Ok yeah, clickbait title. You got me. I didn’t wanna ask ‘How many mags?’ Although that’s kinda the topic of this one.
So, I learned the importance of having spare mags at an early age so I tend to start stocking up as soon as I procure a particular firearm, if indeed it uses a removable magazine. I do that for a few reasons, but mostly to keep me from having to scramble for a mag the day that one fails or is lost. Lot better to buy relaxed than in a pinch, and before models are either no longer popular or other reasons that would cause those mags to be hard to find. I was pleased that I bought quantities of mags for some of my little beretta 32 pistols when I bought the guns. Those mags all but disappeared.
The other primary reason I stock up is for shooting.
If I know I’m gonna shoot 5 boxes of 9mm through my 92 tomorrow, I’ll load up 33 mags the evening before and bag them. I’ve seen people struggle trying to load up mags and shoot (except for Hickock45!) and it can use up a lot of fluid shooting time that becomes broken up and you can’t stay in your groove, or just keep having fun shooting. So just buy a couple of drum mags for range days right? Sure, they’re fun too, but mostly shooting from a rest, lol.
So yeah, now I’m thinking I started this thread to justify why I buy a few spares and defend that practice to the people who grimace and throw out slurs of excess and call me the ‘H’ word.
I collect mags for each gun, more mags if the gun is redundant to my collection, bag them and label them and done. I store the mags in the dark recesses of my gun room in big plastic totes. It works well for me.
How many mags for your favorite handgun?
How do you manage them? This is your chance to defend yourself to the sour mag poor people whose mags you bought out from under them.
Of course most AR owners collect scads of mags for those, but they’re way cheaper and well you just need scads of mags for your AR. What’s your comfort number for enough mags for your guns? And don’t forget those hot gratuitous pics.
So, I learned the importance of having spare mags at an early age so I tend to start stocking up as soon as I procure a particular firearm, if indeed it uses a removable magazine. I do that for a few reasons, but mostly to keep me from having to scramble for a mag the day that one fails or is lost. Lot better to buy relaxed than in a pinch, and before models are either no longer popular or other reasons that would cause those mags to be hard to find. I was pleased that I bought quantities of mags for some of my little beretta 32 pistols when I bought the guns. Those mags all but disappeared.
The other primary reason I stock up is for shooting.
If I know I’m gonna shoot 5 boxes of 9mm through my 92 tomorrow, I’ll load up 33 mags the evening before and bag them. I’ve seen people struggle trying to load up mags and shoot (except for Hickock45!) and it can use up a lot of fluid shooting time that becomes broken up and you can’t stay in your groove, or just keep having fun shooting. So just buy a couple of drum mags for range days right? Sure, they’re fun too, but mostly shooting from a rest, lol.
So yeah, now I’m thinking I started this thread to justify why I buy a few spares and defend that practice to the people who grimace and throw out slurs of excess and call me the ‘H’ word.
I collect mags for each gun, more mags if the gun is redundant to my collection, bag them and label them and done. I store the mags in the dark recesses of my gun room in big plastic totes. It works well for me.
How many mags for your favorite handgun?
How do you manage them? This is your chance to defend yourself to the sour mag poor people whose mags you bought out from under them.
Of course most AR owners collect scads of mags for those, but they’re way cheaper and well you just need scads of mags for your AR. What’s your comfort number for enough mags for your guns? And don’t forget those hot gratuitous pics.
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