Why no high capacity .22LR pistols

[MCgunner]

I had a Ram-Line Exactor that held 15 rounds. It wasn't a double stack. It was a long single stack that had a constant force spring. It was fun when it didn't jam, but I think it was because of the gun rather than the # of rounds it held.

I still have one. It wasn't ever a jammer, feeds reliably, but it would maypop anything, but CCI. Now, the hammer spring has gotten weaker and it maypops CCI. But, it has 15 round straight magazines, another example of the FACT that you do not need a curved magazine in .22LR to hold multiple rounds.

 

[MCgunner]

I considered one of the Calico guns but, after watching videos on Youtube, I decided I didn't want to spend 10 minutes loading a magazine that I could empty in 1 minute. I have never fired one but they do look interesting.

One minute high cap mags are all the rage because you can wast ammo at a fantastic rate and the next minute, they're too slow to reload? Sheesh, I'm glad I don't have to buy YOU all a Christmas present.

 

[1SOW]

I shoot with competitors that have 16rd .22lr mags in their guns. One is a Volksquartzen (SP?)
High dollar comp.-ready pistols. They run fast, smoothly and very accurately.

 

[Hunter2011]

See, it is possible. The grip of my 422 is thicker than the grip of my 9mm double stack pistol. I'm sure nobody will say no to a 20 round magazine that makes no difference to the size of the pistol. For those that don't want to spend time to load 20 rounds, you may just load it up with 10 at a time, I will make use of the full 20

 

[Gun Master]

Davidson USFA Zip Gun .22

Yes, but every single one of them has a large curved single stack magazine, and not one of them feeds through the grip. Although those examples are legally pistols, they seem closer to cut down carbines. Except for the TEC-22.

If you feed a magazine like that through the grip, you end up with something like the USFA Zip Gun.

Something resembling a PMR-30 is a very different animal indeed.

But how well does the USFA Zip Gun .22 pistol work ?

 

[LightningMan]

I don't feel they are as high of capacity as your thinking but my M&P22 mags hold 12 rds. and I have 5 of them. FWIW I also have 5 mags for my Ruger MKIII, which if you load up all five Ruger mags it will take an entire small box of 50 rds. and the M&P will need 60 rds. So I would need an extra Ruger mag or 6 total to equal the capacity of the 5 M&P mags. With the .22 LR ammo in such short supply I don't know if I would want to burn it up any quicker than I am now, with magazines that hold a lot more. LM

 

[Pete D.]

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I considered one of the Calico guns but, after watching videos on Youtube, I decided I didn't want to spend 10 minutes loading a magazine that I could empty in 1 minute. I have never fired one but they do look interesting.

Well....empty it in one minute.......maybe you do that once. Made a lot of noise, popped a lot of brass, possibly even hit the backstop. Then it's old. After that, if you want a lot of rapid fire noise, buy a mat of firecrackers.
Pete