Magazines are dispensable and wear out. Having one magazine is a bad idea just for the fact some day your Browning might start jamming due to a weak mag spring, and now you are on the hunt for a new spring or magazine. Right now a magazine for a hi power is quite reasonable, but as we have seen in the past the prices could skyrocket overnight leaving you to pay $100 for that magazine
How many mags do you buy for your pistols?
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Magazines are dispensable and wear out. Having one magazine is a bad idea just for the fact some day your Browning might start jamming due to a weak mag spring, and now you are on the hunt for a new spring or magazine. Right now a magazine for a hi power is quite reasonable, but as we have seen in the past the prices could skyrocket overnight leaving you to pay $100 for that magazine
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You can't do that. Check your laws but nine times out of 10 that's not allowed. It's called discharging a firearm in public, not "warning shot" people have gotten arrested for that. Remember you have to know your target and what's beyond it! You are responsible for every bullet. If it ricochets and hits somebody else that's on you
How is it you live in the middle of nowhere but we're chased by a gang?
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I find a platform in a caliber I like, buy multiple guns, and lots of magazines. Example I have 3 Berretta 92's and 12 magazines. I have 5 1911's, 20 magazines. 6 Ruger mk2 variants, and 20 magazines for them.
Platforms I am less serious about 1 gun 2 magazines.
Platforms I am less serious about 1 gun 2 magazines.
I'm usually carrying a Glock 19 and do not regularly carry any spare magazines. I do, however, buy at least 10-12 magazines for every pistol that I own with the exception of one 1911 .38 Super
Ivan the Butcher
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The LCP and Tomcat have 2 mags each. the 6 single stack 1911's share around 35 mags the others have 4+ each (I sold the Desert Eagle 50 AE, I had 4 total mags plus custom mag pouches). The M-1 Carbines share about 30, the AR-15s share about 25 the AR 10 has 10. I only carry what I think I can make use of, usually 1+1 spare. But I believe in a BUG (and try to use same mags!)
Ivan
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Depends. I have 5 for my 6906, only gun I carry. I have a dozen 5906 mags for reloads. 6 used ones are stashed in both vehicles and around the house just in case. Awhile ago CDNN had "military reject" M9 15 rounders for $10/ea. I bought 10 to get the free shipping. Supposedly something wrong with the phosphate coating. I have an abundance of CZ 75 15 rounders because they are also cheap as the new factory mags have an additional round or 2. I have 4 33rd Glock 9mm for no other reason than they were $25 with the +2 bottoms. If'n the election went the other way they should have been $200 by now. Now, ammo is another thread.
oneounceload
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Sorry, but if you need all of that to go about your daily business, maybe you should rethink where you live.
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You can expect most street thugs, as well as home invaders and burglars, to break and run upon meeting effective armed resistance. It's not likely to happen as in the movies and you should not take tactical lessons from the big screen.
However, the current crop of terrorist has an ideology that welcomes death and finding yourself as a member of a much larger soft target under attack could possibly consume all the ammo you have. So, carry the amount of ammo you feel is right for you and don't worry too much about what we think.
Let's not forget that a spare magazine may also be needed to clear a stoppage, particularly a failure to feed and the double feed. Both of these stoppages leave the top round in the magazine in a non-feeding position and a spare mag is the easiest way out.
You can expect most street thugs, as well as home invaders and burglars, to break and run upon meeting effective armed resistance. It's not likely to happen as in the movies and you should not take tactical lessons from the big screen.
However, the current crop of terrorist has an ideology that welcomes death and finding yourself as a member of a much larger soft target under attack could possibly consume all the ammo you have. So, carry the amount of ammo you feel is right for you and don't worry too much about what we think.
Let's not forget that a spare magazine may also be needed to clear a stoppage, particularly a failure to feed and the double feed. Both of these stoppages leave the top round in the magazine in a non-feeding position and a spare mag is the easiest way out.
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Hello friends,
Getting back to the original question of how many I BUY... (emphasis added), it varies depending on how I expect that particular mag to be available for that gun in the future.
When you're talking about a 1911, you can be confident those mags will be available for a very long time. There are so many of them out there.
