population when trapping season comes in. Here in Ohio the season is open year round, but like I said, there seems to be more fox than before. At least thats what the last snow indicated to me. I've only lived here for two years and am still not to sure on how to trap in these hills yet. Maybe I ought to borrow my Dads 77/22 in .22 magnum and try to call some of those coyotes in. Thanks again, Worm

BlkHawk73 · « **Reply #3 on:** March 09, 2003, 02:29:34 AM »

Quote from: wormbobskey

Thanks, Sean. I'll check out the rimfirecentral.com. It just doesn't seem right to have to pay that much for a magazine. Oh well, supply and demand I guess.

I think you'll find that that's about the going rate. Personally, I never saw any need for high caps for mine. If I can't hit that squirrel in 10 shots, he deserves to be running around the woods. It's not like a spare loaded mag is heavy or to cumbersome to fit in a pocket.
Try buying pre-ban (high-cap) mags for some other guns. Upwards of $125

wormbobskey · « **Reply #4 on:** March 09, 2003, 04:07:22 AM »

Blkhawk73, your right, I like to hunt squirrells with my bolt-action, but that Ruger is accurate enough that I will use it on squirrells. I like to do a lot of plinking and I want to be able to shoot more than just the ten shots, than have to reload. I did buy two, clip-together, 10 shot clips on e-bay for 16.00, which I thought was a pretty good deal. I'm still looking for a 25 or 50 shot clip, but I won't pay an arm and a leg just to have fun. Besides, when I'm hunting I don't want those big clips sticking out of the rifle. The flush 10-shot clips are more than enough. Worm

Alice Cooper · « **Reply #5 on:** March 09, 2003, 11:28:00 PM »

i've got two 30's and one clear 25,i concider them just temporary plastic throwaways.hard to load,easy to ruin.i use the factory ten rounders, just ain't none better...i'd rather load the factory mag three times than mess with the 30's....

SeanD · « **Reply #6 on:** March 10, 2003, 01:47:32 PM »

I love mine. It a lot of fun, well worth the $60 in my opinion. Ive put quite a few rounds through my butler creek, they last a long time. Ive actually had more trouble with the factory mags.

wormbobskey · « **Reply #7 on:** March 10, 2003, 02:04:12 PM »

Alice Cooper,if you don't like them that much, I'll trade you my factory 10 rounder for your 30 rounder. Like I mentioned earlier, if I'm hunting I use the factory mag, but if I'm plinking I like to have more rounds to shoot between reloads. If you are serious about not liking those high capacity mags, email me at wormbobskey@hotmail.com Later, Worm

daddywpb · « **Reply #8 on:** May 10, 2003, 12:06:04 PM »

I bought two 30 round mags about 10 years ago, and I had to send them back to the factory several times for replacement. They just wouldn't feed. Don't expect too much from those plastic feed lips. One of them finally cracked - I still have the other one, but I never get through all 30 without a jam or two. I use the Hot Lips 10 rounders that hook togeather in a star shape. It's still 30 rounds without reloading and they work great.

wormbobskey · « **Reply #9 on:** May 10, 2003, 01:44:38 PM »

daddywpb, I did the same thing,that is I bought the ten rounders that lock togather and have stuck with that. I refuse to pay the 60.00 they want for those 25 or 30 round mags. My son does more plinking than I do so I really didn't need them in the first place. I just give him one ten round mag, otherwise I wouldn't have any ammo left after he got done. He goes through 500 pellets in a weekend with his pellet rifle, could you imagine how many .22 rounds he would burn up? It is making him a better shot, but he thinks shells are free and could care less how many he shoots as long as he always has some to shoot. Talk to you later, Worm.

Dreams_of_Guns · « **Reply #10 on:** June 14, 2003, 04:03:25 PM »

Quote from: wormbobskey

Can anyone tell me where I might find a cheap 25 round magazine for my 10/22? I checked out a few sights and the cheapest I saw was 60.00!! I would also like to hear from anyone that has installed a heavy barrel on their 10/22's. Was it worth the time and expense? Did it increase accuracy enough to justify the expense? Thanks, Worm

I have found a few hi-caps for my 10-22 at local Gun Shows. They run anywhere from $40 to $135 for the same model of mag, depending on who is selling it. Picked up a Butler Creek Hot Lips 25 round mag for $40 at the last Gun Show I went to (CrossRoads of the West in Phoenix - Great Show!). Check the Gun Shows, they are your best bet for a good deal. But don't buy the first one you see, look around at all the tables first. The prices really vary a lot. Stay away from Ram Line, had one years ago and it actually BENT the 22lr bullet in half! Heard the same thing form other folks too. Jammed about a third of the time.

Not too long ago, December 2001, I bought a Bull Barrel and a Houge Stock for my Ruger 10-22 ($99 from J&G Guns in Prescott AZ). Looked great. It was pretty heavy though. It felt as heavy as my Ruger M77 in 30-06. I put a Bushnell 18x scope on it. Seemd to fit real well. The rifel probably shot better than I was able to shot it. Cant say that I really liked it much thought. I shot it a lot, but I am not into real target shooting. I only plink cans out to a couple of hundred feet or so. I didn't notice any real diffrence in the accuracy, but then as I said, I don't really target shoot. I ended up taking the bull barrel and stock off and putting a Butler Creek folding stock (fixed) on the gun. Looks even cooler now with the 25 round, uh, I mean the 10 round mag and a Red Dot sight.

wormbobskey · « **Reply #11 on:** June 15, 2003, 05:58:48 AM »

I've come to the conclusion that having a 25 round clip may look cool, but thats about it. I bought the Ruger mainly for my son, but he needs a little more time and learning before I will feel comfortable turning him loose with it. I like to do a lot of plinking and target shooting. The Ruger is for plinking, but my Winchester 69A is my target rifle. I love the peep sight on the Win. but have a red dot on it, and no, I didn't drill and tap the rifle. It was like that when I bought it. All in all the Ruger is a lot of fun to shoot and has the accuracy to be the one I carry into the woods when I go plinking or hunting, but the Winchester will shoot circles around the "stock" Ruger. Worm :grin: