Twice Takedowns

[rawhide]

Whats your experience with the BX-25's?
Good, bad?

My experience with BX-25s is very good. Much better than the old Butler Creek 25 round mags. I prefer the BX-15 though.

 

[dennishoddy]

Got two of the 25's, and one BX-15 that came with the gun as well as a half dozen 10 round stockers.
Can't get the 25's to run reliably enough to shoot steel challenge. One FTF will put you back three positions while clearing.
The 10 rounders run flawless for me. Converted a stock 10-22, to a Nordic Components forged stock and a red dot.

 

[dennishoddy]

My experience with BX-25s is very good. Much better than the old Butler Creek 25 round mags. I prefer the BX-15 though.

LOL, the butler creeks and I think the American 25 rounders are junk.

 

[adamsredlines]

Thats interesting. Any issues I've had have been ammo related (Federal Auto Match is cheap but doesnt cycle as reliably as CCI Standard Velocity).

 

[dennishoddy]

Thats interesting. Any issues I've had have been ammo related (Federal Auto Match is cheap but doesnt cycle as reliably as CCI Standard Velocity).

Agree. The auto match is for the grandkids to shoot.
I only use the 1265fps CCI in my Mark III hunter pistol. The standard velocity of 1200 won't cycle fast enough for rapid fire, and occasionally use the Winchester 100 round packs of 1425fps in the Nordic AR style rifle. The Pistol doesn't like the Winchester. Get fte issues occasionally. The CCI never has that issue.

 

[adamsredlines]

Could also try Stingers or Mini Mags in the BX25's and see if that takes care of the issue.

 

[rawhide]

7-8 years ago I had good results with Federal Auto Match, but bought several boxes last fall and had nothing but trouble. Put them right down there with Remington GB bulk packs.

 

[dennishoddy]

Could also try Stingers or Mini Mags in the BX25's and see if that takes care of the issue.

Way too expensive to shoot 800 rounds of stingers a month. I've got a few 50 round boxes of the 1600fps + stingers for armadillo's in the yard. Certainly turns them inside out.

 

[rawhide]

Nice Takedowns btw. I was considering selling mine until the Magpul Backpacker came out. Would go nicely with your backpack.
https://www.magpul.com/products/x-22-backpacker-stock-ruger-10-22-takedow

 

[POKE1911]

So...this is cool....
The carbine comes with a backpack. You can put the rifle in there (broke down into the two halfs), and also the charger fits in the other pouch on it (no need to break it down)...and 4 BX25's in a pouch on the front and 3 of the 100 round boxes of .22 in the top pouch.

So...grand total is 2 guns, 4 mags and 500 rounds of ammo fit perfectly into the original Ruger pack. Pretty snazzy.

Out of curiosity, would the charger front end lock-in to the 10/22 and visa-versa, or do they each have their own mechanisms that would prevent that? Aside from all the NFA crap, just curious about the mechanical possibility.