When you've got something that was only produced for a short time, and/or in small numbers, you better pick up additional mags right when you get your pistol.
A good example. I have a Sig P220 (American version) in 38 Super. It's a great gun, but good luck finding those mags at ANY normal price today. As soon as I made the buy... went straight to getting the extra mags. Even at full price from the manufacturer it was the thing to do. Now I've got no problems.
ANYWAY, I have a minimum of 6 magazines for every autoloader I own. On occasion I'll come across great prices on factory mags on one the big websites. When that happens I've got no problem going up to 10 or 12 mags. I can always sell or trade them in the future.
I suppose that's it.
Best wishes everyone!
Roger aka Mr. Wonderful
Getting back to the original question of how many I BUY... (emphasis added), it varies depending on how I expect that particular mag to be available for that gun in the future.
When you're talking about a 1911, you can be confident those mags will be available for a very long time. There are so many of them out there.
When you've got something that was only produced for a short time, and/or in small numbers, you better pick up additional mags right when you get your pistol.
A good example. I have a Sig P220 (American version) in 38 Super. It's a great gun, but good luck finding those mags at ANY normal price today. As soon as I made the buy... went straight to getting the extra mags. Even at full price from the manufacturer it was the thing to do. Now I've got no problems.
ANYWAY, I have a minimum of 6 magazines for every autoloader I own. On occasion I'll come across great prices on factory mags on one the big websites. When that happens I've got no problem going up to 10 or 12 mags. I can always sell or trade them in the future.
I suppose that's it.
Best wishes everyone!
Roger aka Mr. Wonderful
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I like to have designated carry and practice mags. Practicing reloads and malfunction clearing can be tough on mags, even if you consistently use some kind of padding to drop them on.
I like 6, preferably 8, mags. When I had a Glock 23, I had 6 mags...3 for carry, 3 for practice. All 6 were function-tested in the gun.
I currently have a Beretta 92FS, but it fills a HD role so I don't carry it, at least not yet. I have 4 function-tested 15-round mags, so 2 are set aside for practice with one loaded mag in the gun and another loaded mag as a spare. I recently got some 18-round MecGar mags, but I haven't had a chance to function-test them yet.
As for carry, always at least one reload, revolver or semi-auto. However, I tend towards carrying 2 reloads, regardless of capacity, for 2 reasons. 1) While having to perform a reload in the middle of a gunfight is highly unlikely, if I do need to perform one it may be possible to fumble the reload. I like the idea of being able to just grab a second reload off my belt rather than pick the dropped mag off the ground. And B) I found that carrying 2 reloads on my belt allows my cover garment to drape a little better, making them less obvious. Another, lesser, reason for carrying 2 reloads is that it may better balance the weight of your carry gun if you carry reloads on your left hip and your gun on your right hip.
And I always carry at least one reload because if I am forced to fire in self defense, I don't want to wait for the police to respond with an empty or partially empty gun. 911 response times in my area averages around 9 minutes. With semi-autos, it's also important in the event of a malfunction as magazines can be the weak link when it comes to reliability.
As for the total number of mags to own, I'd recommend as many as you can. Not just for any possible future legal restrictions, but also because mags are essentially consumables, like tires on a car. Use them until they stop working properly, then replace them.
I like 6, preferably 8, mags. When I had a Glock 23, I had 6 mags...3 for carry, 3 for practice. All 6 were function-tested in the gun.
I currently have a Beretta 92FS, but it fills a HD role so I don't carry it, at least not yet. I have 4 function-tested 15-round mags, so 2 are set aside for practice with one loaded mag in the gun and another loaded mag as a spare. I recently got some 18-round MecGar mags, but I haven't had a chance to function-test them yet.
As for carry, always at least one reload, revolver or semi-auto. However, I tend towards carrying 2 reloads, regardless of capacity, for 2 reasons. 1) While having to perform a reload in the middle of a gunfight is highly unlikely, if I do need to perform one it may be possible to fumble the reload. I like the idea of being able to just grab a second reload off my belt rather than pick the dropped mag off the ground. And B) I found that carrying 2 reloads on my belt allows my cover garment to drape a little better, making them less obvious. Another, lesser, reason for carrying 2 reloads is that it may better balance the weight of your carry gun if you carry reloads on your left hip and your gun on your right hip.
