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Posted: 11/2/2009 6:37:03 AM EDT
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Because even numbers are easier to add.
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Posted: 11/2/2009 6:37:38 AM EDT
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Quoted: Because even numbers are easier to add. Ok, how about 28 rounds? |
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Posted: 11/2/2009 6:38:34 AM EDT
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AUG has 42. AUG has 42 just for the light support HBAR version. IIRC it's the largest mag they could get and still have a guy go prone. It's ridiculously long otherwise though. |
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Posted: 11/2/2009 6:38:54 AM EDT
[#4]
30 is better. It is more.
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Posted: 11/2/2009 6:39:27 AM EDT
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When you're loading them, just grab 2 or 3 stripper clips per mag. It's easier that way.
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Posted: 11/2/2009 6:39:44 AM EDT
[#6]
Stripper clips only carry 10 or 15 :)
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Posted: 11/2/2009 6:40:11 AM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Because even numbers are easier to add. Ok, how about 28 rounds? Because seeing you have 5 full magazines left and trying to multiply 5x28 is too difficult for a marine.  |
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Posted: 11/2/2009 6:40:49 AM EDT
[#8]
Because Jesus said so.
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Posted: 11/2/2009 6:40:59 AM EDT
[#9]
No reason not to make it a nice round number.
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Posted: 11/2/2009 6:41:31 AM EDT
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Quoted: Stripper clips only carry 10 or 15 :) |
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Posted: 11/2/2009 6:43:36 AM EDT
[#11]
My gripe is why doesnt ammo come in 30rd boxes instead of 20.
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Posted: 11/2/2009 6:44:00 AM EDT
[#12]
because 87 is too many
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Posted: 11/2/2009 6:44:47 AM EDT
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My gripe is why doesnt ammo come in 30rd boxes instead of 20. for real. 9mm should come in 17 round boxes |
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Posted: 11/2/2009 6:44:58 AM EDT
[#14]
No joke! That makes no sense to me!
Quoted: My gripe is why doesnt ammo come in 30rd boxes instead of 20. |
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Posted: 11/2/2009 6:45:43 AM EDT
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Because someone, possibly after Vietnam, was having a beer with another vet and they recalled what happened to their other friend Reggie. Reggie had a 20 rd. magazine in his M-16 (actually loaded with 18) and came across a vietcong on the trail. The VC had a chinese made AK47, with a 30 rd. magazine. Both saw each other at the same time and in less time than it takes to tell it, they unloaded on each other. Being it was at night and both were scared shitless, the rounds were going all over the place, into the dirt, over their head, through their web gear and canteens. The thing that made the difference was that Reggie came to a locked back empty mag alot sooner. The VC was able to keep firing, almost twice as long, and finally, sadly, a round found Reggie.
We now have 30 round magazines, sir. |
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Posted: 11/2/2009 6:46:32 AM EDT
[#16]
The more the better!
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Posted: 11/2/2009 6:50:21 AM EDT
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Most mag fed rifles are developed to compete for some type of military or service contract. The number of rounds a rifle can accomodate is usually a function of the weight limits and ballistic requirements set forth by the contract issuer. Beyond that the goal is just to cram in the most bang for the buck within the design specifications.
And yah... round numbers are easier to add. |
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Posted: 11/2/2009 6:51:31 AM EDT
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My gripe is why doesnt ammo come in 30rd boxes instead of 20. I bought some South African milsurp a while back that came in 30-round boxes. Was very nice. |
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Posted: 11/2/2009 6:52:46 AM EDT
[#19]
Because its MOAR!!!
Don't really know OP. It probably has to do with what the intended purpose of the weapon is. You don't see mini-guns with a magazine capacity of 10 rounds. ETA: If you go by 10s, it is easier to do a total round count in the field under high stress. |
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Posted: 11/2/2009 6:53:32 AM EDT
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Because even numbers are easier to add. Ok, how about 28 rounds? because 30 is a nice round number. 28 is not a nice round number. quick you have 6, 28 round mags. how many rounds do you have. if i have 6, 30 round mags, i know i have 180 rounds. |
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Posted: 11/2/2009 6:53:53 AM EDT
[#21]
In Vietnam, our troops wanted 30rd magazines for the M16 since the AK had a 30rd mag.
