How many magazines?
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The Bushmaster
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All my Semi-autos are for concealed carry. I have two per handgun.
forindooruseonly
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Depends on the gun. The guns I shoot competitions with, I have 4-8 magazines. My safe queens? Many of them only have one and that's ok. They don't get shot enough to justify the search for another. If I stumble onto a reasonably priced original, I"ll get it, but I don't make a point of it
rcmodel
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A minimum of three.
According to Murphys Law:
When you need your pistol to work:
One = None
Two = One
Three = Two.
rc
According to Murphys Law:
When you need your pistol to work:
One = None
Two = One
Three = Two.
rc
Nushif
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Revolvers:
One Speedloader, one Cylinder full.
Semis:
Two Magazines, one in the Gun.
I live in a very safe town, with little to no risky areas and only carry because I love shooting. 8)
One Speedloader, one Cylinder full.
Semis:
Two Magazines, one in the Gun.
I live in a very safe town, with little to no risky areas and only carry because I love shooting. 8)
David E
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It depends how serious YOU are and how serious the gun is.
It seems whenever someone asks this question, some responders automatically think that the question is "how many mags should I carry on my body," (Post #3) which is a totally different question.
For "fun" or "collector" guns, 2 will get you by.
For serious guns, think in multiples of 6, having two complete sets of 6 gives you 12 per gun.
For high capacity guns, 18 is good, 24 is better. Why? Because who knows how long we'll be able to buy the hi-cap mags?
Magazines for serious guns owned by serious shooters are like $100 bills........you really can't have too many.
It seems whenever someone asks this question, some responders automatically think that the question is "how many mags should I carry on my body," (Post #3) which is a totally different question.
For "fun" or "collector" guns, 2 will get you by.
For serious guns, think in multiples of 6, having two complete sets of 6 gives you 12 per gun.
For high capacity guns, 18 is good, 24 is better. Why? Because who knows how long we'll be able to buy the hi-cap mags?
Magazines for serious guns owned by serious shooters are like $100 bills........you really can't have too many.
gwnorth
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I have between 5 and 20+, depending on gun. When I see a good deal on ones for my pistols, I'll buy some more. One, I like to have spares (mags break or malfunciton - they are the single most common cause of problems with autoloading pistols, IMO), and two, I go to the range to shoot, not stand around reloading mags endlessly.
smince
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I own 3 9mm Glock's and have 38 magazines between them.
There was this bill passed in '94 that made magazines difficult to get at times, and the prices more than doubled...
There was this bill passed in '94 that made magazines difficult to get at times, and the prices more than doubled...
I find 6-8 is the minimum for a working gun. I look at it as 2 sets of 3 mags (1 in the gun, 2 on the belt), plus a spare in case one goes down.
1KPerDay
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Over the years I've learned I don't like loading at the range. So if I find I want to shoot a gun more and don't have enough mags for a shooting session without loading at the range, I buy more mags for that gun.
Rokman
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I usually have 4-5 mags per pistol.
You need 6 mags for carry guns broken down like this:
1 in the gun, 2 loaded and ready to go and 3 empty so when you go to the range you do not need to unload your carry mags.
You can slide by with 4 broken down like this:
1 in the gun, 2 loaded and ready to go, and 1 empty for range use but I find with only 4 mags you will be unloading carry mags for range use. But I think 4 is the absolute minimum to have per gun.
1 in the gun, 2 loaded and ready to go and 3 empty so when you go to the range you do not need to unload your carry mags.
You can slide by with 4 broken down like this:
1 in the gun, 2 loaded and ready to go, and 1 empty for range use but I find with only 4 mags you will be unloading carry mags for range use. But I think 4 is the absolute minimum to have per gun.
forindooruseonly
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Wow, you must be super duper extra serious... I mean all those collectors and target shooters definitely aren't SERIOUS shooters, and their guns aren't SERIOUS either.
What a condescending load of crap.
speaksoftly
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I don't think he was being condescending and don't think he was meaning to insult you. He was just saying that the more mags the better (something I doubt many will disagree with) and this is a valid point. Too many people get wrapped up in owning their "grail firearm" and forget that it's a tool that must be accessorized properly. No reason to wad the undies...he was just making a point and a valid one at that.
So true...these could be worth their weight in gold someday as the "one mag" majority will be hard up for good magazines.
Chasbo00
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For action shooting competition guns, eight. Three for other guns.
3 minimum, one in the gun, one reload and a spare. I have 10 magazines for my .38 super (at $42 each!!!) and 5 for my 5" .45, 3 for my compact .45, 3 for my Mustang, ect,ect. I also keep 10 speedloaders for my model 28 and 6 speed strips for my two J-frames.
I firmly believe that if you can afford it 5-10 magazines for each gun is a better idea. I shoot my super in weekly matches, so I get as many magazines as possible (McCormick 10 round mags are rarely in stock at MLGS so I grab them any time I see them). My .45's don't get shot as much so I've only got 3 officer sized magazines and 5 standard size magazines for the two. The mustang only gets 50-100 rounds a month so I've only got three magazines for it thou it's time for me to replace the springs in two of the mags (I do that every year in carry guns).
I firmly believe that if you can afford it 5-10 magazines for each gun is a better idea. I shoot my super in weekly matches, so I get as many magazines as possible (McCormick 10 round mags are rarely in stock at MLGS so I grab them any time I see them). My .45's don't get shot as much so I've only got 3 officer sized magazines and 5 standard size magazines for the two. The mustang only gets 50-100 rounds a month so I've only got three magazines for it thou it's time for me to replace the springs in two of the mags (I do that every year in carry guns).
David E
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Lighten up, Francis.
If you'd read/understood what I wrote, I said for collector guns, fun guns, etc, 2 can get you by. Yet you inexplicably extrapolate that into something I did NOT say and then attack that!....
But for the "serious" guns owned by "serious" shooters, you'll simply need more.
Among other things, I shoot competition. For some gun divisions, I need 5 spare mags on the belt. That makes 6 total. If I have 12 mags, that's two sets of 6. I can rotate them, or have them loaded and ready to go if I need to shoot back-to-back, or if I had to dump my mag into the mud or sand on the previous stage, it saves me time. I merely have to pluck mag #7 out of the box and can put mag #3 in the side pocket to be cleaned when I get home.
Or, if you're taking a class, it really sucks to only take 3 magazines with you. You'll be spending more time loading than listening to the instructor, missing some of the information you paid to hear.
Ok, so someone owns a "serious" gun, say a Glock 17. But they only shoot it once a year. They also can get by with 2 magazines, possibly even ONE magazine. Glad it works for them, but they are not "serious" shooters in my book, no matter how stern they are when they shoot!
Are you one of those guys that thinks you can have too many mags, especially hicap mags?
Or are you one of these guys that doesn't think hicap mags will be ever outlawed and therefore, if you ever want to buy one, all you have to do is go down to your local gunstore? If so, you might want to reflect on the AWB of 1994....
valorius
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3 for my HK P7, 2 for my Ruger LCP. Ideally i'd like that to be 6 for the P7, and 4 for the LCP. Eventually i'll get more. I have other more pressing financial concerns than stockpiling magazines though.
For my AR, i have 20 mags. 15x30rd, 4x20rd, and a 100rd Beta C. Just in case...
For my AR, i have 20 mags. 15x30rd, 4x20rd, and a 100rd Beta C. Just in case...
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