OD

I'm with Bud on this one, I have 32 mags for the 1911s (but that's only 3.2 per gun, I better buy more ).

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rfurtkamp

I average about 10 per pistol that I use with regularity. I have a few that have no spares, but they're there for collection purposes or rare use range toy, so it's not that big of a deal.

For my Sig 226s, I have a box. I think I have about 25 hi-caps now.

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P95Carry

So - it was you cornered the market!

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HotGuns

I have a minimum of 3 mags for each pistol and for some I have as many as 8.

Since I have over a dozen pistols, that means a lot of mags. I'm not even gonna go into what I've got for my 3 AR's,AK's and G3 but I am a firm believer that it is better to have too many rather than not enough.

Suffice it to say that they take up alot of room in my two safes...

QKShooter

I have at least 10 top quality mags for all my "carry/use" pistols.
My Walther p38 NONE since I would rather have had the $50.00 than ever shoot that totally useless P.O.S. ever again...so I sold it on Ebay.
19 (plus some spare parts) for my S&W model 41...My favorite plinker
MANY for my evil black rifle including two factory 50 rounders.
Only 4 factory mags for my bug PPK/S
5 for my Glock

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I carry 3-4 spares while I'm out and about, depending on the Mag capacity.. If it's one of my full autos, I'd carry AT LEAST 10 spare mags each, just in case the SHTF... I do have 2 boxes of 50 Rnds each for a backup in my vehicle...I do carry 2 spares for my Bug... or 3 speedloaders or 4 speed strips for the wheelie gun

If it's at home.........I have at least 50 M16 mags...40 AK mags......40 HKMP5 mags.... Lots and lots of other assorted mags for the various MGs I have..
I can't even begin to think of what I have for the Pistols I have and other speed loading devices

joe/OH

You folks know better than I, so what am I missing? Why do you need so many magazines? I have a 1911 with two mags. I use one of them. Actually I do use two - one of them for plinking and the other stays loaded with gold dots. But that's just for convenience so I don't have to unload the gold dots every time I go plinking.

I don't have my CCW yet, and when I do... well, okay, so maybe you need an extra mag there. But 6? 10?

I figure if my magazine ever breaks (BTW, my Dad has a Colt Series 70 and STILL has the original mags and still shoots...) I'll just go buy a new one.

So I know I'm missing a critical point? Unless you shoot IDPA or another competition where multiple magazines are required and often dropped where they could be damaged.

Euclidean

Well Joe for me I personally could get by on 3 good ones.

Now a lot of people say to me "That's not enough because you'll reload them so many times..."

And then I ask them what is the difference to your thumb between loading 6 magazines once and 3 magazines twice.

For me having 6 is about redundancy as I believe very much in Murphy's law.

Also, if you are lucky enough to get to a point you can consider more formal training, you'll need the spares. You're right though that I could actually get by on less if they were quality magazines.

But I'd still get at least 3 total, and try to add one for every year I owned the gun after that.

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ExSoldier

The answer is Speed. Euc, the odds that any of us will actually have to draw (those of us not LEO's) and engage a hostile BG are remote to say the least. If it does happen (God forbid) the odds that we'll need more than a few rounds or a single mag at most are just as remote. But if you do need more than one mag, you're likely going to need a lot of them. That's why during our vacation last week I had 72 rds of .40 ready to launch from my Glock M27 before I even had to think of asking my wife to start reloading from the two boxes of JHP at the bottom of my little emergency bag. I had a mag in the gun and two hi-cap M22 mags with 15 rds each ON me. The other loaded mags and the spare ammo were in a small range bag behind my seat. Ready to grab if we had to bail from the vehicle and seek better cover.

Since I was traveling through some very rural areas of Louisiana and Texas, I figured these preps were prudent to say the least. Crime is getting just as bad if not worse in the rural areas as it is in the cities. Did you know that in some parts of Texas there is simply NO cell phone coverage?

Imagine breaking down or having a flat in such an area and somebody not so nice happens along to offer their "help?" Our out of state tags and my silvery beard might have tagged us as "prey" before they found out the old saying might be true about never teasing old dogs because they might have one good BITE left!

Also remember that 9 times out of 10 when you experience an FTF or FTE it's the faulty mag thats the problem. So you run through one mag and it's fine, but you've got a weak spring or bent mag lips on your single back up and you start getting jams and you still need the gun to be functioning since the threat still exists and is credible. And now they know you have problems with your piece.....

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Euclidean

ExSoldier there is a problem with your analysis. More magazines does not mean more speed. It depends on the situation.

If I am given 500 cartridges, a pistol, and 6 magazines, it doesn't matter how many magazines I actually have as I must stuff each round into the magazine before being able to fire it.

As a matter of fact the capacity of the firearm is meaningless as well.

Give me a combat sized revolver and 500 cartridges. If the goal is to simply fire all 500 catridges, I can accomplish this faster than I can with any semiautomatic.

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