Frozen North
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The mag is only about half full of shells when loaded on my buckmark. The follower is like an inch thick!
Why do 22LR pistols have such low magazine capacity?
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Jolly Rogers
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If you have a Ruger MK or a Browning Buckmark you need one of these. It and a handful of spare mags and Bobs your uncle!
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kingcheese
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hi capcity 22?
pmr30, by keltec, holds 30 rounds of 22magnum, and it all fits inside the grip
pmr30, by keltec, holds 30 rounds of 22magnum, and it all fits inside the grip
ratt_finkel
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I'm with the original poster here. I've been looking at getting a .22 plinker for a long time now. And I always do searches for high cap mags. It seems all of the well known and popular ones are limited to 10rds. Which seems silly because I have a 32rd mag for my beretta.
As someone else mentioned, 22's are great for plinking! Why not up the fun quotient and give us some big mags to play with!
The S&W M&P 15/22 has 25 Rd mags and is as reliable as anything else I've shot. So I dont buy the loading issues everyone here seems to mention.
As someone else mentioned, 22's are great for plinking! Why not up the fun quotient and give us some big mags to play with!
The S&W M&P 15/22 has 25 Rd mags and is as reliable as anything else I've shot. So I dont buy the loading issues everyone here seems to mention.
CraigC
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IMHO, the question has been answered and this might ruffle some feathers. It lies not in design challenges or state laws but in the closed-mindedness of most shooters. They've always been ten rounds and enough years have passed that folks 'think' that's all they "need". There's a life lesson to be learned in there somewhere too.
doc2rn
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American 180 comes with 100 and 250 round drums I think which is the most for any .22lr I have ever seen. For handguns I think there was a pistol with a octagonal tubular mag on top that had ~100 rds and started with a "C" is the most I have ever seen back in the '80s.
Deus Machina
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The Calico. I still want one, I just don't want to have to pay for it.
I also really want the 100-round 9mm with a collapsible stock. Drool.
The Calico. I still want one, I just don't want to have to pay for it.
I also really want the 100-round 9mm with a collapsible stock. Drool.
Animal Mother
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Ram-Line used to make a 14 round magazine for the Ruger Mk II series but that part of their business was shut down due to the '94 AWB. I can still get factory 12 round magazines for my S&W 422, but they are a bit more expensive than the standard 10 round magazine. Maybe now that the AWB is dead and buried (mostly) the newly designed models that come on line will have higher magazine capacity, but I bet not, thanks to crappy states like CA, NY, and MA (and others) and that enacted their own magazine restrictions, makers will just standardize production at 10 rounds.
I agree that .22 Calico looks pretty sweet. I just wish they'd restart production and maybe add a rail to their model so you could actually mount some decent optics. The company talks a big game about being back, but it doesn't look like much is happening at their website.
I agree that .22 Calico looks pretty sweet. I just wish they'd restart production and maybe add a rail to their model so you could actually mount some decent optics. The company talks a big game about being back, but it doesn't look like much is happening at their website.
mr_goodbomb
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I don't... Really see why anyone needs more, either. Just reload?
CraigC
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So is it the general consensus that it would be acceptable to reinstitute magazine capacity limits to 10rds for all guns???
Animal Mother
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I doubt it. A few people do not make a consensus. If there was a serious push for a new AWB, you'd see a tremendous uproar. I know I'd fight it tooth and nail in the legislature, and I wouldn't be alone, not by a long shot.
22 pistol have always been 10 rounds for almost the last 70 years and has basically followed the same format as used in early target and bulls eye shooting.
Colts, Hi standards, SW 41, Victors, Ruger mark 1 , all have been made to follow a 10 round format.
Colts, Hi standards, SW 41, Victors, Ruger mark 1 , all have been made to follow a 10 round format.
I agree, it's a shame. The 94 AWB has a lot to do with it. As well as California and Maryland law. Manufacturers would rather stick with 10 rounds, even if they could fit more.
My HP22A is a perfect example. They used to be made with 11 shot mags. Now, they come with 10 rd's, and I think they actually shortened the mag body and extended the floorplate to fill the grip, so there's no "fixing" it.
My HP22A is a perfect example. They used to be made with 11 shot mags. Now, they come with 10 rd's, and I think they actually shortened the mag body and extended the floorplate to fill the grip, so there's no "fixing" it.
It's not a question of "need" More of a want or would like.
Why do 22 rifles have more than 10? What is there a 33 rd mag for a Glock?
Yes with a 22 pistol the mag would stick down below the grip just as it does with a Glock or a rifle.
Why do 22 rifles have more than 10? What is there a 33 rd mag for a Glock?
Yes with a 22 pistol the mag would stick down below the grip just as it does with a Glock or a rifle.
22-rimfire
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I think it is an interesting question and one that if there were larger than 10 round magazines availble for a 22 pistol (say a Ruger Mark II or III), would they sell when they would stick out the bottom of the grip. The reliability issue does come into play. I would guess that most manufactures would rather stick to what works rather than breaking new ground and have so many returns. I personally am used to 10-round magazines in 22 pistols and I doubt I would even buy a larger capacity one if available other than as a novelty. I stilll check my Ruger 10/22 when I am plinking with a larger than 10-round magazine and wondering if it is empty because intuitively I have gotten used to 10-rounders.
mr_goodbomb
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I doubt it. I doubt most here would agree with me. But that's my opinion.
CraigC
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You can also get very accustomed to those 15rd Ciener magazines! Although I'm still getting used to loading 11rds in my USFA 12/22, rather than the usual 5rds and I've had it for two years.
420Stainless
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This explanation makes the most sense to me.
Janos Dracwlya
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I recall that there was a polymer-framed .22LR pistol in the early 1990's that had a 15 round magazine, but I can't recall the name of it any more.
CraigC
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Minnesota Wild
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BCRider got to it a bit before I could...I think he has it correct. The fact that .22 mags almost invariably hold 10 rounds has nothing to do with capability, it has to do with the fact that most .22 owners don't care and the cost between manufacturing magazines for places that don't allow over 10 and those that do doesn't justify the potential difference in sales. I wish it were different, I would love higher capacity.
jwash3rd
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Pistol manufacturers are selling millions and millions of .22s with ten round mags. If the market shifts to higher capacity and sales suffer, you can bet they'll go with the market. Until then they have no reason to.
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