How many magazines?

[John Robert]

All right, let's say you've made the jump in carry guns from the venerable 1911 type to the M&P 9. The gun comes with two magazines. That's plenty for carry; one in the gun, one for the spare.

But how many mags to acquire? Knowing that someday, there may be a new AWB?

How many is enough? I have the two that came with the gun, and two more coming.

As many as you can afford...................

 

[Smoke]

Article by Tamara Keel regarding hoarding magazines

Shooting Illustrated | Magazine-Hoarding: Always Be Prepared

Long story short, as many as you can reasonably afford

 

[mike from st pete]

Does your range charge by the hour? Then an hour's worth.

 

[Univibe]

Good heavens! Rastoff's impressive, but ScottS has hundreds of the things.

2 mags came with my new M&P. I have 2 more coming from a Forum member; guess it's time to start adding to the pile every now and then. I remember late in the AWB, Glock standard-caps were going for $75-100.

 

[Boudiepitbull]

I seem to go for 6 on all my bottom feeders too. I wonder why so many of us came to the same conclusion that 6 was a good number to have...

 

[JJEH]

For my duty gun I have currently 7 and that's not enough.
For all my other guns I have at least 5.

 

[ScottS]

Like those cases what Brand are they?????

The green ones I use for pistol mags are MTM ACR4-18s. I hot glue poster-board dividers into some of them to separate mags within the case.

The tan ones one the bottom (AR15 mags) are MTM ACR5-72s.

I got them both at Amazon, but when I try to link them, it comes out goofy.

If you watch Amazon, they both drop to well under $10 from time to time. I snap some up when the price drops. Helps me keep organized.

 

[veeklog1]

Or, you know, more...

Those are awesome! Where did you get those boxes?

 

[BAM-BAM]

The green ones I use for pistol mags are MTM ACR4-18s. I hot glue poster-board dividers into some of them to separate mags within the case.

The tan ones one the bottom (AR15 mags) are MTM ACR5-72s.

I got them both at Amazon, but when I try to link them, it comes out goofy.

If you watch Amazon, they both drop to well under $10 from time to time. I snap some up when the price drops. Helps me keep organized.

Thanks just looked them up on Amazon they are $12-13 right now. May grab one of each to try them out.

 

[gwpercle]

Six may not be enough , Twelve may be too many....
Lets split the difference and go with ...Nine !

 

[mjohn]

Thanks just looked them up on Amazon they are $12-13 right now. May grab one of each to try them out.

What do you type in the search box to find these contraptions?

 

[BAM-BAM]

What do you type in the search box to find these contraptions?

I started with "MTM."....... 8 pages of stuff....look around there may be better options for your needs.....................



... added the ACR7-18 and ACR4-18...... ordered one each ..... will be here by Wednesday. Prime is great IMO!


IIRC Walmart has plastic 30cal ammo cans (MTM?) for < $10

 

[ajensen]

I have ten (10) magazines for every weapon. Not an immediate purchase but look for sales and bump the included magazine count.

 

[garddogg56]

Minimum one in pistol ,1on me,1in truck,1 in job tool box and 2 with ball ammo for range =6 for my EDC.

 

[tnhawk]

As most of my pistols are 1911, I have many magazines in 9 mm and 45 acp. Most of my other pistols have 4-6 magazines.