Ruger BX-25 10/22 25 round magazines

[rfbnielsen]

Can someone help please? I have 2 brand new Ruger BX-25, 25 round magazines that will not feed at all no matter what I try. I worked them for 1 hour at the Piru Shooting range with no luck. It's not the gun because I have 2 Butlercreek 25 round magazines that feed everytime. Does any one have some advice to what can be done?

[kcjr1125]

welcome to calguns! i am having the same issue with my bx25's. it usually happens a couple rounds in then will stop feeding.

[GunDog]

Curious as to how you two gentlemen are justifying the use of your BX-25 mags here in Kalifornia. Have you modified them to hold only 10 rounds?

[LMTluvr]

Curious as to how you two gentlemen are justifying the use of your BX-25 mags here in Kalifornia. Have you modified them to hold only 10 rounds?

This. As if we don't have enough legal hurdles to jump through already, we dont need any more bad publicity even if it us simpky someone getting arrested for importing a high capacity magazine.There's no way they're "re-build kits" because those magazines didn't exist then.
You CAN'T use those here! Being I have some in Nevada and have dissasembled them I'd sure love to hear how modifying them to 10 rounds would even be possible judging by the design.

[Dannicus]

This. As if we don't have enough legal hurdles to jump through already, we dont need any more bad publicity even if it us simpky someone getting arrested for importing a high capacity magazine.There's no way they're "re-build kits" because those magazines didn't exist then.
You CAN'T use those here! Being I have some in Nevada and have dissasembled them I'd sure love to hear how modifying them to 10 rounds would even be possible judging by the design.

Who knows where he's from.

[GunDog]

OP indicated he was at the Piru range.

[kcjr1125]

i have a vacation home in AZ where ive used mine. Another thing is they could have been used to repair older pre ban mags. as long as you dont end up with more than what you already had (10 round+ pre ban mags) then your ok. here are a few PRE-ban 25 rounders that sometimes need to be repaired.

[kcjr1125]

op also mentioned that he has/had butler creek mags that were 25 rounders. Butler creek was making 25 rounders before the ban. he could have used the BX 25's parts kit to fix his butler creeks. just like alot of people here buy Pmag rebuild kits. guess what? PMAGs were not around until POST BAN! so how is this possible to fix a pre ban pmag that didnt exist? you use the kit the way its inteded to, as parts. so people LEGALLY buy repair kits to fix their already legally owned preban 10+ rounders

[LMTluvr]

op also mentioned that he has/had butler creek mags that were 25 rounders. Butler creek was making 25 rounders before the ban. he could have used the BX 25's parts kit to fix his butler creeks.

You're telling me those parts are compatible?
I really don't care, I'm not Law Enforcement I'm just another calgunner. However I have seen more than once people at the range who think "calling it a rebuild kit" is the catch all, clear all phrase. The BX-25 didn't exist before the ban and owning myself butler creek mags and BX-25's I've yet to see any parts that were compatible.
I just don't want anyone to get in trouble for a law we all know is less than logical.

[GunDog]

i have a vacation home in AZ where ive used mine. Another thing is they could have been used to repair older pre ban mags. as long as you dont end up with more than what you already had (10 round+ pre ban mags) then your ok. here are a few PRE-ban 25 rounders that sometimes need to be repaired.

I understand where you are going with your statement with regard to rebuild kits for previously owned (prior to 2000) hi-cap mags but to the best of my knowledge, parts for the Ruger BX-25 mags are not compatible with parts for other aftermarket hi-cap mags and thus could not be used as re-build kits. I don't know......could be that I'm reading too much into it.

[LMTluvr]

op also mentioned that he has/had butler creek mags that were 25 rounders. Butler creek was making 25 rounders before the ban. he could have used the BX 25's parts kit to fix his butler creeks. just like alot of people here buy Pmag rebuild kits. guess what? PMAGs were not around until POST BAN! so how is this possible to fix a pre ban pmag that didnt exist? you use the kit the way its inteded to, as parts. so people LEGALLY buy repair kits to fix their already legally owned preban 10+ rounders

After re-reading this.. How do you replace parts on legally owned pre-ban mags with magazines that didn't exist pre ban? Since you mentioned pmag, there's no way. I'm just curious what you meant..

[ke6guj]

After re-reading this.. How do you replace parts on legally owned pre-ban mags with magazines that didn't exist pre ban? Since you mentioned pmag, there's no way. I'm just curious what you meant..

you take your existing pre-ban USGI magazine and take it apart to rebuild it. you swap all the parts except for the spring with new parts, either new USGI parts or Magpul parts, and then put it back together. you have now rebuilt your original magazine. it is still a 30-round AR15 magazine that works in your AR. Externally, it might look newer, but it is still the same legal magazine. Then, if you wish to, you can later swap the spring for a new one, still legal.

[ojisan]

Eatons / Butler Creek / Ramline and others that use the coil / snail spring are perfect candidates for rebuilding with the BX25 body and mag lips.
The snail springs never loose tension, they are rarely the problem with a worn-out mag.
You can reuse the spring, spring pin, spring roller and in some brands, the follower.
So of the six mag parts, only two need to be replaced.
Just be sure you do not end up with more +10 mags than when you started out with.

To answer the OP's question, I would check the follower and its "track" for burrs or debris that may be causing binding.
Also, if these are older guns, be sure the mag catch spring has not lost tension .
The extra weight of the larger mags can cause problems if the catch spring is weak.

Also be sure to use quality ammo when testing, I prefer CCI Mini-Mags myself.

[kcjr1125]

After re-reading this.. How do you replace parts on legally owned pre-ban mags with magazines that didn't exist pre ban? Since you mentioned pmag, there's no way. I'm just curious what you meant..

read:

http://www.hoffmang.com/firearms/DOJ-large-cap-magazines-2005-11-10.pdf

http://wiki.calgunsfoundation.org/Large-capacity_magazine_restrictions

[kel-tec-innovations]

you take your existing pre-ban USGI magazine and take it apart to rebuild it. you swap all the parts except for the spring with new parts, either new USGI parts or Magpul parts, and then put it back together. you have now rebuilt your original magazine. it is still a 30-round AR15 magazine that works in your AR. Externally, it might look newer, but it is still the same legal magazine. Then, if you wish to, you can later swap the spring for a new one, still legal.

As long as you don't have more standard(NOT A HIGH CAP, stop calling them high capacity that anti-guns created, they are standard cap) capacity magazine than you started with.

The BX ruger 10/22 magazine they seem to have hickups. Try taking it apart lube up the friction point and make sure the follower is giving the proper tilt to the .22lr at the feed lip