AR Magazines.. How many is enough?

**Pachucko** · 08-11-20, 22:01

Originally Posted by Bushytale

You can have enough, but you can never have too many!!!!!

I “came of age” during the AWB and agree with this!

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**grizzlyblake** · 08-11-20, 22:36

You need to have enough serious ammo too. I keep 40 USGI mags for my two ARs and enough Speer JSPs to load them all twice. All my XM193 is nice but really just practice ammo.

And you need a way to carry extra mags for fighting. I like the Blue Force Gear Ten Speed chest rigs.

**Esq.** · 08-12-20, 08:00

Originally Posted by grizzlyblake

You need to have enough serious ammo too. I keep 40 USGI mags for my two ARs and enough Speer JSPs to load them all twice. All my XM193 is nice but really just practice ammo.

And you need a way to carry extra mags for fighting. I like the Blue Force Gear Ten Speed chest rigs.

Yea, I don't stock alot of premium ammo other than IMI MK262 but I have pallets of M193. I keep 3 Fat .50 Cans full of loaded mags for "Oh Shit"....28 mags to a can MK262. I rotate those out about every ten years. I'm actually due for a rotation next year I want to say. Not likely I will be able to replace the ammo with new but I have some purchased earlier this year that will have to do.

I have a love hate relationship with chest rigs. The micro rigs like a Haley or a Hill People I love, otherwise they are too damn hot here. I prefer belt rigs for the most part, unless armor is a consideration....

**tacticaldesire** · 08-12-20, 11:07

It really depends on how far you want to mentally masturbate the what-ifs.

What are you trying to do and plan for? Home Invasion? Magazine Ban? Riots? Patrolling post-apocalyptic suburbs? I find most of the people who ask the question have never actually worn out a magazine.

Enough to practice with and enough to keep a few loaded with Self-Defense ammo is a good place to start. Then put a few back to replace the training ones that you will wear out/break. I've had a few PMAGS crack down the spine and it's nice to be able to chuck the thing and replace it.

There's no magic number. And current realities and what is deemed reasonable are unlikely to be the same a few years from now.

**mrbieler** · 08-12-20, 12:18