hunters/ppl who shoot guns, which 22. rifle mag do u think is better?

Question

a normal detachable magazine, or a tubular magazine? and why? OPTIONAL:also is it true if u use a pointed (not flat) topped bullet in a tubular magazine it will eplode in the barrel of the gun? (remember i'm talking about 22 rifles.) THANKS!!!

thanks for all the responses guys!! also, i just bought some ''Remington Thunderbolts'' .22 rifle bullets today for my .22 (unfortunately i have to wait till later on today, or tommorow to get it) it's a semi-auto and tubular magazine-fed if your wondering, and i was wondering if the ''Remington Thunderbolts'' would fire good/accurately in my .22? thanks

Answer 1

Congrats on your gun purchase. The Remington Thunderbolts should be fine. I use them quite often in my Ruger 10/22.
Your best bet is to buy a box of 50 of several different kinds of ammo and see how they work in your gun. Some guns are particular about ammo. After you find what works good for you, you can buy the bulk 500 round boxes and know that it'll work reliably in your gun.
I've found my 10/22 cycles good with Thunderbolts and Winchester Dynapoint. You can usually find the bulk 500 round boxes for $12 - $15.
You don't have to worry about ammo going off in the tubular magazine on a .22 since it's rimfire. The concern with that is when it's centerfire ammo and the point of one round is resting on the primer of the round in front of it.

Answer 2

I agree with the other guy about the Ruger 10/22. I've owned several .22 rifles over the years and I like the 10/22 the best. Picking the rifle, not the magazine is the way to go. Tubular mags can scrape the side of the bullet, negatively affecting accuracy, but this is just not an issue in my experience. The 10/22 shoots great, its cheap to buy and common to find, and there are tons of after-market accessories to upgrade it, plus its incredibly easy to work on. Just don't get a magazine that holds any more than 10 rounds. The factory 10 round mag is just fine, mounts flush to the bottom of the rifle and is easy to load. I had a 50 round mag for mine and gave it away, too much of a pain to load.

Answer 3

There is a commonly occuring prblem with tube-magazine rifles.
The weakness of the design, is that even a small dent in the magazine tube can restrict capicity, cause unreliable feeding, or make the mag. tube impossible to re-insert into the gun.
Magazine tubes can be replaced on the vast majority of tube-fed guns, but this may cost 20$ or more and put the rifle out-of-commision until the new part arrives in the mail.
I agree with the people who suggested a Ruger 10-22 instead.
You can drop a 10-22 magazine on asphalt, stomp on it, stick it in the gun and IT WILL WORK. PERIOD.
Plus, 10-22's have a VAST selection of aftermarket parts and modifications avalible for them that Marlin just doesn't.
You can change out almost any part on a 10-22 with a custom replacement. Heavy barrels, .17Mach II conversions, Target triggers, Exotic and folding stocks, Extended magazines in 30 round and 50 round capicities. Try fitting 50 rounds into a Marlin's tube and you are in for a dissapointment. That's not to say a Marlin isn't a good gun...I've owned a couple myself.
....But I bought both of them for less than half the price of a new Marlin from people who were upgrading to a ...A 10-22! Hmmmm...
What do you figure THAT means?
Marlins and 10-22's cost about the same.
Save yourself some time, effort, and money (in the long run) and just go for the 10-22 to begin with, friend.

Answer 4

I go for the gun first and the mag second, for the gun I go for a 10/22 and that has a detachable mag, so I don't need to worry about tubes.

Rimfire rounds don't have primer in the center where a pointed bullet would possibly set them off, so that's not an issue. In any case the recoil is so small that it wouldn't dent the primer anyway. All the thousands of 22 Long Rifle I have to hand are round nosed too. So... not an issue either.

Spare rounds are kept in the magazine, not the barrel, not that it makes any difference, they still aren't going to explode.

Answer 5

I prefer the detachable magazine. The spring pressure is on the rim from the side and the rest of the case is free floating. In a tubular magazine the spring pressure is on the bullet which has no way of being centered in the tube. While pushing in the retaining tube to lock the bullets in, it is possible that the tube could shave lead or just hit every bullet of every cartridge in the magazine and negatively impact accuracy. Still, I have 22's with tubular magazines that shoot impressive groups.

Answer 6

Id go with a ruger 10/22 (semi-automatic) or 77/22 (bolt action) both have the detachable mag that hold 10 shells, but the nice thing about either of these is all the after market items available IE. barrels, stocks and small parts that you can change out yourself and turn a factory rifle into a match rifle. I have owned both models and they shoot well factory new, can be real tack driver with a match barrel and matching stock.

Answer 7

There are bennefits to both, one of the benefits of a tubular magazine is that it can take all forms of 22 ammo, shorts, longs, long rifles, Most box magazines can only take 22 long rifle ammo. With a tubular magazine there is no chance of loosing a magazine, or it falling off while hunting. I know it sounds rediculous, but it has happened.

Answer 8

I like the handling properties of the 22's (autoloader and lever action) I have with tubular magazines. The shape of the rifles is just handier. And I'm not in a huge hurry to reload it, becuase the barrel needs to cool periodically in a day's shooting anyway.
22's have neither the spitzer bullet nor the recoil energy to self-ignite the cartridges. A spitzer would be silly in a short-range affair like the rimfires.

Answer 9

Since mine is tubular, i would say tubular, and since i have used all sorts of differnt ammo (FMJ, HP, SS) including pointed and flat, and I am still here, nope, don't worry about any bullet doin' anything but shooting out the front end

Answer 10

Detatchable magazines mean quicker reloading if you carry a few spare mags. And no, a pointed bullet will not explode in the barrel.