Posted: 2/6/2009 6:36:35 AM EDT
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In my limited experience it makes no difference to the mag but if stored full,
1) your previously sealed ammo would deteriorate more quickly and the loose mags more liable to dirt ingress,(but hopefully it wouldn't be in the mags that long to matter) 2) depending on what you shoot, you might be forever having to download some of the rounds with nowhere to put them which can be a pain. just a couple of thoughts...... 
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Been through this recently on Airgun BBS.
Empty.......safer. Advice from BASC is that there is no legal requirement to ensure magazines are not loaded (unless the magazine forms an integral part of a gun like a Remmy 700) but I just think it's bad practice have loaded magazines anywhere other than on land upon which you are about to shoot. Personal preference I suppose. Also, losing a magazine out of your bag is one thing, losing if it's fully loaded one is another thing altogether 
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What are magazines and can you have them without a license or an appropriate safety course? Magazines can be loaded, stuff or nuts, loaded and stuff are magazines. so is nuts. Some people say you have to be nuts to have a loaded magazine, others say that stuff magazine is better. Maxim is also a magazine. If you stuff your maxim magazine full of nuts it won't work and you get crushed nuts. Personally I like playboy magazine......however it is prone to cause your nuts to tighten when loaded and cause an accidental discharge. Ironically, dispite this, you do not need to go on a safety course. 
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If you haven't got a license or done a safety course it is probably advisable to empty your magazines when you get home especially if they have been out in the snow. On a more serious note should you really be out in the snow with a firearm unless you have passed the appropriate safety course and been issued a unique credit card sized license. Have you been below decks sniffing that sealant again...................?
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Quoted: If you haven't got a license or done a safety course it is probably advisable to empty your magazines when you get home especially if they have been out in the snow. On a more serious note should you really be out in the snow with a firearm unless you have passed the appropriate safety course and been issued a unique credit card sized license. It's probably only wise to unload them under the strict supervision of an IROA qualified range officer |
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If you haven't got a license or done a safety course it is probably advisable to empty your magazines when you get home especially if they have been out in the snow. On a more serious note should you really be out in the snow with a firearm unless you have passed the appropriate safety course and been issued a unique credit card sized license. It's probably only wise to unload them under the strict supervision of an IROA qualified range officer You left the range with loaded mags  , and participated in trafficking loaded mags during your drive home, this in itself is enough to disqualify you from ever obtaining a competition licence (whatever they maybe) for life.
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In my limited experience it makes no difference to the mag but if stored full, 1) your previously sealed ammo would deteriorate more quickly and the loose mags more liable to dirt ingress,(but hopefully it wouldn't be in the mags that long to matter) I'm assuming you buy hermetically sealed ammo. Mine is either home loaded or comes in the non-air-tight cardboard boxes. Even if you do buy sealed ammo, once it's been in the mag removing it won't make it any more sealed. |
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If you haven't got a license or done a safety course it is probably advisable to empty your magazines when you get home especially if they have been out in the snow. On a more serious note should you really be out in the snow with a firearm unless you have passed the appropriate safety course and been issued a unique credit card sized license. It's probably only wise to unload them under the strict supervision of an IROA qualified range officer And only while wearing appropriate, UKPSGAY approved non paramilitary style clothing… |
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Yep all good points so far , just ddnt get all my ammo off on the snowy shoot on monday , so some of my mags are still fully loaded and just wanted opinions if i should unload or not. when i started out shooting, initially on farmland i was under the impression that it was illegal to have loaded mags once you had left your shooting ground, i'm sure the MET FEO told me this, i've always unloaded since...................was this bollocks !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. answers please. phil. |
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Yep all good points so far , just ddnt get all my ammo off on the snowy shoot on monday , so some of my mags are still fully loaded and just wanted opinions if i should unload or not. when i started out shooting, initially on farmland i was under the impression that it was illegal to have loaded mags once you had left your shooting ground, i'm sure the MET FEO told me this, i've always unloaded since...................was this bollocks !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. answers please. phil. From a legal standpoint I believe it to be bollocks, however I have not found any relevant case law to confirm either way. Most licencing authorities consider unloaded mags 'best practice'. 
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Yep all good points so far , just ddnt get all my ammo off on the snowy shoot on monday , so some of my mags are still fully loaded and just wanted opinions if i should unload or not. when i started out shooting, initially on farmland i was under the impression that it was illegal to have loaded mags once you had left your shooting ground, i'm sure the MET FEO told me this, i've always unloaded since...................was this bollocks !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. answers please. phil. From a legal standpoint I believe it to be bollocks, however I have not found any relevant case law to confirm either way. Most licencing authorities consider unloaded mags 'best practice'.
cheers icky....
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