JAF1680 Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 I was running a 3 gun match and started getting odd questions from one of the open shooters that normally would do quite well on options. On the first stage everyone was pre loading shotguns and getting ready to go. He walks buy with a magfed shotgun and rifle with a bipod and a glock 27 on his hip. He had a brand new DVC Open on his belt when he was asking questions in the morning. He had driven 2 hours to the match and forgot his magazines for the 2011. I made a better friend that day when I told him I had spare mags in my car. He has never forgotten them again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davsco Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 bringing the mags with you to a match is good, but let's just say that having them in your mag pouches and not back in your range bag, is also good, when you dump your handgun (3 gun match) and it's time to rock with your AR... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MustangMan Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 10 hours ago, davsco said: bringing the mags with you to a match is good, but let's just say that having them in your mag pouches and not back in your range bag, is also good, when you dump your handgun (3 gun match) and it's time to rock with your AR... I watched that happen to a buddy at Blue Ridge last year, he ran all the way back through the stage to his range bag to grab his mag and then all the way back to the shooting position. Still didn't time out though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benji Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 I've heard 2 sets of mags is a good rule, my goal is to have enough match mags that I don't have to clean or reload mags for 4 stages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 As a Single Stack Shooter I have two sets of 7 mags, one goes in my Range Bag loops and the other in a Mag Carrying Case. Basically one set are Practice Mags and the other are Match Mags but both are exactly the same and are interchangeable. I say before each Match that I am going to make a list of items to take and I eventually don't. That all changed at my last Match as I left part of my CPAP at home; thankfully I was only 3 hours from home and my wife met me half way and saved the day. Thanks Honey!!!!!!! I know that's a different thread, but all equipment is important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucreau Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 Can’t say I didn’t do this once at an out of state match Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
920webb Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 I always bring in of mags to a match al ready preloaded before the match so that I don't have worry about reloading magazines . Also this way I have some to spare . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
07yzryder Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 had a guy shooting single stack with 3 spare mags. He over estimated his ability to clean stages and declined to borrow some of my mags on stage 1. I offered after he ran out of mags on stage 1 and he gladly accepted and commented on how he needs practice. Not only is it important to bring mags, but to bring ENOUGH mags to complete the stages with room to spare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elguapo Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 On 10/26/2019 at 8:11 PM, 920webb said: I always bring in of mags to a match al ready preloaded before the match so that I don't have worry about reloading magazines . Also this way I have some to spare . Not only do I do that, but I stick them in the magazine pouches. When I put my belt on the only thing left to do is head to the safe area and stick the pistol in the holster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hankdiesel Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 I was heading to a level 2 match and made it 2 hours from home and realized I left my gun...luckily I was way ahead of schedule... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniB Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 I can do better. I brought mags, loaded up the night before, but no gun! First stage, everyone is getting ready, and I have my belt on with mags and go poking through my range bag only to start laughing at how I left the pistol in the safe at home (over an hour away). I was all set to just RO everyone for the day, but it got better. A good friend loaned me his open gun, rig and ammo (well...do you really "loan" ammo?). I have been ruined ever since, and remain forever grateful for the opportunity to blast away with a comp and dot (my face was sore from smiling so much). I even got to pay it forward! We had a bunch of new shooters on our squad that day, all shooting the same ammo and mags that I brought up, so I gladly gave them my stuff to use (since most of them only had 1 or 2 magazines with them). Granted, I've never forgotten my meager iron sight blaster since then...but if that buddy is signed up for the same match, I'm always tempted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdlincoln Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 What may be worse is forgetting your holster when you're running a rather obscure gun. I did that once when I was shooting my XDm 5.25. When I asked at the shooters meeting if anyone happened to have an "extra", one guy did, for his backup gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travail Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 Worst I have done so far is forget ammo for a pistol that would only reliably ignite federal match primers. Not too many extras of those around to buy when at a match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merldizzle Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 Doesn’t sound very enjoyable to forget the important components Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beechnutbob Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Been there done that, Gun, (right gun type wrong caliber in gun bag,) mags, (40’s and 9 look a lot alike) Ammo, (wrong power factor) but luckily not all at the same time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadBomber Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 I forgot my holster one time. Now, before I leave the house, I touch and say "gun, mags, ammo, eyes, ears and holster". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe4d Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 mags are pretty trivial, once when heading out to a horse race I forgot my dang horse. Trailer hooked up ? check Tack ? check, Thermos of coffee ? check Food for 3 days ? check, Hay, horse feed ,coral panels ? check Pint of Jimbeam to either celebrate or drown sorrows ? check.. Work 10 hour shift till 1230 AM, come home grab few hours sleep to roll out by 3am,, head down drive,, horse is standing by fence looking at me.... hummmmmmmmmmmm sonofa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnappi Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 I have a mental "check list" like I have for my boat. I don't leave my driveway to go boating or shooting without going over my checklist. That said, with a check list, I think I'd forget my underwear before mags, ammo and a gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeti Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 I have done it also. Mags stored in velcro 6 count pouches. Correct pistol? Check. Mags? DOH! Grabbed the wrong pouch. Bought some mag pouches in different colors to assist in grabbing the correct caliber during early morning pack jobs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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