Technology has improved, you can lock up your guns now
I am very much aware that not all of us live in the safest neighborhoods and some of us have jobs or careers where we are at a higher level of personal safety than others. I have seen on numerous news stories about how children can and do find out where hidden guns are and depending on whether or not the child new it was real or a toy, some children are not developed enough to fear real guns. I have a lot of experience in dealing with new students and young adults and there are reasons we have to start slowly when teaching a novice shooter on how to handle a firearm.
The reality is this, children can get into things and if you think you can hide your guns from a child and not have it locked up, you are taking a risk that in this day and age, isn’t worth taking. I feel comfortable that the young family members that dwell in my home know what real guns are, but when the dumb friend of your kid shows up and starts messing around when the parents aren’t around, Well… GunVault gun safes are easy to bolt down and hide in closets, bedside, floors ect. and if you think a finger keypad is too slow to open, try one of the gun safes that has a biometric print reader. Considering how small these gun safes are, you really should consider ending the liability of not locking up your firearms.
I must admit that I wasn’t into the idea of needing a semi-auto 22LR. The 22lr isn’t an effective defensive round and really mostly a plinking and training round. A bolt action with iron sights is still the best configuration for learning how to shoot. It teaches aiming and trigger control, but i think the Ruger 10/22 is still a fun gun to shoot with. There seems to a lot of big kids that like to shoot the 10/22 and there’s nothing wrong with a kid shooting them. I have a friend that put a heavy barrel on his and it’s a tac driver.
There are several well known secondary rifle and pistol magazines, but Factory magazines are usually the best to obtain. Factory magazines are made by the companies that manufactur the firearms and that’s usually where you’ll get the best magazines. There are exceptions to the rule with rifles. Magpul isn’t making firearms, but they do one heck of a job of making a reliable and durable rifle magazine. Sturm Ruger is the largest firearm manfacturer in the United States. They make more guns and sell more guns than anybody else.