Tubular-magazine, semi-auto centerfire carbine?

[cluttonfred]

I have often wondered why there are no tubular-magazine, semi-auto centerfire rifles or carbines out there. The ability to top off the magazine easily is great and incidentally skirts any high cap issues. IIRC, the old Ruger .44 carbines fit that description; and it seems to me that such a design would be handy for hunting. plinking and home defense. Of course, that means no pointed bullets, but the usual lever gun calibers come to mind as well auto pistol calibers and even .30 carbine. Am I missing something and does this sound like something anyone else would be like to see? Cheers, Matthew

 

[jpwilly]

There are already lots of good Wood and Metal Semi Auto rifles that are handy and reliable. Mini 14, M1 Carbine SKS, M1 Garand, M1A, BAR...even the pump action Remington's. I don't think there is a lack of availability in semi auto offerings in calibers that can get it done. Eliminate the pointed bullets and you'll end up with much less downrange capability. We don't need a semi auto 30-30 that holds 5 rounds. We can already do it with much more capacity think paratrooper SKS. Would it be neat, yes but I don't think the commercial success would be there and neither do the manufacturers. IMO YMMV.

 

[DMK]

The ability to top off the magazine easily is great and incidentally skirts any high cap issues.

A semi-auto tube mag .357 or 30-30 carbine would be cool, and might be interested in one, but you won't be able to get ten rounds in the tube unless you had a really long barrel. So in that case, trying to get around any AWB is moot, since most of these local bans allow ten round mags in a non pistol grip rifle.

So then you end up with a 5 round semi-auto. There are plenty of those with box mags.

 

[PT1911]

the old .44s are great... I came across one a few weeks ago and unfortunately, because of a couple purchases that week... was unable to pick her up before she sold... hard to find them in decent condition nowadays and they dont last long.

 

[General Geoff]

The ability to top off the magazine easily is great and incidentally skirts any high cap issues.

NJ's magazine capacity limit does not differentiate between detachable box magazines and integrated box or tube mags. Yes, that means a 17 round .22lr tube fed rifle is illegal.

 

[Nhsport]

Any tube magazine becomes dangerous with spire tipped bullets,round nose and flat nose bullets lose some long range performance.

Loading and unloading a lever gun is drugery compared to a magazine fed gun.

Don't get me wrong,I love my levers for what they are but they aren't going to replace my AR's