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Does anyone make rotary magazine handguns, rifles, or shotguns other than the Ruger 10-22?

• posted by: warren on 2012-04-09
• tagged: magazine, rotary-magazine
• score: 2

The Ruger 10-22 has a rotary magazine.

Do any handguns, rifles, or shotguns have rotary magazines by default, and not as add-on, Thompson-like appendages?

Answer 1212

• posted by: M. Werner on 2012-04-10
• score: 3

The fairly prestigious line of Manlicher-Schönauer rifles featured rotary magazines, as did the Johnson military rifle which was narrowly beaten by the Garand design for the WWII service rifle.

The strange Dardick pistol used an odd magazine-fed revolving action and I’m sure there have been others.

Answer 1213

• posted by: Czechnology on 2012-04-10
• score: 2

Not sure if that’s exactly what you’re looking for but the american Calico SMG and the soviet Bizon SMG have special cylindrical magazines.

Answer 1216

• posted by: mace on 2012-04-11
• score: 1

The Ruger 77 bolt-action rifles also use rotary magazines and are still in production.

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