22 Rimfire Reliability
- Thread starter bigbull
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OK, so lets assume that the rifle has good feed lips on the mag box and the elevator on the tube mags is correct then does the ammunition play a role on the reliability, meaning are certain bullet shapes more reliable than others for eg. round nose, HP, stingers, solid, truncated etc. ?
bigbull
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easyrider604
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- Greater Vancouver, BC
Agree. My mag and tube fed rifles have been equally reliable...so how about an option for "equally reliable"?
Hahaha.......!
911 it is starting to look that the determening factor to a rifles reliability might actually come down to the ammo used in any particular rifle. It is often talked about how one ammo works better than another in each rifle, for shure the accuracy changes with the choice of ammo so why wouldn't the rifles ability to handle one ammo brand better than another based on factors like point shape, lubricant etc.
What say you guys?
bb
Easy solution, bring multiple mags! If you forget/lose your plunger or it breaks, your quick follow up shots will disapear with the tube guns too. There is another thread about the most reliable .22 where trappers recall bending the tube and that's why they don't use tube mags.
If you can forget your box mag(s), you can forget your plunger, and even your ammo.
If a box mag malfunctions you can bring out another. How many shooters carry a spare plunger? Or lifter and tools to replace it? My CZ and BRNO mags can reliably feed shorts, longs, and LR ammo. Plus with multiple mags it's quicker to reload or change ammo type.
