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    Team Guns Network Silver 04/2013 alismith's Avatar

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    Minimum Number of Mags?

    What do you consider to be the minimum number of mags to keep on hand for each firearm that uses mags?

    I'm talking about the minimum number that you feel will serve your needs, whatever they are. I have a chance to buy a nice Russian bolt action .22 rifle, but it only has one mag. I told the dealer if he can latch on to 3-4 more mags, then I'd be interested.

    I guess my minimum number of mags would be about 4. My ideal number would be about 10. However, I'm still buying whatever mags I can get regardless of how many I already have, but there are some guns I'm not overly concerned about, so I don't have as many mags for those. For example, my Enfields; since they are designed to be loaded either with extra mags or stripper clips, I don't feel the need is as great for them as for guns that only load using mags.

    What do you feel would be your minimum "peace of mind" number of mags for your guns?

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    I like ten.

    But for my glocks, I have close to 20 or so...I just grab one whenever I go to a gunstore.

    Never have to many.

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    10-50 is good lol

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    I shoot for at least 6 for any weapon... Toys have less.

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    Depends on the firearm.

    I keep twice as many AR mags as I do Ak mags. The life of an AK mag is much longer.

    I also keep twice as many rifle mags as I do handgun mags.

    My minimum is 20 per rifle and 10 per handgun. I lived through the first mag capacity ban, I'll never get caught like that again.

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    Rifles/carbines

    AK/AR/UZI 12+ 1 in weapon

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    10 is plenty IMO

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    Handguns-6 mags

    Rifles-10 mags
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    pistol: 5-7 minimum

    rifle: 7-15 minimum



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    Pistol-3-5 each
    Rifle-5-10 each
    Revolvers and tube feed rifles are good to have just in case some stupid law bans mags.
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    I like to have at least 4 magazines per pistol, but I'm shooting for 10.

    I like to have at least 12 magazines per rifle.

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    The more the better! cant have too many. Just make sure you have enough ammo to fill them!

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    Was Deamon the one with footlockers full of mags? Those photos were awesome, whoever it was.
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    5 per pistol

    10ish per rifle

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    One reason why i just have a couple calibers for pistol. It is easier to stock mags . 10 mags for each minimum.
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    Sometimes Less is More

    Yup. 4-10 sounds about right. Anything more is overkill.

    For "carry" or "combat load" purposes I think 3-4 spares for a 7.62 AK is plenty (and plenty heavy). I used to brag that I could tote 9 or 10 in a BH chest rig. My back doesn't allow that anymore. 6 is plenty for my M1A, especially w/ stripper clips to top-off.

    7 was a basic combat load for and M16/M4 last I cared, but 4 is fine for civvy use.

    Pistols? If you can't shoot your way to your rifle with a spare or two, you probably weren't going to make it anyway.

    Always nice to have spares for loss/damage, but I used to get WAY carried away.

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    Wink

    I've always liked/admired the philosophy, that whatever you purchase said small arm for, you should spend another 50% in mags alone.


    That being said, I am more of a collector than a shooter, so that just isn't feasible.





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    I have 2 mags for my Glock 22 and 10 mags total for both of my AR-15's.

    I've never really understood why some people have 50 mags per gun.

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    Quote Originally Posted by btcave View Post
    Was Deamon the one with footlockers full of mags? Those photos were awesome, whoever it was.
    I think it was DD..

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