How many magazines?

[silentshooter]

10 per rifle is what I keep as the stockpile. And that is 10 loaded mags. The others are just kept as extra stock.

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[NightCat]

I agree, but having 30 doesn't mean you carry them all at the same time. Mark makes a good point that they wear out.

..I dunno bout mags wear out.........what wears out? I've never had a magazine malfunction and some of my USGI mags I've had for...fuck knows how long...

Store them empty or loaded, but constant loading and unloading is what wears them out.

10 per rifle is what I keep as the stockpile. And that is 10 loaded mags. The others are just kept as extra stock.

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^^^ This is ideal.

I keep 6 of 13 loaded.

And I have 1 magazine of "fuck you up" ammo....72gr JHP Winchester.. home defense rounds.

While I have only 13 magazines, I have probably 20 spare mag springs and extra followers for them in case servicing is required.

PMCS :P

[Busta Prima]

You'll most likely wear out a barrel before you wear out a mag. How many extra barrels do you have?

Just playing Devil's A - I voted THIRTY!! LOL!

[MarkCO]

My ARs don't sit in the safe or closet, they get shot. Yes barrels wear out too, but not as fast as mags. When a chrome lined barrel "wears out" the group sizes start to open up, maybe 30K or so. But you don't start blowing up bullets mid-air until about 60K+. A mag won't go 60K.

Every rounds fired in an AR results in a case impacting the left or the right feedlip...with aluminum of plastic, it will eventually roll out and fail. The steel ones last almost indefinately due to the differnce in the impact force and the way materials behave.

Of my original stock of aluminm bodied AR mags from about 15 years ago, which was 10 new teflon coated mags with good internals, 6 have been thrown away. The followers, with new springs have gone into new bodies and some are still running. In October, I threw a PMag body away that started to double feed and it was about 3 years old and had about 5K rounds through it.

[Great-Kazoo]

10 per gun, 10 for replacement, what ever you can afford to keep in inventory after that. Use X magazines per gun. this allows you to keep a set number of mags in use. When & if they wear out replace from stored ones.
Since someone will ask eventually, 1K per firearm with components or loaded ammo to replace when fired. Right now if you do not have ammo or mags you are way behind the curve.

[hghclsswhitetrsh]

Never enough.

[Tinelement]

I said 10 is enough....

My reason: if I had to load out, can't take more than 10.

Hell yes I have more if I'm staying home!!!

[R2Chief2]

I said 10 is enough....

My reason: if I had to load out, can't take more than 10.

Hell yes I have more if I'm staying home!!!

I have two young kids, so I'm kinda stuck at home and would have a much better chance at home than out somewhere if the SHTF.
I voted 30, but right now I'm at about 15.
If my back orders ever get here, I'll be at about 25

[Tinelement]

I have two young kids, so I'm kinda stuck at home and would have a much better chance at home than out somewhere if the SHTF.
I voted 30, but right now I'm at about 15.
If my back orders ever get here, I'll be at about 25

In the same boat!

But, if I can't reload 10 mags, with help, fast enough......... I'm screwed and gonna be out of ammo in a real hurry!!!!



Seriously though.

[asmo]

All depends on how many weapons you have and how many other people you are going to arm..

5 people at 10 mags each plus spares (things break - and I am thinking we are talking about a supply to last you a lifetime) = 75 mags.