Loaded Mags

Always Loaded and ready for my next desert trip... unless, like today, I just went to the desert and they havent ALL been loaded again;)

ya never know when the Zombie Invasion may hit... or some DUMB robber may stumble into the house..... Just cant be too safe can we....


LOL
 
I keep all (6) 15-22 mags loaded at 25 ,the colt M-16 mags ( 8) at 28 and my 40 cal stoeger cougar mags (2) at the full 11 rounds at all times.

That way if I want to go to the range I just grab my bag and firearms and go.There is nothing better to relieve stress than a good day at the range sending rounds downrange. :D
 
For the 5.56 S&W weapons, we use 30 round P-Mags at work kept loaded at a basic load of six magazines per person for issue, plus another six magazines per person loaded in the fly-away kits, plus another two general use basic kits with 20 mags each - each mag is loaded full capacity.

Same type of thing for the H&K MP5's and HK416's except they use the H&K mags but don't have extra mags in the fly away or basic kits but extra mags are available for issue and with the supressor kits in either 9mm or 5.56 depending on the weapon - each mag is loaded full capacity.

The SPR weapons - mags issued as needed loaded full capacity.

For work, the Glock and Sig handgun magazines, except these are the Glock and Sig magazines and are two for carry with one loaded in the weapon for a total of three issue per person, the fly-away kits remain at six mags per person and general use kits at 20 mags each - each mag is loaded full capacity.

I use 30 round P-Mags for the rifles at home at two magazines per weapon - each mag is loaded full capacity. The Glock handguns at home are two magazines per handgun - each mag is loaded full capacity.

Every 90 - 120 days the mags are unloaded, inspected, and cycled for "fresh" mags at both work and home.

For range use or training magazines are loaded as necessary.
 
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I keep mine unloaded while stored. I swap out mags every week. I like to think it helps the mag springs stay strong.
 
I have been over this a thousand times.
I bought a case of WWI magazines for the 1911 pistol, loaded with military ball ammo, from a bunker in Greece. They had been loaded since 1918. I bought over 100 of them in the spring of 2009 when I got back from my last trip to Iraq.
I had a bunch of guys waiting to pay me $50 each for the two-tone lanyard ring mags. (this is a steal) None of them wanted the ammo.
I fired every single round. Every round fired. Every magazine performed perfectly, and locked the slide to the rear on empty in my Colt series 70 1911. Every single mag worked perfectly after having been stored loaded for more than 90 years.
The springs in today's mags aren't "13 turns of music wire" like the 1911. They are much better steel, and I can't fathom any of them wearing out from being static loaded.
All my AR mags at work get shot, then loaded, then left alone. All 143 of my guys do the same, and nobody has ever had a problem with a mag.
 
Only those mags that I expect I may have to use on short notice.
Which is only a few - and surely plenty.

Otherwise, I store my spare ammo in ammo cans.
 
I have 3 TangoDown mags coming in the mail today, I will use them and probably load at least one and keep it that way just to test it out. For the price I coudnt say no, and they do look interesting. They may not be Pmags and I like my Pmag but I generally use Stoners or USGI. It wasnt that long ago that I had 200 brand new in the plastic 30 round USGI's with the upgraded followers.
 
2 30 round PMAGs full load with range ammo and a 20 round PMAG fully loaded with something a little nastier just in case. The 20 rounder always stays loaded. I also have a couple of metal 30 round mags that sit unloaded as backups if needed.
 
Thats a thought. I should upgrade my USGI mags with new followers.

It depends on when they were made as to which followers they have...My oldest ones (not built in 2011) I upgraded with Magpul followers, which by the way other than the color are identical to the upgraded military followers. Also these new TangoDown mags are pretty nice!!
 
I load all my magazines to the top (sometimes -1 on GI mags). It cuts down on ammo storage and makes tracking how much ammo I have stored easier.

Part of it is also the "you never know" factor. Granted I can't think of one instance in the history of the country that a citizen needed 15 loaded AR mags and 4 loaded Glock mags at the same time. I guess part of me has a mindset that if I had to "get up and go" I wouldn't want to be carrying empty mags AND ammo.

After all...zombies don't wait for you to load up.
 

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