...This got me wondering, how many magazines does everyone think they should have for their primary carry gun? How many do you currently have? Is there a bare minimum? Is there such a thing as "too many"? Do you have magazines of various lengths/capacities and if so what length do you have the most of?
Tangent question for those who keep dedicated separate carry/duty and training mags - How often do you allow the springs in your carry mags to cycle? Any concern about the springs "setting" after too long and losing enough power to cycle properly?
I would not say you are wrong persay. But context for the training mag thing might be worth noting since I feel there are two primary, and a third maybe reason I would either expect or personally have training mags.
First for ban states with grandfathered mags, training mags make sense for any hard use since I would be hard pressed to want to jack up tge "good" mags when theg are hard to replace and cost primo cash. Agree or disagree with staying, tge laws, ect. The concept is understandable.
Second cheap "second line" mags that are lower quality and malf prone for training. I am personally one to do this. Used to run the, at the time $5 KCI glock mags for training cuz they were shit and malfed regularly. At least in all the glocks I ran them in. Since it was a mixed bag of when they'd malf made for good training in my mind. When the price increased on them it did then become a cost benefit over OEM mags and OEM won out. I do have some magpul glock mags I abuse but that is more due to wanting to play with something new. I also had a friend who had marked thermolds which he had found would doublefeed damn near more than not. Again training mags. There also I think the mindset with mags dedicated for training that you don't feel bad about abusing them. "Why that glock 33rder look like a bananna" "training mag" and I would in no way assume the "good mags" never get shot. Just maybe not violated.
Third. I've seen some departments who are so paranoid bout damaging shit they had ordered officers during training not to drop their mags and instead ordered them to sit them gently on tge ground during reloads during quals. I can again understand getting dedicated training mags in that situation as well.
That all said, if you wish to just rotate all mags through use for training. That does work too. There more than one way to skin the cat.
I wish you guys were wrong. the $50 a mag on the p320 hurts
I wish you guys were wrong. the $50 a mag on the p320 hurts
Where are you buying P320 mags for $50? They're not cheap by any means but most of the time I get mine for $30 or less
1) Legit reason. Maybe don't throw out your 'bad' mags, so much as put them in a storage container to be dumped for $$$ during the next panic buy?
Different sources.
The 17-15 end mags can be had for mid 30’s but the 21’s cheapest I can ever find is 40-50
Eh, maybe. I have little sympathy for panic-buyers. Just include that these are well used and may not be as reliable as new unopened product. If someone is truly looking for good gear, they won't buy it. Mr. "I want it because they tell me I can't have it!" -he can get my worn out mags.Dude, that’s kind of a dick move. If it’s a bad mag, destroy it and throw it away. Don’t scalp someone else looking to get some decent support gear for their gun.
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