Anyone remember these magazines?

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Kfxguy

Discussion Starter · 11 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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dbr65

· #21 · 11 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...

Actually, filled with Golden Bullets they make a great paperweight too. 😁 Sort of a conversation item.

Doug

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IrishLad01

· #22 · 11 d ago (Edited)

Kfxguy said:
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!

Too late, I cleaned out and rearranged my safe 2 weeks ago and tossed a couple of those and Butler Creeks. Must have got em in the 80s and 90s. Forgot I had em.

Kfxguy

Discussion Starter · #23 · 10 d ago

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

Well let me know. Heck, I could swap you some ammo for em. I have all sorts of stuff.

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crackedcornish

· #24 · 10 d ago

IrishLad01 said:
Too late, I cleaned out and rearranged my safe 2 weeks ago and tossed a couple of those and Butler Creeks. Must have got em in the 80s and 90s. Forget I had em.

was just sitting here thinking (reminiscing) about all of the poor quality junk that was around in the that time period..I remember bolting a bunch of that crap onto the customers guns when I was working in a family friends gun shop back then...too many kids were watching shows on tv and in the movies, and wanting to be dressing up their guns (and themselves)...if I had a dollar for every flash hider, barrel sleeve, or handguard I put on a 10/22..in a way I owe my summer job for years to the likes of the A-Team, Commando, Predator, Demolition Man, and First Blood characters

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Kfxguy

Discussion Starter · #25 · 10 d ago

Well I like collecting “junk” 😂

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crackedcornish

· #26 · 10 d ago

Kfxguy said:
Well I like collecting “junk” 😂

you have an AR-7 or SKS?...maybe, I'll send you some more "junk"

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Kfxguy

Discussion Starter · #27 · 10 d ago

crackedcornish said:
you have an AR-7 or SKS?...maybe, I'll send you some more "junk"

I don’t unfortunately. I traded my sks for an sig p365. I always wanted an ar7 and went to buy one from academy a while back but ended up buying/building my first 10/22 takedown instead. I did a bunch of reading and research on the ar7 and it was pretty interesting.

IrishLad01

· #28 · 10 d ago

crackedcornish said:
was just sitting here thinking (reminiscing) about all of the poor quality junk that was around in the that time period..I remember bolting a bunch of that crap onto the customers guns when I was working in a family friends gun shop back then...too many kids were watching shows on tv and in
the movies, and wanting to be dressing up their guns (and themselves)...if I had a dollar for every flash hider, barrel sleeve, or handguard I put on a 10/22..in a way I owe my summer job for years to the likes of the A-Team, Commando, Predator, Demolition Man, and First Blood characters

I wish I was a kid in that time! My youngest loved the A-Team. I remember the flood of cheap SKSs, until they got banned.

Lawyerman

· #29 · 10 d ago

crackedcornish said:
was just sitting here thinking (reminiscing) about all of the poor quality junk that was around in the that time period..I remember bolting a bunch of that crap onto the customers guns when I was working in a family friends gun shop back then...too many kids were watching shows on tv and in the movies, and wanting to be dressing up their guns (and themselves)...if I had a dollar for every flash hider, barrel sleeve, or handguard I put on a 10/22..in a way I owe my summer job for years to the likes of the A-Team, Commando, Predator, Demolition Man, and First Blood characters

Get you some USA Brand High Capacity Magazines! Yea buddy, living large now.....

crackedcornish

· #30 · 10 d ago

when I first started working the LGS, I remember going and visiting Sarco one Saturday afternoon with the boss, (I was the new guy, so I got volunteered to go along and do the lifting and toting) while we were there I remember seeing 10 or 12 blue plastic 55 gallon drums chock full of SKS's, all lined up in their warehouse..each barrel was graded A, B , C, etc with the A being all numbers matching, the B being one or two parts being mismatched, or they had a bit of rust or some dings, etc and they went down to D grade rifles... the A grade rifles were priced at $49 each

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crackedcornish

· #31 · 10 d ago

Lawyerman said:
Get you some USA Brand High Capacity Magazines! Yea buddy, living large now.....

oh man, we sold tons of their 30 round Mini-14 mags to guys...remember restocking those on the pegboard daily..they came in a simple clear plastic bag, with a white cardboard folded over and stapled to the top

Triple K was another big maker of magazines back then

Lawyerman

· #32 · 10 d ago

crackedcornish said:
oh man, we sold tons of their 30 round Mini-14 mags to guys...remember restocking those on the pegboard daily..they came in a simple clear plastic bag, with a white cardboard folded over and stapled to the top

Triple K was another big maker of magazines back then

BOTH, were hot garbage. I owned a very few, fortunately, of each, none of them ran worth a hoot, ever.....