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Posted: 11/2/2009 6:54:02 AM EDT
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Because even numbers are easier to add. Ok, how about 28 rounds? You do realize that 28 is also an even number, right? TRG |
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Posted: 11/2/2009 6:54:12 AM EDT
[#23]
Our amps go up to 11
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Posted: 11/2/2009 6:55:09 AM EDT
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My gripe is why doesnt ammo come in 30rd boxes instead of 20. No kidding, fucking GUATEMALA figured this out and yet we are still stuck in the 20rd box routine... 
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Posted: 11/2/2009 6:56:03 AM EDT
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Quoted: My gripe is why doesnt ammo come in 30rd boxes instead of 20. I believe some LC stuff comes in 30 round boxes and they are on stripper clips I agree though. 30 rounds and stay at the same price... Or even better... A lower price!!  |
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Posted: 11/2/2009 6:56:32 AM EDT
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My gripe is why doesnt ammo come in 30rd boxes instead of 20. Many tyoes of 5.56 used to. I haven't seen it for sale in a while. Who am I kidding, I haven't seen any 5.56 for sale in a while. |
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Posted: 11/2/2009 6:57:05 AM EDT
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Our amps go up to 11 Why don't you just make 10 louder and make 10 be the top number, and make THAT a little louder? |
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Posted: 11/2/2009 6:57:32 AM EDT
[#28]
Quoted: My gripe is why doesnt ammo come in 30rd boxes instead of 20. IIRC, LCAAP is packing M855 3 stripper clips per box, 4 boxes per bandoleer. |
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Posted: 11/2/2009 6:57:39 AM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Our amps go up to 11 Why don't you just make 10 louder and make 10 be the top number, and make THAT a little louder? ... ... But these go to 11...  |
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Posted: 11/2/2009 7:02:09 AM EDT
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No joke! That makes no sense to me! Quoted:
My gripe is why doesnt ammo come in 30rd boxes instead of 20. try dividing 30 into 1,000... its about base 10 |
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Posted: 11/2/2009 7:02:32 AM EDT
[#31]
i was thinking all the ammo i've come across is packaged in 10, 15, 20, 30 or 50rd packages. it'd suck to load a 28rd mag and have 2 cartridges flying around loose. as for 32rd uzi mags, thats probably more of an exception than a norm.
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Posted: 11/2/2009 7:02:46 AM EDT
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30 is the smallest sphenic number, and the smallest of the form  where r is a prime greater than 3. 30 has an aliquot sum of 42; the second sphenic number and all sphenic numbers of this form have an aliquot sum 12 greater than themselves. The aliquot sequence of 30 is 16 members long, it comprises (30,42,54,66,90,144,259,45,33,15,9,4,3,1,0)Adding up some subsets of its divisors (e.g., 5, 10 and 15) gives 30, hence 30 is a semiperfect number. 30 is the largest number such that coprimes smaller than itself are also prime.[url=http://www.ar15.com/#cite_note-0][1][/url] A polygon with thirty sides is called a tricontagon. Both an icosahedron and a dodecahedron have 30 edges. 30 is a Harshad number. Since any group G such that |G| = pnm, where p does not divide m, has a subgroup of order pn, and 30 is the only number less than 60 that is not either a prime or of the above form, it is the only candidate for the order of a simple group less than 60 that one needs other methods to reject. |
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Posted: 11/2/2009 7:04:02 AM EDT
[#33]
Jesus Christ this board is painful stupid today.
