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Old 09-20-2010, 05:09 PM
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I used a Walmart brand tool caddy as my Shooting caddy for matches.

The safariland speedloader trays fit on one side and the empties go in the other with various other stuff needed during a 150 round match.

Semi Auto, I use the same tray and its not working for me. Magazines are a mess and I am almost at the needed 25 mags for a 150 round match if all were loaded with 6 rounds.

Does anyone know of a contraption that would fit in a tool caddy (dimensions of a safariland loading tray) that will hold magazines upright or in an orderly fashion to where I am not scurrying for loaded mags or looking for empty mags to load remaining rounds?

Just trying to be a little neater between stages on the semi auto match to maximize my time on breaks. I should have the 25 mags soon to have all mags ready to go....

If nothing exsists on the commercial market, is there any homemade contraptions out there to hold 25 mags or any ideas on simple but rugged mag holders.

the tool caddy is similiar to this Tool Caddy

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Old 09-20-2010, 06:08 PM
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This was my old Glock competition bag. I found that the old Federal 22 ammo boxes held 6 mags nicely. I usually placed them in as shown and as I used them at the match, I would return them up-side-down. I placed 5 boxes of 50 rounds under these "mag holders" to boost them up in the bag and I would have another 250 rounds to boot. At one time I had 4 of these mag holder in play to shoot the old Glock competitions. I have retired from that type of shooting but have used this method with Beretta 92 mags and I am sure most double stack magazines would work with this ammo box method. Shotshell boxes would be a close fit too I would guess.





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Old 09-20-2010, 08:09 PM
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If you like your box then get some rod the size of what the grill is in your stove. Lay it out where your mags will drop down where the end that you hold on to is up. Lay it out and silver solider them together. Then all you do is trade them out for what you are shooting.
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Try empty 1# Accurate Arms powder jugs. They're rectangular and can be easily cut to the correct height.
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California Competition makes a nice mag bag that should fit in your tray. I have two 8 pouch bags, which hold 16 1911 mags each. They also make them in 6 and 4 pouch sizes. These bag/pouches can be found at Brownell's.

I haven't tried using the mag bags during a match though. I stack 27 or 28 loaded mags, 6 across, in my tray. The empty mags get laid down on the empty end of the tray while the remaining loaded mags are standing at the other end. Any extra boxed ammo goes on the other side of the handle, just in case there is a range alibi that would cause me to have to reload a couple mags.
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