TXNimrod

· #33 · 10 d ago

The only RamLine I’ve owned was a 30 rounder with the plastic lips - a POS. However, I did purchase one of the very first high-capacity mags back in the early 80s, the Condor 25. It worked almost flawlessly back then and still does today. Steel lips of course, and stainless internals so you can flush it out with hot water for cleaning….it can’t be disassembled. Back then there were few if any aftermarket barrels, and the Condor came with “gunsmith” instructions to improve the action. Another bit of 10/22 history.

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Kfxguy

Discussion Starter · #34 · 10 d ago

I like this thread.

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mmsb27

· #35 · 10 d ago

Me too. Good ride down memory lane.

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Kfxguy

Discussion Starter · #36 · 10 d ago

mmsb27 said:
Me too. Good ride down memory lane.

I remember when gun shows had them. And that’s when gun shows were worth going to.

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crackedcornish

· #37 · 10 d ago

I never went to a gun show...working at the shop meant the stuff came to us if people were looking to sell...that's where a lot of my centerfire stuff came from, as well as several of the .22's...stuff the employees didn't go for, or was too beat to put on the shelf for consignment, went to the shows..besides I was told gun shows in NJ stunk

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HPIguy

· #38 · 9 d ago

Still have one and the speed loader somewhere. LOL

jospistol

· #39 · 9 d ago

I bought & used a variety of Ram -Line products , (that's the correct spelling for their products) back in n the 70's-80's, still have them, in a magazine drawer (or box)
Ram-Line made a "high capacity " (12 rnd) mag for Ruger's.22 semi auto pistols..bought a few for my Mk II. Found one in a drawer recently & tried using it..it still worked well.

Same with the all plastic ? rnd 10-22 mag I have, just pulled it from a magazine drawer, don't recall ever having an issue with it.
Maybe because it wasn't subjected to intensive / extensive use ?
I may have another 1 or 2 of these, as I soon learned to purchase spare mags for all the firearms I own.

I also bought a Ram-Line polymer stock, for a Win. Featherweight Mod. 70 .308 barreled action I bought online, while on sale.
I believe this was one of the 1st polymer stocks made, ( I'd bet it's one of the lightest.)

I bought a few of their (?) Mini 14 mags, were they they one advertised to function in both an AR-15 & the Mini -14 ?
I bought a couple, tried one of them , in my AR, & Mini 14, & it did work, as advertised. ( Not sure that is a Ram -Line product)
Maybe because I have had a wide variety of firearms, I rarely shoot any one extensively, I've rarely had a magazine related issue.
( I did buy a ProMag brand mag once for a 1911, taught me a lesson)

as far as Hi capacity 10 -22 magazines, anyone heard of this one ?

I also bought & tried using a 50 rnd Mitchell (?) brand mag for my 10-22.. it used a rubber belt to hold rds inside the plastic mag.
Discovered it had to be loaded carefully, so the rim of a rnd rode on top of the rnd that had been previousy loaded.
If loaded correctly, it would function perfectly, allowing all 50rds to be fired w/o a jam.
If one rnd had the edge of the rim drop below the rim of the proceeding rnd, it would jam.

As ammo prices have increased, I can't see many shooting a 10-22 like I used to shoot mine.
I'd load up the 50rnd, ( or other high capacity mag I was using ) and see how fast I could empty the magazine @ my target,
be it a metal plate, tin can, piece of wood floating in a pond, etc..

This was a long time ago, when a box of 22's was $ .50 - $1.00, or less...

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ntsqd

· #40 · 8 d ago

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/988548015

I was just lamenting, again!, losing my Mitchell mag in a trade that I never should have made.

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