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Posted: 11/2/2009 7:05:52 AM EDT
[#34]
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My gripe is why doesnt ammo come in 30rd boxes instead of 20. I always figured it was the hot dog vs. bun routine. |
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Posted: 11/2/2009 7:08:08 AM EDT
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Quoted: 30 is the smallest sphenic number, and the smallest of the form http://upload.wikimedia.org/math/4/a/2/4a2e8cbb5a31c33093578d16804f5fb8.png where r is a prime greater than 3. 30 has an aliquot sum of 42; the second sphenic number and all sphenic numbers of this form have an aliquot sum 12 greater than themselves. The aliquot sequence of 30 is 16 members long, it comprises (30,42,54,66,90,144,259,45,33,15,9,4,3,1,0) Adding up some subsets of its divisors (e.g., 5, 10 and 15) gives 30, hence 30 is a semiperfect number. 30 is the largest number such that coprimes smaller than itself are also prime.[url=http://www.ar15.com/#cite_note-0][1][/url] A polygon with thirty sides is called a tricontagon. Both an icosahedron and a dodecahedron have 30 edges. Since any group G such that |G| = pnm, where p does not divide m, has a subgroup of order pn, and 30 is the only number less than 60 that is not either a prime or of the above form, it is the only candidate for the order of a simple group less than 60 that one needs other methods to reject. LOL WUT?  ETA: You win the internet for today... Will anyone second this motion? |
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Posted: 11/2/2009 7:10:10 AM EDT
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30 is the smallest sphenic number, and the smallest of the form http://upload.wikimedia.org/math/4/a/2/4a2e8cbb5a31c33093578d16804f5fb8.png where r is a prime greater than 3. 30 has an aliquot sum of 42; the second sphenic number and all sphenic numbers of this form have an aliquot sum 12 greater than themselves. The aliquot sequence of 30 is 16 members long, it comprises (30,42,54,66,90,144,259,45,33,15,9,4,3,1,0)
Adding up some subsets of its divisors (e.g., 5, 10 and 15) gives 30, hence 30 is a semiperfect number.
30 is the largest number such that coprimes smaller than itself are also prime.[url=http://www.ar15.com/#cite_note-0][1][/url]
A polygon with thirty sides is called a tricontagon. Both an icosahedron and a dodecahedron have 30 edges.
30 is a Harshad number.
Since any group G such that |G| = pnm, where p does not divide m, has a subgroup of order pn, and 30 is the only number less than 60 that is not either a prime or of the above form, it is the only candidate for the order of a simple group less than 60 that one needs other methods to reject.
LMAO best post ever. |
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Posted: 11/2/2009 7:17:09 AM EDT
[#37]
Isn't this a moot question anyway, since it seems to be taboo to actually load magazines to their full capacity? That nice round 30 becomes a 29 or 28 or 27 so it's an exercise in math frustration anyway
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Posted: 11/2/2009 7:19:15 AM EDT
[#38]
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Isn't this a moot question anyway, since it seems to be taboo to actually load magazines to their full capacity? 
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Posted: 11/2/2009 7:19:18 AM EDT
[#39]
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No joke! That makes no sense to me! Quoted:
My gripe is why doesnt ammo come in 30rd boxes instead of 20. Why do hotdogs come in 8 packs, but buns only come in 12 packs? <-me vegetarian |
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Posted: 11/2/2009 7:25:15 AM EDT
[#40]
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My gripe is why doesnt ammo come in 30rd boxes instead of 20. UK Mil-surp (5.56 Radway Green 62gn Ball) comes in 30 boxes |
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Posted: 11/2/2009 7:26:02 AM EDT
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Jesus Christ this board is painful stupid today. Lumpy do you need a hug? |
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Posted: 11/2/2009 7:27:00 AM EDT
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No joke! That makes no sense to me! Quoted:
My gripe is why doesnt ammo come in 30rd boxes instead of 20. Why do hotdogs come in 8 packs, but buns only come in 12 packs? <-me vegetarian To get you buy 3 packs of hot dogs and two packs of buns... its the upsell! |
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Posted: 11/2/2009 7:27:30 AM EDT
[#43]
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My gripe is why doesnt ammo come in 30rd boxes instead of 20. I bought some South African milsurp a while back that came in 30-round boxes. Was very nice. You guys seriously only load one mag??
