Ruger BX25 2 pack

[DadSmith]

Found and ordered me a few of these. $42.98 delivered.
https://dackoutdoors.com/product/ru...ne-22-lr-ruger-1022-series-25-rd-rotary-black
Thought other INGO members might like to take advantage of this offer.

 

[Tyler-The-Piker]

good deal. Thanks!

 

[DadSmith]

good deal. Thanks!

You are welcome.

 

[DadSmith]

CDNN has lowered their price on a 2 pack to $39.99
https://www.cdnnsports.com/rugerr-10-22r-25rd-22lr-syn-magazine-bx-25-2-pack.html

 

[Twangbanger]

Not to be a thread-downer, but these are well-known in rimfire steel challenge circles to become unreliable feeders pretty quickly. I found this out the hard way, when I went to my first couple competitions and wondered why all the good shooters were using 10-round mags with the nice anodized aftermarket baseplates, when such super neat-o 25-rounders were available for a cheap price? I soon found out why.

They are OK for plinking, if you want to teach your kid how to clear jams properly. Just switch back to the 10-rounders before they lose interest. Word to the wise.

 

[gregkl]

10-round mags with the nice anodized aftermarket baseplates, .

What do the baseplates do for the 10 rounders? And where do you get them?

 

[maxwelhse]

Not to be a thread-downer, but these are well-known in rimfire steel challenge circles to become unreliable feeders pretty quickly. I found this out the hard way, when I went to my first couple competitions and wondered why all the good shooters were using 10-round mags with the nice anodized aftermarket baseplates, when such super neat-o 25-rounders were available for a cheap price? I soon found out why.

They are OK for plinking, if you want to teach your kid how to clear jams properly. Just switch back to the 10-rounders before they lose interest. Word to the wise.

Honestly, they seem to be kinda like AK mags except with way better support from Ruger. If you have a problem you can always send them back and Ruger will replace them. If your gun just doesn't like BX-25s, then you can tweak on 'em and improve reliability. There are lots of people at both ends of the spectrum so it can't all be the mags.

I think I have 8 or 10 BX-25s and I'm not sad about it. The point you raise is that I should also have a dozen or so BX-1s, and that is a good point.

 

[Twangbanger]

What do the baseplates do for the 10 rounders? And where do you get them?

I am going to ask around about the brand/source. But the baseplates are only a luxury for easier insertion / removal. The key to reliability is staying away from high cap. In addition to the Ruger BX-25s eventually sitting at a funny angle in the gun due to the extra weight (which can be "tweaked"), the very large capacity leads to the rounds "nose-diving" and not being delivered repeatably at the correct angle (which cannot).

At plinking volumes, it can take a while to notice. My very first match, they ran like a charm. But at competition volumes it will eventually burn you. Next time out, I got lucky most of the day because my "crap run" on each stage didn't count (your worst run per stage is discarded). Next to last stage, I finally got a second "blown run" that went on the score pad for keeps. When you're modestly shooting for 100 seconds total time over 31 scored strings, and add 20 seconds on a single run because your last loaded mag won't feed the round...yah. Not good

 

[bwframe]

I was looking at this thread hoping the big long bannana Ruger mags were quite a thing. I have a few to sell, including some of those two in one jobs.

Mine work fine and were really cool when I bought them. They just don't fit my style of shooting. In recent years, my focus has been on accuracy over volume.

 

[1nderbeard]

They are OK for plinking, if you want to teach your kid how to clear jams properly. Just switch back to the 10-rounders before they lose interest. Word to the wise.

Never had any feed issues with any ruger bx25 mag.

 

[maxwelhse]

...the very large capacity leads to the rounds "nose-diving" and not being delivered repeatably at the correct angle (which cannot).

Without knowing exactly your failure mode, there are tons of follower mods guys do to BX-25s to tweak feeding issues. Apparently you can shim them around and influence different feeding behaviors.

I've never had a reason to do any of that, but I do know some people do.

 

[KMaC]

I have a BX-15 and a BX-25 mag and haven't had any trouble through 6,000 rounds. But I'm using the bolt action Ruger Precision Rimfire.
Attached video shows what bad things can happen with semi-auto rimfire using a BX-25. To keep perspective, the failure (ok, explosion) happened after multiple rapid fire mags.

[video=youtube_share;_1fZtUUkcGg]http://youtu.be/_1fZtUUkcGg[/video]

 

[sgthud]

I have had issues with the BX-25, but my 10/22 loves the BX-15s so that what I go with in mine.

 

[DadSmith]

So far my 10/22 has never had any problems with them. The children like to shoot them fast my rifle seems to like them. Of course it isn't a competition rifle nor has it ever been in a match so for me they are just fine. I carry one coon hunting in case we get super lucky and tree 10 coon in one night lol.