Butler Creek 10/22 mag's come in hot lips and steel lips.
The steel liped ones are close to the factory lip mags. Other wise the plastic
lips have a tendisy(sp) to ware more and cause feeding problems.
Butler Creek steel lipped mags come in both 10 and 25 rds.

 

I've tried and tried to get the BC mags to work for me, in 3 different 10/.22's to no avail. The solution for me is to forget about aftermarket magazines altogether The factory mags are reliable, and when that's all you use, changing them is very fast. For me, messing with aftermarket mags is like trying to teach a dog to spell.

 

Inspect the front and rear, in the area that fits into the magazine well, where the seams meet, for molding flash. Knock the seams down flat with a fine file or sandpaper until they're nice and smooth and flat.

I got all of mine to run reliably after I cleaned them up. Pretty much every one needs some minor clean-up work when you buy them.

The Steel Lips need the same thing, usually. They have to be able to seat flat and flush with the retainer points in the rifle.

 

Lt,
Yes, they can drag the bottom of the bolt. I have two different 10/22's, one they hit the bolt, the other...not. My fix was to file/sand off that rail that sticks up on the top of the mag. Only take enough off to clear the bolt, because if you take too much & leave a gap, it will jam in a whole different way. I shoot all bulk now with no issues whatsoever.

The left is modifyed, the right oem:

RD

 

What this guy said.

I have a couple steel lips and on my SR I had to file down the lip a bit because the SR has a sloppy bolt and it would hang up on the lip. The steel lips worked fine in my 15 year old 10/22 without filing them down.

I had a problem with one of my plastic lips falling out of the mag well when I tried to load it into the mag well. Turns out it was actually accepting 26 rounds not 25 and the extra round didn't allow it to click into the mag well all the way. So I load it till it's full (26), then remove that one round and that plastic lip works fine. I am probablly one of the few who actually prefers the plastic lips over steel.

 

:yeahthat:

And that's also a good picture of the mold area you want to make sure is cleaned up (front and back). A chunk of "flash" above the front plane of the magazine will shift or tilt the entire feed axis off alignment.

 

I've never had much luck with extended mags for the 10/22s, although I haven't tried the TI ones yet. I picked up a pair of BC Hot Lips at a local place for about five bucks each a couple years ago, and after about three frustrating range trips of five or six jams a mag, they died a spectacular death as victims of my .223's Varmint Grenades.

Since then I've just stuck with the factory mags, and if I feel the need to have more at hand, I slap my TriMag in. Never HAVE run out of ammunition in the middle of a hot firefight with a 10/22 as yet. :bthumb:

 

I really like my RamLine which works perfectly. Are they still made??
I have not given up on the butler creek mag but did order a non steel IT mag which are on sale for $17.49 from It. If I remember I will let you know how it works out.

 

I really like my RamLine which works perfectly. Are they still made??

I don't think so, but the same company in Minnesota makes the Shooters Ridge. I agree, Ramline was a very good cheap mag.....Shooters Ridge quality seems a bit lower. I would go with BC steel lips now over SR's.

RD

 

I have 2 BC mags, one functions fine,the other seems to have a weak spring. They also fit pretty loose in the magwell. I have to hold it with my left hand when shooting,or Ill get ftfeeds. Gonna pick up some more factory mags.

 

What about the TI mags? The cheaper seem nice and have alot of good reviews.. Any criticism?

http://www.tacticalinc.com/mags-loaders-c-489.html?infoBox=1&osCsid=75b21aab7ba97c1241e2ae99d56de0bb

 

I filed down my Butler Creek Mag like the pictures show and it is working well now!!

Also bought one of the TI all plastic mags and love it. The magazine has worked flawlessly so far and it is currently on sale for $17.99 at www.tacticalinc.com/.

Next I'm going to need a Butler Creek Magazine Loader!!

 

these photo's of the filing look like steel lips, his question was in hot lips..

I bought my first BC hot lips at least 20 yrs ago, before they even had a steel lip mag.. I would say the hot lip made it less than a year before it would just flat *** fall out. at the time they were not cheap, 14$ a new 10/22 was 99$

Today new hot lips here go for 18$, I wouldn't give a dime for one. the fit is so sloppy, that the little nub in the front wears down , there nothing there to hold the mag in place,,

I still use it sometimes if we are doing major shooting....
so has anyone here been able the take the red hot lips apart and replace that nub with a steel peg ??? there must be away to fix this thing,,,,

I do also have steel lips and have never had a jam using those....

 

I have both the Hot Lips and Steel Lips (bought earlier this week).

I get jams with both, it's not really a big deal to me since it's a .22. My Hot Lips doesn't jam as much since I've had it for a couple years, it's smoothed out over time. I figure the same with the Steel Lips. My bolt did hit the Steel Lips, but not anymore. Just keep shooting, everything should smooth out.

 

i have a couple steel lips mags which work in my 4 rifles. I have about a dozen Eagle mags which work well. Bought one cuz it was cheap. Bought the others over time because they all seem to work. I have couple Ramline mags which hardly work all. You just never know.