mcb
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IMO for “practical civilian self defense” a couple of 20 rounders are more than adequate.
If you shoot about like most people, a half dozen are nice so you don’t have to reload at the range. Reloading mags isn’t fun, for me anyway.
For either tactical games or prep for some kind of invasion/civil war/end-of-the-world/extended period of lawlessness and violence scenario? I’d like a couple of dozen of each (20 and 30) on hand with very ample ammo. Seems like any more than that would be overkill though... in the realm of “sure it would be nice, but so would reinforcements, an attack helicopter, an M1A1 Abrams tank, and maybe an aircraft carrier.”
Mags are cheap even now, so it’s an easy way to hedge against future uncertainties.
There are so many gadgets for reloading AR magazine it is almost silly. From cheap to very expensive there are tons of options. Load from stripper clips, from boxes, from loose rounds. So many options.
The Maglula above, for the money, is one of the better ones and can be used to rapidly load or unload a magazine with minimal effort. There are plate loaders now that are only a few dollars more than the Maglula. Loading AR magazines is one of the simplest of magazine to load if you find a loader you like.