Why is it that .22s always come with 10 round mags? Why doesn't anybody make say . . . 30 rounders for the P22? With how cheap the ammo is and how fun it would be you would think that .22s would come with much larger mags. Is there a law against it or something? The only one I know of that has higher than 10 rounders available is the 10/22. What's the deal?
Why no more than ten?
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A one word answer would be " rimlock".Ever wonder why the large cap 10/22 mags have that exaggerated banana shape?It's not for an AK-47 look,it's to help them feed more reliably.It's hard to get that curve into a pistol grip.
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I don't know what the official story is, but I'd imagine it's a matter of image, design, and convenience (to the manufaturer).
-Lets face it, a Glock with a 30round mag can be viewed by morons as "Evil"
Imagine what a P22 would look like with one. No so much Evil as hideous.
-Design plays into it, as weight with a 22 is a non-concern. I don't think y P22 would be very comfortable with a 30 round mag. Not to mention the spring tension. You'd have to have a strong spring to move 30 rounds up a single-stack mag. This might cause feed problems on the P22, which in my experience, is already a bit iffy.
-Convenience is the likely reason. While everyone one back during AWB1 was panicking over making 10 round mags, all of the 22's were ready to go. They could sell them almost anywhere without dragging them all back to replace the mags. I'd like to see a larger mag for my Remington 597, so I see your point. But I doubt if they're going to start cranking out anything but the current 10/22 mags.
-Lets face it, a Glock with a 30round mag can be viewed by morons as "Evil"
Imagine what a P22 would look like with one. No so much Evil as hideous. -Design plays into it, as weight with a 22 is a non-concern. I don't think y P22 would be very comfortable with a 30 round mag. Not to mention the spring tension. You'd have to have a strong spring to move 30 rounds up a single-stack mag. This might cause feed problems on the P22, which in my experience, is already a bit iffy.
-Convenience is the likely reason. While everyone one back during AWB1 was panicking over making 10 round mags, all of the 22's were ready to go. They could sell them almost anywhere without dragging them all back to replace the mags. I'd like to see a larger mag for my Remington 597, so I see your point. But I doubt if they're going to start cranking out anything but the current 10/22 mags.
Father Knows Best
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Actually, they do make larger mags. My Kimber Rimfire Super (a .22LR 1911) came with a 10 round mag, but I got a couple of 15 rounds mags for it from Ciener, who makes 22LR conversions.
Ritchie
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Larger mags are a fairly recent mania. Back in the Olden
Days, a lot of .22 pistols were used in local club level
bullseye target matches, and the dosage is 10 per target.
With no specific reason to change designs and retool, many
of the legacy designs continued with minor changes.
That's my guess, and I'm sticking with it.
Days, a lot of .22 pistols were used in local club level
bullseye target matches, and the dosage is 10 per target.
With no specific reason to change designs and retool, many
of the legacy designs continued with minor changes.
That's my guess, and I'm sticking with it.
Because in researching gun battles across the nation, it was realized that law-enforcement and suspects usually missed each other with their first 10 rounds. So that became the magic number used to limit magazine capacity in order to keep us all safe, even after being driven to the point of shooting at each other
Roccobro
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They have +3 adapters for the P22 magazine now for just a few bucks.
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