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Posted: 4/27/2017 9:29:13 PM EDT
| Hey guys. Looking for tips on keeping my 556 and 300 blackout mags separate. What little tricks do you guys do. Not too worried about loading the wrong mag at the range bc I always check my mags but if the world decided to come to an end in the middle of the night other than feeling the billet size with my nail, if it was dark it would be hard to tell a difference. Was honking about putting some of my hockey tape around the blackout mags. Anyone have better ideas |
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Hey guys. Looking for tips on keeping my 556 and 300 blackout mags separate. What little tricks do you guys do. Not too worried about loading the wrong mag at the range bc I always check my mags but if the world decided to come to an end in the middle of the night other than feeling the billet size with my nail, if it was dark it would be hard to tell a difference. Was honking about putting some of my hockey tape around the blackout mags. Anyone have better ideas I don't have a 300 blackout and I used colored duct tape to identify my bullet weights. I have 1/9" and 1/7" twists. I use red for 77gr, yellow for XM193, Lime green for 62gr LAP, Blue for 64gr Speer, and Orange for Speer 75gr. |
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Paint a ring of this on the 300 mags.. it's more permanent. https://plastidip.com |
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Grip tape on 300blk and nothing on 5.56 mags |
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Was honking about... You may be aware of it, but if not, Magpul is coming out with a dedicated 300 BLK mag soon: Magpul PMAG M3 300 BLK |
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All my 5.56 mags are from the same mfg. and in basic black.
My .300blk mags are either 'oddball' 5.56 mags or Lancers (translucent FDE) or D&H .300 mags. All the black .300 mags are painted tan and marked '.300bo'. When I painted my D&H mags I masked the '.300' logo with a sticky target dot. I paint all my 'variant' AR mags with color, tan for .300, red for 5.45x39, green for 7.62x39. Easiest way for me to identify them when fishing for one out of my range bag. And I still give the top rounds a quick glance before loading...just in case. And I store my caliber specific mags separately as well. This may be obvious, but I don't paint the part of the mag that seats in the magwell, just what shows. Tons of tips in the refinishing section on how to get crazy with a rattlecan finish, all my rough surplus AK mags sport a different paint scheme now. Just call me 'Michelange-low-and-to-the-left'... |
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You could try our mags with our colored RRS parts. Run different colors for different loads. High vis colors are the fastest and easiest way for your brain to identify something. 77 |
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Hey guys. Looking for tips on keeping my 556 and 300 blackout mags separate. What little tricks do you guys do. Not too worried about loading the wrong mag at the range bc I always check my mags but if the world decided to come to an end in the middle of the night other than feeling the billet size with my nail, if it was dark it would be hard to tell a difference. Was honking about putting some of my hockey tape around the blackout mags. Anyone have better ideas I take one of the silver sharpies for my Blackout, 6.8, and 277. Cheap and you can write where it is hidden if you want. |
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