Are there any NEW .22LR Tube Fed Bolt Action rifles? No Longer Interested In This

[Pat Riot]

Does anyone make tube fed bolt action .22 rifles these days?

This was discussed in the “If you could have only one” thread regarding only having one gun. 

 

I know there are older gun models that can be purchased as used, but in my searches for “new” newly manufactured .22 tube fed bolt guns I am coming up with nothing. 
 

 

Edited October 2 by Pat Riot

[Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933]

Based on what is selling these days the market for a bolt action tube magazine .22 rifle is not very big.  It might only be you.

[Alpo]

I don't think so. I'm the one that mentioned it, because I've given much thought to "survival firearms".

 

Most people are all about this automatic pistol with all these magazines so you can quickly reload it, and this rifle that uses the detachable box magazines so you can have all these magazines so you can quickly reload it.

 

But it's been my experience that if you have detachable box magazines, sooner or later you are going to lose the last one. Then you have a very clumsy single shot (you ever try to single load a Ruger 10/22?).

 

That's why I would prefer a revolver over an automatic. No magazines to lose. Hard to misplace that cylinder.

 

The first gun I bought my daughter came with two magazines. 10 years later I had to buy a magazine because those two were both gone.

 

Back when the Romanian 22 trainers were coming in, they came with a 10-round magazine. And I bought two spares. I have one. I had three, I now have one.

 

Amazingly, my first rifle, which I got in 1973, still has its tube magazine.

[Crooked River Pete, SASS 43485]

4 minutes ago, Alpo said:

Amazingly, my first rifle, which I got in 1973, still has its tube magazine.

I was at a show once looking for a cheap .22 rifle. Young lady walked by with a bolt gun, tube magazine. I asked if it was for sale, she said no, she was looking for the brass tube that goes it the mag tube as she had lost hers.

[Blackwater 53393]

I still have both of the magazines that came with my AK47.  I think I got one of each gender because they seem to have bred and multiplied!!  There’s little baby ones that hold five rounds and some teenagers that hold twenty or thirty. Then there’s a few full growed adults that hold seventy-five!

 

I’ve tried to keep ‘em separated, but there ain’t enough rooms in the house!!

[WOLFY]

There are a few on Gbroker being auctioned at $150.

 

I’ve learned to consider box magazines as consumables (in that they eventually need refurbishing if not replacing).  

 

 

Edited October 2 by WOLFY

[Father Kit Cool Gun Garth]

3 hours ago, Pat Riot said:

Does anyone make tube fed bolt action .22 rifles these days?

This was discussed in the “If you could have only one” thread regarding only having one gun. 

 

I know there are older gun models that can be purchased as used, but in my searches for “new” newly manufactured .22 tube fed bolt guns I am coming up with nothing. 
 

 

 

Maybe not "NEW ", but still available is the Marlin XT-22STR.

 

 

https://leveractionrifleshop.com/marlin-xt-22tsr-rifle-70823-22-short-long-long-rifle-22-in/

[Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933]

If you go to the actual Marlin website that model is not listed and the few that are all say "Currently not in production."

[sassnetguy50]

2 hours ago, Father Kit Cool Gun Garth said:

 

Maybe not "NEW ", but still available is the Marlin XT-22STR.

 

 

https://leveractionrifleshop.com/marlin-xt-22tsr-rifle-70823-22-short-long-long-rifle-22-in/

Have you used this website before?  They accept Zelle and crypto currency.

[Sedalia Dave]

7 hours ago, sassnetguy50 said:

Have you used this website before?  They accept Zelle and crypto currency.

 

Yep the site is 1000% a scam.

[Cypress Sun]

 

I couldn't find a new bolt action, tube fed rifle on the internet although I didn't look too hard.

 

If you're in the market for a rifle like that, look at the Mossberg 46M with the flip over peep sight. I used to have one and it had a very smooth action, high capacity and was an absolute tack driver at 25 - 50 yds. Still kicking myself for selling it to a guy at the range who offered me three times what I paid for it. Seemed like a good idea at the time.

[bgavin]

I have the Ruger M77/22 stainless boat paddle which uses the regular Ruger rotary magazines.
Also have the Henry Frontier (thanks Widder) which is a tube fed lever action.

 

The Henry sees a whole lot more daylight than does the M77/22.
It is a very sweet shooter.

[Pat Riot]

1 hour ago, bgavin said:

I have the Ruger M77/22 stainless boat paddle which uses the regular Ruger rotary magazines.
Also have the Henry Frontier (thanks Widder) which is a tube fed lever action.

 

The Henry sees a whole lot more daylight than does the M77/22.
It is a very sweet shooter.

There are 3 guys that frequent my gun range that have Ruger Americans and they sing their praises. Once they figured out the right ammo they had nothing but good to say about them. Out of the 3 guys / 5 guns they said CCI STD Velocity was good and Federal Automatch was impressively accurate at 100 yards. Both inexpensive ammo.

 

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I think I am leaning towards staying with Rugers in 10/22 Takedown and an American bolt gun. As @bgavinsaid, they all use the tried and true rotary mags. 
 

I have zero interest in buying a used gun. Finding parts is getting harder and harder. 

I am bailing on the tube fed bolt gun idea. Thank you all very much. 

 

[Widder, SASS #59054]

Because I have both types and shoot both types regularly,  those who prefer a tube over the box magazine only

because they are weary of misplacing the box mag, let me share this with you.

 

Indeed, its easier to lose a box mag than a tube.  BUT, those tubes can bend and they also have internal springs and a follower

which can malfunction..... although rare.     And, also rare (but does happen), the tube is under spring pressure

when the mag is full of ammo and if its little locking pin gets  wiggled from its little notch, the tube will propel itself out

of it 'mother tube' and you've got another situation you did'nt anticipate.  And remember, that tube can bend and be

unusable.

 

As for the box mag, such as the Ruger 10/22 or the 'B' mags in the Savage models, those can also have a spring

that can 'give up the ghost'........ but in my experience, its no more rare or troublesome than the 'Tube' issues that

can occur.

 

All this stuff is so rare is that we never hear about it much.   Pick the rifle you want and be happy with the manner

in which it holds the ammo.    That are some great .22 rifles on the market.

 

Grandpa and his boys (my uncles) had some super nice rifles from their day.   But they would be enamored with the

quality and choices we have today and wouldn't think twice whether it was a box mag or tube fed rifle.

 

Good luck..... and keep a healthy stock of .22 ammo.

 

..........Widder

 

[bgavin]

20 hours ago, Widder, SASS #59054 said:

...when the mag is full of ammo and if its little locking pin gets  wiggled from its little notch, the tube will propel itself out

of it 'mother tube' and you've got another situation you did'nt anticipate.

Been there, done that.
At a match, no less.

[Todd Hayseed]

On 10/1/2024 at 4:50 PM, Alpo said:

But it's been my experience that if you have detachable box magazines, sooner or later you are going to lose the last one. Then you have a very clumsy single shot (you ever try to single load a Ruger 10/22?).

Comrade!  This is the reason neither the magazine nor the bayonet come off of an SKS