UglyViking
Newbie
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I've gotten to a point where I have numerous different loads of ammo for 556 and 300 and keeping the ammo straight has become a bit of a process of organization. Not a real issue at home but makes me extra cautious at the range and brings some concern from any situation where stress is high. At the current moment I've got mostly black gen 2 pmags and a few old USGI mags so I'm hoping to put some extra identification on them. Currently I mark all my 300 mags with orange paint but I just got some inspiration from diehard and picked up a multi colored pack of electrical tape, unsure how well it will stick to the pmags but I'll give it a shot.
Long and short of all this is I'm curious if there is any universal standard for color coding mags. Below is my current plan, but I'm open to feedback. Hopefully I can either gain some feedback on a better direction, or validation that it's accurate enough and others can use it as a ref.
I've gotten to a point where I have numerous different loads of ammo for 556 and 300 and keeping the ammo straight has become a bit of a process of organization. Not a real issue at home but makes me extra cautious at the range and brings some concern from any situation where stress is high. At the current moment I've got mostly black gen 2 pmags and a few old USGI mags so I'm hoping to put some extra identification on them. Currently I mark all my 300 mags with orange paint but I just got some inspiration from diehard and picked up a multi colored pack of electrical tape, unsure how well it will stick to the pmags but I'll give it a shot.
Long and short of all this is I'm curious if there is any universal standard for color coding mags. Below is my current plan, but I'm open to feedback. Hopefully I can either gain some feedback on a better direction, or validation that it's accurate enough and others can use it as a ref.
Blue = Sim/blanks (I've got no use for this but it seems universal enough that I don't plan to use it)
Red = Tracer
Green = XM855 or AP (black won't show up well on black mags obviously)
White = subsonic
Yellow = 300 blk
My plan would be to stack the colors when necessary. For example, all 300 mags would have yellow tape, subs would be yellow and white, 556 mags for range use would be blank, mags with tracers would be red, etc.