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.22 pistol clips...

ogredoodogredood Member Posts: 10 ✭✭
edited January 2006 in Ask the Experts
Just curious about why .22LR pistol clips are all 10 round or less?
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  • perry shooterperry shooter Member Posts: 17,105 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hello a 22 rimfire does not lend itself to a double stack design because of it being a rimmed cartridge it must have a way for the rim of the last case be in front of the case loaded in the magazine before it . So with the grip frame in most cases only as long as your hand you run out of room unless you wanted the grip much larger front to back as well as top to bottom. IMHO most people are not going to get in a fire fight with a 22 and if you do you would be better off retreating if you can't shoot good enough to shoot the bad guys in the head. and if more then 10 of them you need to get out of DODGE.It is very easy to carry a pocket full of extra magazines.
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  • BHAVINBHAVIN Member Posts: 3,490 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Ramiline did make a plastic 14 round magazine for the Ruger mark II in the late 80's early 90's.
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  • nmyersnmyers Member Posts: 16,892 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    S&W makes a 12 round mag for the M41/422.

    Neal
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  • surbat6surbat6 Member Posts: 485 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Actually, it's not easy to design ANY size mag to ensure smooth reliable operation of a semi-auto pistol with the rimmed .22 cartridge. The fact that most 10-rounders work pretty well says a lot for their designers.
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  • PinheadPinhead Member Posts: 1,485 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Having a rim the cartridge must be aligned in the magazine with the rim of the top cartridge in front of the rim of the round below it. If you want to find out what kind of angle that creates, take 10 .22 rimfire round and stack them one above the other and look at the angle when you have 10 rounds like that. Now think of what the angle on the grip would have to be to get more than 10 rounds into a clip with this much angle. At some point you are going to be feeding rounds around a curve and not in a straight or angled line.
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  • ogredoodogredood Member Posts: 10 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks all. Never thought about the the "stack factor". Love shooting my MKII but have to wear a piece of tape on my thumb due to the strength of the spring.
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  • ddhotbotddhotbot Member Posts: 1,426 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    check out a product called the ultimate loader for loading your clips.works great and saves the thumb.don
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  • BHAVINBHAVIN Member Posts: 3,490 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    In my youth I shot out my first Ruger MkII and one thing I learned besides how to take the thing apart easily (that took a few years) is an easy way to load them. On the older MkII mags with the smaller knobs on the side (the neweer ones of the last few years use a larger knob I guess to make loading easier) you can use the bottom of a second mag (where the round cutout is). Put the round cutout over the knob of another mag and use it to slide the follower/spring assy. down. Then just drop in your rounds and go to town. [:D]
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