Posted: 10/2/2006 6:45:14 PM EDT
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Can anyone recommend some RELIABLE aftermarket mags for a 10/22? The "Hot Lips" mags I bought aren't so hot....in fact, they suck. Thanks. |
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I just recieved some from Tactical Innovations, (25rd mags) on the advice of RFC members. I'm waiting on some bolt-tricking-work to return from back east, to see how they work. They don't give them away, but I hear they are as good as it gets. ETA Linky |
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Steel Lips.. On the other hand, how many rounds have you put through them? Mine took a good 300 or 400 to get working. Also if its a match 10/22, odds are aftermarkets won't work. Theres enough slop in the standard 10/22 chamber that it doesn't matter, but match chambers are tighter. |
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Umm...yeah, they are definitely not giving them away....I may pick up 1 or 2 at that price...but I think I'll have to go with the Steel lips for the bulk of my mags. The funny thing is, my last 10/22 fed reliably with anything, even those crappy Eagle mags. Jonathon: Only 100 rounds or less through each. Of the 4 I bought 2 work (kinda) if there are 15 rounds or less, and the other 2 not at all. Bad, weak springs maybe? I don't think you can disassemble the BC mags to replace them though. |
I have one. Eh. My Butler Creek mags (both hot lips and steel lips) work just as well if not better. Of course I made a major modification to my 10/22 because of that stupid Tactical Innovations magazine, and that modification is why my 10/22 eats all ammo now.  It involved a Dremel tool. |
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Remove the barrel from the receiver, then clean it out. Now drop a round down into the chamber. Does it drop freely? No? Take a Dremel tool and a 8153 aluminum oxide grinding stone and LIGHTLY hone out the chamber until the round drops freely into the chamber. I did that with mine and 99% of the feed problems went away. On that particular 10/22 I have the Butler Creek .920 carbon fiber bull barrel on it. |
I just bought a couple of Butler Creek Steel Lips magazines at Sportco for $24 a piece. |
I'll give that a try Joe. I've got a BC .920 blued on mine. |