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Posted: 1/27/2004 2:01:39 PM EDT
| How many AR-15 mags are enough? Like to poll this just to see various opinions. |
| I have 13 - 30 rounders and 3 - 10 rounders for my 3 AR15s (no 20's). I also have 2 - 20's, 2 - 10's, and 2 - 5's for my AR10T. Personally, I think I have enough, but I seem to keep buying them when I come across deals I can't pass up. I guess it never hurts to have too many. Of course I do plan to buy more ARs in the near future too. [:D] |
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I think I have about 15 20's , 15 30s and a ten. I think 10 of each would be more than enough. I think we only hoard so many because of the ban. One of my primary carry pistols has a 6 round magazine. I went for two years with just the two magazines it came with before I finally broke down and bought a third. |
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Wow... some of you guys are hard core. I've got three 30 rounder's per rifle (2) for a total of six and a ten rounder for each. I use the 10 round mags for varmint hunting, which is the primary use for my M4 AR. If I miss on the first shot I don't usually get a second anyway. With the 30 round mags I can envision some scenarios where I might need them for home defense, but I'm thinking I must have seriously eff'ed up in my planning if I need more than 30 shots to defend myself. I can't think of a real self defense scenario where I would need more than that. Fact is, I keep a Winchester Model 1300 Defender handy for home defense. The only reason I have more is for convenience when I'm shooting. I can load up several mags at once. Question for you folks who keep lots'a mags around. What scenarios do you envision where you might need that many? Just curious. If it's a good answer maybe I'll buy some more mags. |
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2 AR's, 1 M16(on the way) and about 120 30 rounders. Not enough of any of them. I don't really have a plan to use all those mags, I just like having them. If the SHTF, I could probably have all available ammo loaded in mags instead of on clips, and I would easily be able to supply a lot of guys with magazines. |
| I have 4 ARs and go by 15 mags per rifle as I use saw pouches to hold mags so basic loads are 14 in 2 pouches and 1 in the rifle.The 3 ARs are hand outs for family and for me I have 23 2 saw pouches and an 8 mag chest pouch and 1 in the rifle so my basic load is 23 mags.So I have 75 on hand 25 brit steel and 50 US GI. |
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I have 5 mags- 4 USGI and 1 Thermold. I might get one more 30 rounder so I can have 6 mags and maybe clip them together with a mag coupler- 3 couplers. But really I am waiting to see if the mag ban sunsets. Then I might buy a couple of new 20 rounders. I am not a mag whore. YMMV. CRC |
| I have 5 30's from ammoman.com, the SA-80's. I have the 10 rd. that came with my bushmaster and also a Colt 8 round that was thrown in with the rifle. And I want alot more 30 rounders so I thini I am going to buy some more of the SA-80's from ammoman.com because they have worked great so far. |
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If your stocking for SHTF you have to remember you will not be getting re-supplied so you have what you have and thats it. I plan on living longer than 7-10 mags and I dont want to run out of ammo or have to stop in them middle of a fight to reload magazines. I plan on poping and droping at least 100 mags before I go down because im rambo LOL. |
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Quoted: Got only one mag thats not USGI, a 10rd bushy for hunting. How many can you fit in two footlockers? if they are the standard gi footlockers i think the last time i counted we could a lil more than 300 mags in one ive probably got around 100 mags sitting around at home ( that are mine) and ive got 30 of them sittin on one of my gear shelves with my lbv and molle crap (those are army) |
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Quoted: Well, whats the point of having a few thousand dollor rifle if you dont have enough magazines for it. If you run out of magazines all you have is a over priced paperweight. Spend at least as much on magazines as you did on each of your rifles. And do the same with the ammo... Way way too much is still not enough when it comes to mags and ammo... |
| There must be a semi-scientific way of determining what a reasonable amount of mags per rifle is.These numbers are pure speculation but ,if a 30 rd GI mag is good for 60 load-unload cycles that would be 1800 rds.Now if a AR-15 is good for 50,000 rds.That would be 50,000 divided by 1800 for a mag count of about 18 30rd. mags per rifle. |
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Quoted: There must be a semi-scientific way of determining what a reasonable amount of mags per rifle is.These numbers are pure speculation but ,if a 30 rd GI mag is good for 60 load-unload cycles that would be 1800 rds.Now if a AR-15 is good for 50,000 rds.That would be 50,000 divided by 1800 for a mag count of about 18 30rd. mags per rifle. I have been using the same 8-10 mags for over 25 years with no problem. |
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