Nothing against your friend/clerk but most any type salesman(car,sporting goods,ect.) are full of bovine feces!They ride waves and fads to sell the new and improved anything to folks that don't know what they want or need.You want a 22 mag. I bet you can find one,it served you well in the past and a newer one will also!Marlin has them,Henry has them,their out there.I thought about a mag for my son but he's hard on ammo so he's getting the long rifle Henry Golden Boy.