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You know what, with some use the rifle's magazine (a.k.a clip) is already getting easier to use. BTW, the rifle is a Marlin XT-22. I now think that this is just normal. The problem, in part, is that my hands have tendon problems, and so this makes everything more difficult and painful. Still, that said, I'm a bit surprised that tube fed rifles aren't praised as a better way to go. I realize that I may be in the minority on this opinion (so spare me the rebuttals, please). But as I imagine this new Marlin XT (7 round capacity) magazine fully broken in, still it seems like it will take me (don't laugh) 30 seconds to load, which is about the same amount of time to load 15 rounds into my tube fed Marlin 60 SB. So, for me, I like (overall) the tube fed better than the clip type magazine. The magazine has one advantage though, and that is it can be kept loaded up and separate from the rifle. Thus, when the ground squirrels mock me atop my wood pile outside, and can pop the clip/mag in and run outside, shoot (and usually miss . With the tube fed I must either quicklly throw a couple of rounds in the tube, or keep it loaded at all times, which is unsafe.
Thanks to all who contributed to this thread.
Brian
Thanks to all who contributed to this thread.
Brian