I figure it like this: 3 boxes = 2 mags. Basically I buy boxes per 2 mags. As for hotdogs, I buy the bun length Ballparks with 8 dogs which matches the bag of 8 buns. |
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Posted: 11/2/2009 7:32:39 AM EDT
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Isn't this a moot question anyway, since it seems to be taboo to actually load magazines to their full capacity? That nice round 30 becomes a 29 or 28 or 27 so it's an exercise in math frustration anyway my mags are always full anything less would be uncivilized. i don't understand why someone would only put 29 rounds in a 30 round mag. it makes no sense if i could squeeze 31 in there i would cause you never know when that extra will count, although i'm certain that will mean something is terribly wrong with that mag. fun fact for the day British infantry Sergeants during the Napoleanic wars were responsible for ensuring that the soldiers in ranks did not intentionally pour out powder from their cartridges during volley fire. They would do this to reduce recoil and save their shoulder some pain. but this also made the Brown Bess rather inneffective |
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Posted: 11/2/2009 7:33:18 AM EDT
[#45]
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Our amps go up to 11 Why don't you just make 10 louder and make 10 be the top number, and make THAT a little louder? I prefer 10+P and for those really obnoxious loud amps it would be 10+P+ |
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Posted: 11/2/2009 7:33:54 AM EDT
[#46]
Quoted: As does LCAAP (domestic) M855. 3 stripper clips per box. We do NOT get real LCAAP M855.Quoted: My gripe is why doesnt ammo come in 30rd boxes instead of 20. UK Mil-surp (5.56 Radway Green 62gn Ball) comes in 30 boxes |
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Posted: 11/2/2009 7:34:25 AM EDT
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If they made 27 round mags we'd just load them to 25 anyway.
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Posted: 11/2/2009 7:35:30 AM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Our amps go up to 11 Why don't you just make 10 louder and make 10 be the top number, and make THAT a little louder? ... ... But these go to 11... Spinaltap? |
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Posted: 11/2/2009 7:37:29 AM EDT
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Isn't this a moot question anyway, since it seems to be taboo to actually load magazines to their full capacity? That nice round 30 becomes a 29 or 28 or 27 so it's an exercise in math frustration anyway my mags are always full anything less would be uncivilized. i don't understand why someone would only put 29 rounds in a 30 round mag. it makes no sense if i could squeeze 31 in there i would cause you never know when that extra will count, although i'm certain that will mean something is terribly wrong with that mag. fun fact for the day British infantry Sergeants during the Napoleanic wars were responsible for ensuring that the soldiers in ranks did not intentionally pour out powder from their cartridges during volley fire. They would do this to reduce recoil and save their shoulder some pain. but this also made the Brown Bess rather inneffective I agree that it makes no sense, but I've read numerous posts on here from .mil and ex .mil saying they always download mags. Never really understood why, but it seemed to be gospel in some places. |
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Posted: 11/2/2009 7:45:12 AM EDT
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30 is the smallest sphenic number, and the smallest of the form http://upload.wikimedia.org/math/4/a/2/4a2e8cbb5a31c33093578d16804f5fb8.png where r is a prime greater than 3. 30 has an aliquot sum of 42; the second sphenic number and all sphenic numbers of this form have an aliquot sum 12 greater than themselves. The aliquot sequence of 30 is 16 members long, it comprises (30,42,54,66,90,144,259,45,33,15,9,4,3,1,0)
Adding up some subsets of its divisors (e.g., 5, 10 and 15) gives 30, hence 30 is a semiperfect number.
30 is the largest number such that coprimes smaller than itself are also prime.[url=http://www.ar15.com/#cite_note-0][1][/url]
A polygon with thirty sides is called a tricontagon. Both an icosahedron and a dodecahedron have 30 edges.
30 is a Harshad number.
Since any group G such that |G| = pnm, where p does not divide m, has a subgroup of order pn, and 30 is the only number less than 60 that is not either a prime or of the above form, it is the only candidate for the order of a simple group less than 60 that one needs other methods to reject.
Normally I'd check an assertion like this for accuracy. I'm just not going to this time. |
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