rpage Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Just wondering, what the purpose is. Why are they numbered Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eerw Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 number or mark you mags so that if one is giving you a problem you can identify it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbbean Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Just wondering, what the purpose is. Why are they numbered So you can tell one from the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boz1911 Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 My Limited mags are not numbered. I knew one was giving me a problem so I had to shoot a ton of practice rounds yesterday ntil it reared it's ugly head. Hopefully, I can get them numbered soon, to alleviate this problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaiserb Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 My Limited mags are not numbered. I knew one was giving me a problem so I had to shoot a ton of practice rounds yesterday ntil it reared it's ugly head. Hopefully, I can get them numbered soon, to alleviate this problem. The silver sharpie markers work great for numbering mags. I had one I found that was causing an intermittent feed issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprout Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Just wondering, what the purpose is. Why are they numbered I mark mine so I can easily keep track of any mag that starts acting up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steel1212 Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 I use wire numbers that I use at work. Its just a long strip of tape that is marked 0-9. Take a piece off and put it on the back of the mag. I number mine so I know which ones are the problem children. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Miles Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Mine are numbered for the reasons listed above. I also have my initials on them so they find their way home when dropped (reloads) during a course of fire. CYa, Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boats Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 I number mine for all the reasons above plus, If the stage calls for a specific number of rounds like 6 I use the mag with the corresponding number, 11 rounds I use mag # 1 Boats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkrispies Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 I have seven mags numbered 1-7; they also have my name clearly Sharpied on them in case I accidentally kick one into the next staging area while running around. The last two (6 and 7) are the ones that I use primarily in practice with 5 and 4 used a bit more often in practice; 1-3 are pretty much kept pristine for competition. The reason 6 and 7 have earned those numbers is because they are the least reliable. 6 and 7 are last on my belt in competition (actually, 7 and is the Mulligan in my pocket because it won't slide lock on the last round, and 6 is the last-resort-I've-already-FUBARed-this-stage-so-why-am-I-even-bothering? mag) so I'm not worried about banging them up a bit in practice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin c Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Hmmm. I prefer to have 100% confidence in my equipment. I'm thinking I'd rather not have any questionable mags on my belt unless the problem popped up during the match and I didn't have spares (I make a point of having extras, though). I will preload the mags, putting them on my belt in numerical order with the spares in my bag. At the next stage, unused mags get rotated up front, with the just used mags going to the end of the line after cleaning and reloading. (Must always recite the mantra: "no used mags back on the belt" religiously.) That way, I get more equal use out of all my mags, and can change the springs/followers at predictable times during the life of each magazine. And of course, as noted above, pukey mags get ID'd pronto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyScrapin Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 My mags are numbered because everyone else has numbered mags and I didn't want to be left out. Then... I found out there was a purpose behind it. Preston Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STI2011 Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 (edited) My mags are numbered because everyone else has numbered mags and I didn't want to be left out. Then... I found out there was a purpose behind it.Preston I took mine to a local trophy shop and had them engrave numbers 1 - 4 and then my initials on the bottom of my dawson extensions and then enhanced the engraving with paint. I think they charged me $20 to do 4 extensions. I asked for the initials to be a bit smaller but, oh well. Edited June 21, 2009 by glockman2000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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