AR Magazines.. How many is enough?

[Devildawg2531]

Regardless of quantity, do yourself a favor and don't store all of them in one location. The head of our 3gun organization lost literally everything he had a few years back to a fire...

I keep most of mine in ammo cans in a fireproof safe and have 7 in my closet loaded. But all of mine are in my house as I don't really have another good place to store them. Do you keep some off site? I mean I could seal and bury some in my yard or something really extreme but haven't.

[markm]

Am I on AR15.c0m???

[Esq.]

I currently have 12 Magpul gen 3 and 15 aluminum good mags. And 4 of the Magpul 40 rounders just because (they haven't been opened). About 20 of the mags are new never used and stay in my safe in ammo cans. I have 3 AR's that cover everything that I need from these and 1 for each of my 3 children eventually.

Biden's very clear on his intention to "re-instate the ban" of mags over 10 rounds. The current polling in swing states isn't looking good but I hope this turns around if Biden is forced to actually campaign and demonstrate his dementia. Anyway my question is how many mags is "enough". They aren't expensive but what's a good # to have for something that is planned to be multi -generational?

Currently sitting at about 30 AR mags and 12 Glock mags.

Go take a Combat Patrol class and then decide. A typical break contact drill will end up with 2 magazines on the ground, maybe 3, spread out over 100 yards of terrain.... and you may never see them again in the real world.

[Devildawg2531]

Am I on AR15.c0m???

Pretty sure you are on m4carbine.net Is discussion of AR mags on a AR DISCUSSION forum not a good thing? You think Might we make the forum better if there are no new topics and it's only a reference source that we search old posts?

[Esq.]

Am I on AR15.c0m???

Meh, we have an entire generation of shooters who have never seen a $100 Glock mag- you might as well try to describe an Elephant to a blind man.... Their whole shooting experience has been "Amazon Prime" to my door in 48 hours..... They are getting a taste of reality.

[Devildawg2531]

Go take a Combat Patrol class and then decide. A typical break contact drill will end up with 2 magazines on the ground, maybe 3, spread out over 100 yards of terrain.... and you may never see them again in the real world.

yeah did a lot of patrolling in USMC. normal loadout when I was in was 6 + 1. Not sure if that's changed with the GWOT

[Esq.]

yeah did a lot of patrolling in USMC. normal loadout when I was in was 6 + 1. Not sure if that's changed with the GWOT

I had a friend who was in "private security" during Katrina and he was posted to a large and very nice hotel. He showed up with 3 magazines for his Sig 226- they were not allowed long guns....He got into a shooting incident, many rounds were exchanged- NOBODY was hit, lol....When it was over he had the magazine in his pistol. When he went to look for the two he had ejected...yea, they were covered by 6-10" of nasty water, diesel fuel, snakes, fish and various industrial chemicals and human waste...gone forever...

[opngrnd]

I keep most of mine in ammo cans in a fireproof safe and have 7 in my closet loaded. But all of mine are in my house as I don't really have another good place to store them. Do you keep some off site? I mean I could seal and bury some in my yard or something really extreme but haven't.

For some people, it is as simple as in a garage, a relative's or friends house, etc. I suppose you could go as far a storage unit, locker at work, etc.

[Esq.]

For some people, it is as simple as in a garage, a relative's or friends house, etc. I suppose you could go as far a storage unit, locker at work, etc.

Too, they really don't take up a lot of space. An entire case of P Mags- 100 of them, is only about a 2'x3' cube. Easy to stash in the back of a closet etc....

[PracticalRifleman]

How many magazines do you wear out a year? How many do you damage a year?

Have you had success rebuilding magazines?

How many more years do you intend to be shooting ARs?

Personally, I keep about 12 “just in case” magazines and 10 or so for training. I have a big bin of others that I’ve owned for a long time that I haven’t tapped into. As I’ve had them wear or break, I have replaced them with new production.

I also have a stock of 20s for prone shooting.


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