Ruger 10/22 Hi-Cap Magazine

[SemperFiGuy]

Anybody got a suggestion for a reliable hi-cap mag for a Ruger 10/22??

I bought a Shooter's Ridge 25-round clear plastic see-thru magazine which did an absolutely wonderful job of jamming up the .22 cartridges so that they wouldn't feed properly.   At all.

So........I'd like to try again with a different brand.    But am hesitant to do so, because it just might be deja vu all over again.   Then I'd probably end up with as many 10/22 magazines as I have handgun holsters.   And no more drawer space.

Your comments, thoughts, suggestions, and/or experiences are invited.

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[bkoenig]

I gave up on aftermarket mags for the 10/22.  The factory ones just work.

I have heard the Butler Creek Steel Lip magazines work ok.

[altheman2]

My Butler Creek Mag works ok but Ram-Line with CCI HV ammo works great in my 10/22

[schlumper]

My Butler Creek hot lips (plastic) ones work flawlessly now after I broke them in. (about 300 rounds each)
My Black Dog drum can't go 4 rounds without a jam.

[SemperFiGuy]

Well, based on what I'm seeing here on this forum, it may be worth trying a Butler Creek and/or a Ramline.    The Shooters Ridge mags sure are a bust.

(And I'm long a CCI Stinger fan, from the day they hit the market.    Wicked Little Suckers, they are.    Their acid test is a big fat fox squirrel up in the top of a cottonwood tree.   Turns 'em over into a U-shape with their tails trailing as they float down.   And they don't scamper off when they hit the ground.)

So---When I try the Butler Creek and the Ramline, feedback on the results will be posted.

Thanks for the information.

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[Clint]

Did you try it with regular round nose ammo? I remember trying some higher velocity rounds in an extended magazine with a different shaped bullet and it would hang up and not feed at all. Never messed with the magazine after that.

[SemperFiGuy]

Clint........

Yup.......Used regular round nose ammo in the Shooters Ridge magazines.   Good  Ol' Remington .22 Hi-velocity standard plinking stuff.    [Wasn't gonna let my grandkids shoot those expensive Stingers at targets and into creek beds.]

And.......Never even tried the Stingers in the Shooters Ridge.   Instead, used the Ruger 10/22 10-round factory mags for Stingers.    Figgered if the Remington stuff wouldn't work in the Shooters Ridge, the Stingers wouldn't work, even moreso.   It's a real aggravation to dig out the unfired rounds when they won't cycle in the hi-cap mag.

Everything works in the Ruger factory mags.    "Bout as reliable as a Glock.

Now I gotta go to Cabelas for the Butler Creek or Ramline.    Hope I can stick to only buying the magazines and not a shopping cart full of other goodies.


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[Clint]

Yeah, seems like it's tough to try and beat the factory equipment. Always seems kind of expensive, however. Excellent little guns though, huh?

[FarmerRick]

There's a reason those Shooter's Ridge mags were $8.99 each at the guns shows for the last few years.
Well, at least they have a Lifetime Warranty... if they don't work you can keep sending them back and they will send you a new one. 
Hey, someone needs to keep the USPS in business, don't they?   

[gsd]

after a 1000 rnds, the butler creek steel lipped 25 rnd mags still worked great for me.  Hope you didn't spend too much money at the candy store, err, cabelas.

[David Hineline]

http://www.tacticalinc.com/mags-loaders-c-616.html?infoBox=1&osCsid=db78217c1d264dbd706e8504dd5fa796

[SemperFiGuy]

Gettin' close to American 180 capability.

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