I have not but this past weekend I was at Dicks Sporting Goods (Worst Dicks in America here in Columbia,SC) and after being told by the lil snottynosed punk golfer kid at the counter that "HE" did not have any loose magazines for Savage or any other rifle....I smiled and asked if he minded if I looked around. I found several rows of aftermarket loose mags and a bunch of factory mags on placards. They had one SAVAGE factory model 93 mag (for .17 or .22 mag). It was $25 but my wife has been raising Cain about using the ccards after finally getting it paid off so I sprang for the costly CASH mag instead of calling the factory like I did for the three mags I recently got for my model 64. I noticed as I was going through the mags that a MARLIN 8 SHOT mag for a .22 magnum rifle was almost exactly the same. It was $12.95 and had 3 more rounds. I paid for both and kept my receipt and went straight home. The Marlin mag was a lil more of a rectangle and would not clear the plate on the stock. I just tonight noticed on a BOYDS Stocks ad that Savage also makes a little plate that is a rectangle to fit over the opening in the stock. If you get a chance check this Marlin mag out at Dicks or a store that carries them . It is built a lot better than the Savage mag and may be worth swapping this little plate on the stock out to convert to a better mag that holds more rounds.I would not do it on a new rifle though. I would not want to void the warranty. The lil model 93 ( just bought is a dog that is a fixer upper. After cleaning the rust and peanut butter and jelly off of it I noticed a lil thin crack in the sythetic stock. It shot great until I took it apart to clean it now it is giving me a fit to get back together. The trigger and action works fine off the rifle,but when I screw it back on the bolt falls out and the trigger locks up. I am going to get a new stock and trigger for it through the factory or aftermarket one. It is the first time I had fired a .17 cal. It makes my new model 64 look kinda wimpy,but I still like the cheap .22 long rifle rounds...Dave
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