Anyone remember these magazines?

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Kfxguy

Discussion Starter · 13 d ago

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I was rearranging stuff and dug this old thing up.

Old ramline 50rd magazine. I filled it up and popped off some rounds. And guess what? It didn’t jam! Admittedly, I retired it long ago because it caused my gun to be a jam o matic. Little did I know about the floppiness of the magazine back then causes that. I stretch all my mag plunger springs when assembling a new rifle or disassembling one that hasn’t had it done. Guess that did the trick! And I shot it in a stock gun I haven’t don’t anything to yet. No bolt modifications, only thing is a plunger spring stretch. I kinda wish they still made these.

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fiberoptik2313

· #2 · 13 d ago

I never knew they did!

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PEASHOOTER67

· #3 · 13 d ago

I had two and they both split from the bottom up. Unfortunately they eventually went to file 22.

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Kfxguy

Discussion Starter · #4 · 13 d ago

PEASHOOTER67 said:
I had two and they both split from the bottom up. Unfortunately they eventually went to file 22.

After all these years mine is somehow still together lol

crackedcornish

· #5 · 13 d ago

are those the ones with the metal feed lips, or the all plastic ones...

I have one of the all plastic ones around here somewhere, and it's a piece of garbage...I think it's Chaser that says they're only good for doorstops...

Kfxguy

Discussion Starter · #6 · 13 d ago

crackedcornish said:
are those the ones with the metal feed lips, or the all plastic ones...

I have one of the all plastic ones around here somewhere, and it's a piece of garbage...I think it's Chaser that says they're only good for doorstops...

I agree. Garbage. Plastic lips is what it has.

rschroeder28

· #7 · 13 d ago

I have a couple but with plastic lips and they never worked. Got to be 40yrs old I assume lol

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Bob La Londe

· #8 · 13 d ago

I saw the title and instantly thought Ramline.

I was never a fan of 10/22s but everybody who had one was like an enthusiastic little kid about the idea of a 50rd banana mag.

Now if Mec-Gar made one that would be something.

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LtCrunch

· #9 · 12 d ago

I still have a few. Ram-Line started out just down the street from my shop on the I-70 Frontage Road in Wheatridge CO. Jim Chestnut the founder was a former Redfield Scope (also a Denver company) CEO and at one time they had 100 employees in a 50,000 square ft building making a lot of stuff from mags to stocks.

And who (almost everybody) can forget their Syn-Tech Exactor .22 pistol...which I believe Magnum Research ended up buying the rights to and renaming the "Mountain Eagle"

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/983311694

The mags kind of worked if you held your breath just right LOL. Thanks for the memories!

Frank

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Dewman708

· #10 · 12 d ago

I have a couple. They were a little hard on the thumbs as I recall so I didn’t mess with them much. Yes, mine never made it clean through without jamming either.

joe45c

· #11 · 12 d ago

I had one but lost it in a canoe accident because like everything else they are outlawed in NY now.

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Lawyerman

· #12 · 12 d ago

As soon as the AWB sunsetted I sold all those, replaced them with new BUTLER CREEK Steel Lips. Those, were eventually replaced with BX 25s.....I do not anticipate replacing the BXs. We have it pretty friggen good these days!

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dghal

· #13 · 12 d ago

Brings back some memories,

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Mark1964

· #14 · 12 d ago

The Butler Creek Hot Lips and Steel Lips varieties are still out there to be had from places like Midway and Gun Mag Warehouse.
I've got a buddy who runs both in his Kidd Supergrade. Have shot next to him 50 times and never seen him so much with a bobble.
Don't if that's testament to the Kidd or the mags, but that gun plain ol' runs!

Lawyerman

· #15 · 12 d ago

dghal said:
Brings back some memories,

Mostly bad ones.....

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Lawyerman

· #16 · 12 d ago

Mark1964 said:
The Butler Creek Hot Lips and Steel Lips varieties are still out there to be had from places like Midway and Gun Mag Warehouse.
I've got a buddy who runs both in his Kidd Supergrade. Have shot next to him 50 times and never seen him so much with a bobble.
Don't if that's testament to the Kidd or the mags, but that gun plain ol' runs!

I never really had any issues with the Steel Lips magazines I had. My boys shot the tar out of them until they got their MP 15/22s. As much as anything that was the reason for selling mine--they had a high cycle count on them.

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Oldrifle

· #17 · 12 d ago

I have a few. I don't remember playing with them very much because they were a little uncomfortable for the thumbs.

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SlimDog

· #18 · 12 d ago

I had a couple Ramline 30-rounders growing up. Shot them so much that it wore down the two plastic pin things that held the mags in the receiver to the point that they wouldn't stay in. Good times...

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Kfxguy

Discussion Starter · #19 · 12 d ago

I’m glad I could bring back some memories for you gents. Good or bad I guess. 😂

but hey, if you have some, don’t want them but hate to throw stuff away, I’ll give them a good home! I bet i could get em to work. Maybe. I like a challenge!

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22 Wanderer

· #20 · 12 d ago

I know where there are couple new in packages. Never seen a use for them now giving the costs of ammo.

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