[P95Carry]

I added several more for my SIG - managed to get three ex LE 15's and from another forum, a member sold me 2 20's he had which were unused - these are all factory. I did get some crappy eagle mags for use in IDPA - well, they are about Ok but certainly not good enough for carry - you get whatcha pay for!

The std SIG mag's that came with gun are a pain - only 10 rounders for starters but with two of them, may as well call 'em nine rounders. I defy about anyone to get a 10th in!

I managed to get a whole load of Argentinian mags for my BHP - they all work great. So - I think I have 10 for that and the SIG, including the smaller mags, totals 8.

For sure there needs to be some plan for redundency - Murphy factors even! For carry I rarely carry more than one spare 15 - I also have a large crap burden - just too much stuff. Only add a third mag if going somewhere very much higher and obvious risk, if unavoidable.

I have a boatload of speedloaders but having found Comp 1 and Comp 2 loaders to be best - have all but retired all my HKS..... tho they do work, after a fashion. two Comp's tho for carry are fine.

I would agree, a new gun should ship with more than 2 mags - three should be minimum.

 

[Lawrence Keeney]

I have five Glock mags, and wish I had about three more. I want enough that I can load eight in case of some shtf situation.

 

[acparmed]

I have always believed in having at least 6 extra mags or speedloaders for my firearms.

I enjoy shooting my guns and not spending all my time reloading 1 or 2 mags.

 

[Bud White]

lets see 1911 probley 30 and adding Glock 17 6 or 8 springfield xd 4 ruger p90 4 etc etc just depends when i see good deals on them how many i buy

 

[MechE]

The first thing I do when I get a new handgun is make sure I have 6 magazines for it. I always buy more as I find good deals at gunshows or the internet... 6 is just a min. My reasoning is that I'll need three good ones for carry and three that I can beat up and drop during IDPA matches.

 

[MechE]

Your right.

I, in my arrogance, have always been of the opinion that any new or refurbished semiautomatic pistol should come with three quality magazines. Stay with me on this.

Euc, I don't think you are arrogant on this...You are absolutly right. The reason they give you two is just a marketing thing. It's simple micro economics...They want you to buy more magazines. I know a gun shop in State College PA that only sells one magazine with each new pistol. The guy just takes the other mag from each pistol and sells them seperatly. I was helping a young college friend buy his first pistol. We were looking at Glocks and Sigs. The dealer told me Glocks and Sigs are only shipping with one magazine. What an a$$! Needless to say we never shopped there again.

 

[RSSZ]

Part of my pistol break in procedure is to break in my mags also. I want to be sure that they function and fit properly. At the range,early in the Am,when there are no other shooters around,I put all kinds of different pressures on a inserted mag. I hold down on it and fire,push laterly on it and fire,and push hard upwards on it and fire. I basically rock it back and forth in the mag well and check for feeding problems. I have 6 mags for my CCW. All are OEM (stamped). I have marked on my calender the dates to change them out. Every 2 weeks I download 2 of them and upload 2 more. Is that really necessary?? For me it is! When at the range I have all my mags for the weapon that I am firing and I rotate through them. I work over my mags (new ones) even before I shoot them. They are dissasembled,all parts cleaned and lightly lubed thoroughly,the feed lips are highly polished,all burrs/rough spots removed,checked for dents and general imperfections, and then reassembled and used to see if the function is up to MY standards. I use only (IMHO) high quality mags. I have stated in other posts that I use only Kimber mags in my CCW. I have 950 rds. through the 6 mags and not one problem that I can associate to the mags. Just me? Just luck? I don't know,but my mags WORK. I use CMC mags for my other 1911's (Colt's). For my other weapons I have "plenty" of mags. Hey,----can you ever have too many mags ???---------

 

[CombatEffective]

For my Ruger P95/PC9 combo, I have six 15-round factory mags. I have several 10-round factory mags, and I have a few aftermarkets that seem to function fine.

For my Glock 27, I have the two factory mags that came with it as well as three G23 13-round mags.

For my S&W 4006, I have five 11-round mags for it.

For my 1911, I have the two factory 7-round mags (not reliable) and three Chip McCormick power mags (2-10s/1-8). I'll add a few either Tripp or Wilson Combat mags for the 1911 at some point.

I have three factory mags for the 4013.

I say that three true capacity mags for a carry gun is a bare minimum. Five is probably the true minimum you should have. The 1911 and 4013 have not gone into the carry stable as of yet. I always look to add more Ruger mags when cash permits as I have the pistol/carbine combo that use the same mags. I have a belt set up to hold four mags and a two-mag cuff case on the carbine. In an emergency situation I can slap on the belt and grab the carbine and I have eight 15-round mags at the ready that will work in both the pistol and carbine.

 

[ExSoldier]

I think the magic number here seems to be six. I feel like I have to have a minimum of five spare mags plus one in the gun. Especially for single stackers. Hi-caps seem to be an investment in case an AWB ever goes into effect again. I watched my Glock M21 13rd mags go from about $20 each to over $100 each almost overnight. We used to joke at our IDPA matches about competitors leaving hundred dollar bills lying about after reaching slidelock and dropping them. I could get by with three hi-caps, but would prefer to have six or more, each.

 

[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 :wink: ).

 

[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.

 

[P95Carry]

I think I have about 25 hi-caps now.

So - it was you cornered the market! :biggrin:

 

[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... :biggrin:

 

[QKShooter]

10

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. :biggrin:
19 (plus some spare parts) for my S&W model 41...My favorite plinker :smile:
MANY for my evil black rifle including two factory 50 rounders. :biggrin:
Only 4 factory mags for my bug PPK/S
5 for my Glock

 

[CLASS3NH]

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 :biggrin:

 

[joe/OH]

What am I missing?

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.

 

[ExSoldier]

What's the Difference?

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

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.....

 

[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.