Reliable 25 Round Mag/BX25?

[gerritm]

We shoot SC RFRO with a Ruger Target Lite & a MR Switchbolt. Done a few upgrades & polished & smoothed everything. Love them both. Both are 99.5% reliable with 10 round & 15 round stock Ruger mags using CCI Mini mag ammo. Always give a little on reliability cause they are 22's.

 

Due to the ammo shortage & skyrocketing costs. We are shooting more & more matches substituting .22 for rifle in stages with more  than 10 or 15 rounds. I know that it would make sense to get a couple of S&W MP22 with 25 round mags cause the Rugers are not easy to reload, but love shooting these. 

 

Tried a couple of different BX25 double mags. Did the youtube fixes, and still can't get them to run consistently. Might run 1 time and get a jam next.  Have a new single BX25 that jury is still out on. Any other suggestions for reliable 25 round mags?

 

gerritm

[RH45]

I was running Marvel 1s for RFPO and they have TIGHT chambers, and way more accurate than needed for steel.

That said, since the Obama administration, rimfire ammo's quality sucks!

I couldn't find anybody that sold a case gauge for 22, so I use a Marvel barrel as a case gauge. Even with Mini mags, I probably have to wipe excess wax off. It's surprising just how many won't even START in the barrel.

A few years ago, I was going to shoot RFRO with an old, stock Ruger 10/22, and made the mistake of just grabbing a brick of CCI standard velocity ammo off the shelf, that had not been case gauged, and my rifle jammed regardless of whether I used BX25 magazines, or, 10 round magazines. It turned out that the ammo had so much wax on it, they didn't even want to come up, in the magazines.

I have 4, BX25 magazines, and prefer to use them, over the 10 round magazines because they are easier to clean.

If you don't check your ammunition, I would suggest you start there.

FYI: I just got done going through a brick of SK, for semi-auto, and all 500 LOOKED about perfect, and dropped right in a Marvel barrel, whereas, I went through 250 rounds of Eley Force, and eventhough they all dropped right in the barrel, I found 16 rounds with deformed bullets that I thought might cause feeding issues, but when I took them to the range, they actually fed fine.

[bravofox]

my bx-25 mags have all worked flawlessly. I would clean the rifle and the mags and if that doesn't work call ruger and they'll take care of you. Ruger customer service has always been stellar in my experience, generally going above and beyond.