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Posted: 7/28/2006 3:19:31 PM EDT
| I am planning on getting an LRB tanker and i just want to get all my mags before 2007 or a good quantity for insurance and as a good start. But for my AR i have over 100 mags if i did the same stock pile with the M14 that would cost signifcantly more than it did for the AR. How many mags do you guys have ?? and how many do you consider to be the number per rifle. Rulke of thumb for my AR's is twenty per rifle. Please let me know as i am currently budgeting my net project out on top of an engagement ring as well. |
That's what I have for AR's and AK's. Working on FAL's and G3's (even though I don't have a G3).
| I think 5-10 per rifle is plenty IMHO. If you are hunkered down in your on home Waco style I could see where 100+ loaded mags would be of benefit,but if you are humping it in a SHTF situation 10 loaded rifle mags a pistol with a couple of loaded mags may soon feel like more than enough. |
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M-14 mags are more durable than AR mags. I m of the one is none, two is one and three is better philosophy. My basic load for my MK 14 clone is 7 mags. Right now I have 14 GI mags and will be happy when I get to 21. Untill I get the back up rifle and every thing doubles (I do not have enough $$ for the 3 is better in rifles). |
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Buying QUALITY mags over numbers, especially in the M14 rifle is what you should work on first. 20 worthless cheapass expensive knockoffs that don't work properly is what you will end up with if you are not careful with all the fakes around right now. Buy 6 real deal USGI mags to begin with, doing your homework first, then go from there if you would like. Make sure you can spot the knock offs and the packaging they are using, I saw fakes at the last show for $60 bucks while I was buying real deal mags for $30, besides being half the price, they actually will work. Buy as many as you want, you will be able to sell them in the future at the same price or more. People are ALWAYS looking for good USGI M14 mags at a fair price. |
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I have 48 mags for my 1911s that I keep loaded and stashed in a 30 cal ammo can. The reason for this is simple. When I get an opportunity to go to the range, I spend my time shooting instead of loading a couple of mags repeatedly. So, with the above example, it would be prudent to aquire at least enough mags for your M1A so that you can shoot when you get to the range instead of reloading the same couple of mags. If you shoot 200 rds at a time when you go to the range, then you need at least 10 mags. You need a few more as reserves in the event that a mag or two go belly up. |
Amen. All the magazines I currently have are either USGI (for the AR), factory (for almost everything else), non-factory, but functional (tested by me without issues), or iron-plated by design (the AK's). I made the mistake once of buying cheap mags for a Mini-14 and Mini-30 I used to have. BAD decision!  I'd rather have 5 that worked than 20 that didn't. |
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I think 3 battle rig packings per rifle in enough. My pack out for a .308 is 9 20's total. 6 in the vest, 1 in the rifle and two in the ruck. That means 3 sets of 9, 27 mags totals. One set ready to go loaded up in case of trouble, 1 set as backup and spare mags, and 1 set as your regular training and range mags. That will keep the other two as fresh as possible for future need, just break them in a little and make sure there a 100% reliable first. |
Military basic load is 7 I can't see myself having more than 10 per weapon type Most weapons I have 3-5.... |
| I only asked about the clips because I've talked extensively with my Uncle who served with an M14 in Veitnam. He said that there was almost no mag swapping and that you got pretty used to bloodying your thumb in the heat of battle jamming those clips down the hole.. |
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