It uses a tube magazine.
My, inherited from my maternal grandfather, Remington 341A Sportsmaster bolt-action also feeds from a tube.
Something else these two guns have in common is their chambering, .22 Short, .22 Long and .22 Long-Rifle.
It's kind of neat how they can take rounds which are three different lengths and still be magazine fed.
I should have been more familiar with the concept because I also own pump shotguns. They feed from tube magazines as well, and have no problems with different length shells. Well, within limits.
The Remington 870 won't cycle the cute little 1-3/4" mini-shells. The much older Winchester Model 12 Heavy Duck feeds them fine. I've never had a 2-1/2" shell to test with, but both handle the common as dirt 2-3/4" and 3" rounds.
Marv's KSG cheerfully eats 1-3/4", 2-3/4" and 3" rounds as well.
What I don't think I've ever seen is a box magazine .22 which can handle the shorter versions of .22 LR. It doesn't seem like it would be impossible, especially for a bolt action, but was it done?
What's also apparent is .22 Short and .22 Long stopped being popular enough for gun makers to bother with as .22 Long-Rifle supplanted them and reigned supreme.
The Mossberg 44US model has a pin that screws into the base plate and effectively shortens the magazine to work with 22 shorts. I have the magazine, and I have the pin, but only recently have gotten a couple boxes of shorts, so have not tried it out for function yet.
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