And I always carry at least one reload because if I am forced to fire in self defense, I don't want to wait for the police to respond with an empty or partially empty gun. 911 response times in my area averages around 9 minutes. With semi-autos, it's also important in the event of a malfunction as magazines can be the weak link when it comes to reliability.
As for the total number of mags to own, I'd recommend as many as you can. Not just for any possible future legal restrictions, but also because mags are essentially consumables, like tires on a car. Use them until they stop working properly, then replace them.
What are you, my mother or something? You can rest assured I don't need your advice on the laws or the situation I live in. You're assuming you know things you don't know.
Since you asked I was in a strange town on foot when the gang chased us. My truck had broken down on a mountain and I was walking to get some food for the night. It was one of those wild and wooly towns in the mountains that I'm sure you aren't familiar with if you don't live nearby. Just let it be said I'd rather be judged by 12 instead of carried by 6 and you can multiply that feeling by 100 when my kids are involved. Despite what you assume I do know what I'm doing. You know my mother never questioned me like you have, God rest her soul. You might want to take that as a hint.
I only have three for my Taurus 609 because they are impossible to find. 6 for my TriStar, 4 for my Ruger, 4 for the Smith, 6 for the Sig, 4 for one CZ, only 2 so far for the other CZ, 6 for the Bersa, 20 for the 15-22s, and 16 for the ARs . . . I think that's it for semi autos right now. NO, wait, 7 for the HI-Point carbine.
I'll just say I have quite a few for each of my semi auto pistols.
It is nice to go to the inside shooting ranges and shoot your pistols and not have "down time" stopping and loading magazines. For the price these places get to shoot, I want to be shooting and having all my mags loaded before I get there allows this.
It is nice to go to the inside shooting ranges and shoot your pistols and not have "down time" stopping and loading magazines. For the price these places get to shoot, I want to be shooting and having all my mags loaded before I get there allows this.
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I have at least five for all of my semi-auto handguns, and more for my AR15.
I don't buy or carry any magazines...and I only have one bullet, in my shirt pocket. 
I usually buy at least three magazines for each pistol, unless they can share magazines (like a 1911.) Then with the two that comes with the pistol, that gives me five...which is one in the pistol, and four in mag pouches. I don't carry a spare mag in town. On the road, I carry them all (for the gun I have with me.)
I usually buy at least three magazines for each pistol, unless they can share magazines (like a 1911.) Then with the two that comes with the pistol, that gives me five...which is one in the pistol, and four in mag pouches. I don't carry a spare mag in town. On the road, I carry them all (for the gun I have with me.)
Arik
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Not everyone can rethink where they live or where they work or where their work takes them
I live in a great area. No major crime. (not counting the occasional kid stealing an iPhone from an unlocked car). No serious drugs, no drug problem, the only murder within the 30 mile radius happened last year and it was the first in almost 30 years (love triangle).
However, I work in a not-so-great area. Lots of section 8, prostitutes, drug dealers...etc.. occasionally I have to go to areas for work that are even worse. so I don't change guns based on area I keep the same thing regardless of where I go whether Beverly Hills or Mogadishu
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UNCLE PAULY
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5 magazines for each auto pistol I own.
Have 9 magazines for my Glock 19. When I carry it I also carry a Magpul 21 round magazine as a back up. When I buy a new gun I always buy spare mags. The type of gun and the mag capacity determine how many I buy as well as the role the gun plays.
Carry is not an option in my jurisdiction
But I did get several magazines for my WWII 1911
Colt for Colt, then Scovil, M.S. Little, and Risdon Colt:
Colt for Colt, then General Shaver, M.S. Little, Risdon, and Scovill not for Colt
But I did get several magazines for my WWII 1911
Colt for Colt, then Scovil, M.S. Little, and Risdon Colt:
Colt for Colt, then General Shaver, M.S. Little, Risdon, and Scovill not for Colt
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