Ever notice how tube-fed semi's.....

Do tube-fed semi's cycle better than mag-fed's?

  • Yes!

    Votes: 24 52.2%

  • No!

    Votes: 12 26.1%

  • Yes, but not for the reasons that you may think (explain).

    Votes: 1 2.2%

  • It just seems so b/c there are more mag-fed rimfires...

    Votes: 2 4.3%

  • I've yet to see a lousy tube-fed semi-automatic rimfire.

    Votes: 7 15.2%
  • Total voters
    46
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Is it just me (yes, cyclone, odds are it is just you, but I digress...:p), or are the tube-fed semi-auto rimfires less finicky when it comes to feeding/cycling with various types of ammo? :redface:

This is in comparison to magazine-fed semi-automatics, of course! :yingyang:
 
I don't think I ever have a failure to feed with the Remington 597, Marlin 70HC, Marlin M1, or Cooey 64. They seem to mostly be dud primers. Maybe I've just been lucky with the semi's my family and I have owned.
 
Yes but I don't think it has to do with compression, rather a mechanical follower that lifts the cartridge in place rather than just allowing the bolt to push it out of the mag and the spring from the mag to lift it. It's the same system used on auto shotguns which are very reliable with the force of the spring more powerful than the friction of the cartridge pushing on the top of the mag lips.
 
I have had some very sore thumbs from reloading the box mags for my Model 64 Cooeys and Model 152 Mossbergs. I really prefer the tube fed as they can hold more shots in the tube than the mags that come issued with the gun from factory. I shoot 2 Marlin 81 bolts and 2 Mossy 151 semis when in the gopher fields. It takes longer to reload a 7 0r 10 shot mag (clip) than to stuff 14 down a tube. And no mag lips to wear out and complain about. Or wondering where to buy more. Or mags that got lost. And certainly have not had a problem with cycling when the semis are kept clean .
 
tube feed

Don't for get you can buy what's called an Ez loader which is a series of tubes and you just pour a full tube full seconds. as a kid we had watched a movie showing the old spencer 50 cal carbines and they were carring a container full of tubes and they just poured then in the butt. So being ingenious kids we found some soda straws the right size to fit .22 bent one end and glued and poof we had as many loaded tubes as we wanted and like mentioned very fast to reload compared to mags.

back then we shot marlin 81s and browning trombones

I think cabellas still carries them $19 or so

cheers
 
The only thing I don't like about tube feds is that they deform the bullet tip, particularily with hollow points. Didn't seem to hurt the accuracy any though.
 
Did not vote due to insufficient info or experience.

My Cooey/Winchester and Lakefield 64Bs with the 10 rd pot metal magzines are only reliable when mags are loaded 7 rounds:mad:

My 10/22 was utterly reliable as far as feeding and ejecting cases. Fired everytime trigger was pulled. Couldn't hit nuthing at 25 yds though:mad:

Springfield 87A and Winchester 190 semis have been 100% reliable and accurate so far, in the few hundred rounds I've fired.
 
Most guns do come with a safty. but to insure that an accident does not "happen", I unload even the mag tube, pull out the box mag if so equipped and lock the bolt open(semi) if the gun is so equipped, in case of a bolt action, the bolt is left in the open position.. then when someone is down range, the guns are never touched ( suppose to be) at our range. if one is touched, the the offending person is "gravely" reminded of his folly,by all present.
 
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