Is this gun legal?

[GaryS1964]

In 1962 I bought a Marlin 22 rifle with a tube magazine. Holds 18 22LR and even more if I use shorter rounds. Is this gun legal in CA? I bought it here and it has never left the state.

Great gun. Rarely jams even when I have mixed different length rounds in the tube which I haven't done in years. I taught my son to shoot with it. Shoots nice tight groups.

[mean72nova]

yes

[Arson]

I coulden't put it in fewer words.

[Turo]

yes it's legal. One of the exemptions to the large capacity magazine law is tube magazines that feed .22 caliber ammunition.

[ke6guj]

12020(c)(25) As used in this section, "large-capacity magazine" means any ammunition feeding device with the capacity to accept more than 10 rounds, but shall not be construed to include any of the following:
(A) A feeding device that has been permanently altered so that it cannot accommodate more than 10 rounds.
(B) A .22 caliber tube ammunition feeding device.
(C) A tubular magazine that is contained in a lever-action firearm.

[bombadillo]

Yup, I own 2 marlin 60's with 17 plus 1 tube mags. They are selling them locally and perfectly legal.

[rgs1975]

5 round limit if used for hunting right?

[ke6guj]

5 round limit if used for hunting right?

nope.

[gatesbox]

I've always wondered if one could manufacture a flexible tube magazine extension with a much higher capacity, perhaps with a pressurized magazine follower.

Not trying to spread FUD but I thought I ended up seeing that there was a defined limit on tube fed, like 14rds or something....

[dangerranger]

the two main reasons I like the mod 60 marlins is the tube mag holds enough rounds that out hunting I rarely have to reload, and theres no box mag poking me while carying it. Ive had at least one since 1975. DR

[Quiet]

Not trying to spread FUD but I thought I ended up seeing that there was a defined limit on tube fed, like 14rds or something....

Nope.
CA state law exempts fixed .22 calibered tubular magazines from the large capacity magazine laws. [PC 12020(c)(25)(B)]

[der_saeufer]

Not trying to spread FUD but I thought I ended up seeing that there was a defined limit on tube fed, like 14rds or something....

Not in California. Another state--I think it was New Jersey--didn't exempt rimfire tube mags from their 15-round limit, which is why current Marlin 60s have a shorter barrel and smaller magazine (14 rounds) than those made in the 1980s and before (18 rounds); for a bit they had the long barrel and short mag tube. I don't remember how many shorts fit in my "18 round" tube, but it's a LOT.

[77bawls]

I wish they still made the 18 round one.