Farmer Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 Just curious how many, or extra magazines do you keep on hand for your pistols? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyOne Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 That depends on what division you are shooting. For Production, most keep at least 5 (I keep 6), for Limited at least 3, Limited 10 5-6, Open at least 3, CO at least 3, SS at least 6....Unless you were talking about just how many to have on hand just because...then, it's however many you feel comfortable with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmer Posted June 14, 2020 Author Share Posted June 14, 2020 I should have been more specific and asked how many on hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broadside72 Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 I have 6 on the belt for production. At L2 or higher I bring my 5 spares. The current match I'm at I needed one of them after one of my primary got abused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MemphisMechanic Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 I bring 8 mags for Production. 6 on the belt, a mag to start from, and two spares. I used to bring enough mags that I never had to load one all day; show up with all of them full. The problem there was that I kept losing mags. If you only have enough mags for the next stage, you notice when one went missing immediately! For carry optics or PCC? 5 mags come to the range and I work from three of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racerba Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 10 hours ago, Farmer said: I should have been more specific and asked how many on hand. on hand in general or on hand at a match? In general, I have at least 10 on hand for the pistols I compete with. I like to have at least 5 for those I don't. Get more if your budget allows it. I usually but them if there is a good deal on them. it's never a bad thing to have more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark88 Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 I better stock up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuvDog Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 (edited) For Production - I have a carry case that hold 10 mags that goes to the range. 1 in the gun and 5 on the belt and the extras are spares. Edited June 15, 2020 by LuvDog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intheshaw1 Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 I probably bring way more than I need but Glock mags are super cheap and I get sick of rushing to reload between stages. I usually bring 10-12 mags, all loaded before I get there and then take my time to reload after I shoot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glock17open Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 I shoot open, I have one big stick mag in the gun. (After the load and make ready command) two on my belt. One is a 155 mm mag the other 140. In my bag I have three more big sticks and a 140mm mag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwards30 Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 I do 4 on belt plus my starting mag. Our matches are pretty low round count per stage. I bring 7 total. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdp88 Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 For CO I bring 6 23 round mags and 4 or 5 factory mags just in case. As far as how many on hand, I have about 50 factory Glock mags new in box. I think I'd like to have at least 20 on hand for a competition or range gun and 5+ for a carry gun that I wont shoot much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stick Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Depends on the division. Here's what I use/bring Production use 6 bring between 8 & 10 Limited use 3 bring 5-6 PCC use 2 bring 4-5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belus Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 Production: 6 mags, five on the belt Single Stack: 7 mags, six on the belt In the closet: 15+ for Production or SS guns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lastcat Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 Open Gun I'll usually have a 28rd 170 in the gun. 170 and 140 on my belt. Most Stages, I grab the 140 for reloads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IHAVEGAS Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 It is nice to be able to skip reloading after a stage, for a lot of different reasons. So, production - I bring 10, limited - I bring 2 biguns and 4 18 rounders, revolver - I relax and say snarky things to those who have to load mags at a match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrackCage Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 Non-competition gun, I like to have ~5. My CO/Prod gun, I have ~30 mags. I usually bring 15 to the match so that I can shoot all day and never reload between stages. I have the mag sleeves so it is obvious to me if I've lost one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowhands Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 On 6/13/2020 at 3:02 PM, Farmer said: Just curious how many, or extra magazines do you keep on hand for your pistols? I shoot production, and I bring at least 8 magazines to a match, more if it's a major. I have up to six on my belt plus one in the gun. So far, I've never needed to go to the sixth mag pouch, but I've dropped a full magazine on a field course and gone to the fifth pouch, so better safe than sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliveb Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 I've got 8 plus one for the "round in the chamber" (standard division). At big matches, it's nice to not have to stress too much to clean/refill mags between stages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DKorn Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 For my Production setup, I have 6 magazines (and 5 mag pouches on my belt). I add the Barney round to the mag in my pocket right before I walk to the line in order to avoid any mixups. For single stack, I have 7 magazines since my mags can’t fit the extra round, so I use an extra magazine for the chambered round. I also run 5 mag pouches. For Carry Optics, I use the same gun as I do for Production so I have 6 mags. I only run my front 3 pouches for CO. I only have 5 basepads so one mag is unused for CO, but usually ends up being brought along just because. For PCC I run a Scorpion and have a mix of mags. I think right now I have two 30 round mags, one 20 round mag, one spliced 20+30 that’s unreliable so I don’t use it, one 35 round mag, and one 35+15 round mag. Typically I run the 35+15 for everything, although I’ll start with the 20 round mag for stages with a mandatory reload because it drops free most reliably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hdiamond Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 Primarily shooting CO now, so I run 4 pouches. 3 standard bullets forward, 1 set up for bullets out - the latter is for my barney mag. Don't want to confuse things with the other pouches. I keep 1 mag with a prod-sized base pad in a different color for Barney, again to avoid confusion. All my other mags have 140mm basepads. At a Level 2 match, or a particularly important Level 1, my starter mag comes from my pocket. Any other L1 match and it's coming from pouch 3. When I was shooting prod, 5-6 pouches and the starter mag came from my pocket pre-loaded to 11 every time barring an unloaded start. As far as mags on hand, I don't really like to have less than 5 for virtually any gun I shoot regularly, ones that are just occasional plinkers get ~3-4. For my primary competition platform (Walther) I think I have something like 25 mags now, including 3 dedicated for dry fire (permanently loaded with dummies with a Rack Buddy on top) I am with some of the other folks in this thread - I really like rolling up with all my mags loaded and shoot the whole day without having to reload a mag. Full mags go in one part of the range bag, used go in another. If it touches the ground, it ain't going back on the belt, and my "used" section is actually subdivided to separate these. God forbid I have a few reshoots and do need to load back up, I would never touch the ones that hit the ground until they've been cleaned at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wundere Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 I keep 6 for my Cz and 7 for my brazos, not that I should need that many but you never know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pure59 Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 For Production, 4 on belt. +1 starting in the gun. Always keep two sets- one for practice, one for matches. Currently, I only run 3 in practice. Trying to see when I'll start having magazine issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
18111811 Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 Production 5 on the belt and an 11 rounder in my pocket to start Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnappi Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 Funny story, I shot an invitational match and two of my mags failed (spring issues) during my shoot. Bummed out I went back to my bag and threw the marked bad ones in a pocket so I'd not grab them again. I had three spares and just then the RO came over and said I had to do a re-shoot as his timer was bad! I finished without incident with the replacement mags. It goes to show you that you never know when you need more mags! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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