Personally, I simply lost interest.  

Pro Mags have been so bad for me and mine... that I just don't understand how they remain in business.

As for how to stop buying mags...

How many of the posters have lived through a "Mag Ban" like Clintons or O'Bummers  ?

I am asking, only because the f'ing horrible feeling of not being able to purchase mags is still in my mind.  I would keep thinking I will NEVER be able to buy more.

And even if you could "find" some online... they were 3-4 times the prices you paid last time, and you really didn't know if your order would actually come true.

I remember cheap quality AR15 Aluminum 30rd mags being sold by CTD for $150 / 30rd mag. .. And people were buying them. Then Came O'Bummer... and round 2 happened...

So , it is hard not to buy some more spares of High Quality mags when they are on sale @ 12 bucks / 30rd mag.. at least for me.

Remember how people that lived through the Great Depression would hoard odd stuff ? Welp... the magazine bans did that to me.

Just gonna keep buying them as I see fit.  If I never use them all... someone will benefit from them when I am gone.

@Jonny1904

"I'd rather use the money for things that matter more like ammo, training, better kit, better parts."

"Primers.  We should have stocked primers, not mags.  "

Lol... who is to say some of us didn't ? ( No Offense intended to anyone )


And proper storage matters. ( And You all might be surprised what some fledgling gun owners think about ammo shelf life. )


FWIW, the various bans started with mags, then progressed to concerns about AR's ( and other semi auto's, handguns included ) , then AR parts, then ammo ( 22LR was one of the last to be hard to find ) , then reloading supplies dried up.

Even the current conditions, for 22LR ( seems to be slowly coming back, but at double the price ) it is finally reasonably available.  And that took how long ? Primers are still expensive... if you can find them.

So if you over stocked on Primers, when they were cheap... you have some now, at a very low price.

I knew a bunch of friends that bought any Semi auto handgun / rifle just in case the Gov. banned them... during the early ban days through the Clinton election and this election.  Kind of amazed me in weird ways.

What brand do you want ? .... "doesn't matter just some thing cheap" was the common response.. one guy passed on my suggest of a Glock, because the Ruger SR40 next to it was a hundred bucks cheaper. I mentioned that in the long run a Glock would be better ( parts availability, mag prices.. etc. ) , but that didn't matter to him.  A few years later he commented he couldn't find spare mags for his SR40. We found some... but I did mention the Glock rational again.
Another guy questioned why he would need a spare AR15 magazine... he said why would he need that ? ... ummmm ... Lol



It is quite unlikely I could carry every thing I have, however.. in the event of a break down of society ( regardless how likely that is ) my friends could be certain they have a friend with spares.  

Those same friends have put the children through college, but missed out on the previous years low cost ammo , etc.

So yeah... a lot of the stuff is for the "Clan". ... if needed.



The resale factor is also a real thing.  I am not suggesting price gouging , but is does happen on its own.

I knew an acquaintance, that kept buying ComBloc ammo by the cases when it was $100 / 1K case of 7.62x39 ( various other ComBloc calibers as well, but you get the meaning ... it was dirt cheap )
He garage was lined around the walls with it... needless to say, his wife was ready to divorce him and told him NO MORE !!  ( I don't blame her )

Welp... the "value / price" of the various calibers tripled and almost quadrupled within a few years ( 5-7yrs ? ) ... he sold it all.

He paid off his mortgage in full. .. With cash to spare.
His wife was stupefied ... he told her he knew, sooner or later the value of it would double.. he just didn't expect it to triple.


I am certainly not suggesting everyone buy a Ga-Zillion of anything.

And frankly people should seriously look at what they have vs. what they "think" they need... and by all means think twice about any "great deals", and again if you really need it.


Basically, to each their own. Do as any of you see fit.

FWIW... my buying has tamed down. So I may have hit my "limit" ( maybe , Lol )  ... but I sure feel good , knowing the high quality spares are at my finger tips, and were bought cheaply.

Should  ( when ) another gun / mag / ammo ban thing comes around... this time , I can sit back and just watch.