How many loaded Mags is too many?

[CrossedRifles]

I keep like 10 magazines loaded and place 1k rds. of nice 77 Gr. ammo onto stripper clips and keep it in 2 ammo boxes with 2 Maglula strip speedloaders. If anything ever happens, I can just efficiently and quickly load all my magazines.

[MotoriousRacing]

That's just the primary safe, right?

[MXRider]

I keep hearing people saying they would rather shoot than load magazines. Honestly, how long does it really take you guys in CA to load 10 rounds into a mag? Kind of a silly argument.

[voiceofreason]

I only keep one mag empty for dry firing purposes.

All others are loaded. Change springs as they weaken over time.

I believe all guns should always be loaded. Either locked up or on your person.

Unless you're cleaning or transporting it... it's default state is loaded.

[russ69]

How about last 30 years?

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Tactical planning is the best defense. I don't live where looting is much of a possibility. I did lock and load my M1A at the time, I didn't need it.

Edit: In my neighborhood people went down to Nordstroms and overcharged their credit card.

[billmaykafer]

like asking Josie Wales "how many guns should I have on me?"

[Socalman]

I keep 1 or 2 mags of every gun loaded with SD ammo, including my revolver which has 3 speedloaders ready to go. If I am going to the range to practice, I will load up other mags with ball ammo. I know that in a SHTF situation, I will have firearms ready to use if needed and I will have some time to load the others with the proper ammo.

[Bobby Ricigliano]

That picture is as old as the hills. The first time I saw it I thought it was awesome. Nowadays as the collection grows it seems sort of meh...

[Bobby Ricigliano]

That's just the primary back-up safe, right?

That

[Decoligny]

I would rather err on the side of not having a negligent discharge by keeping them unloaded except for my HD


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It is strange, I have never even heard of a magazine having a negligent discharge sitting on a shelf, even while full of ammuntion.

That was what this thread was about wasn't it? How many loaded MAGAZINES do you have, not how many loaded GUNS do you have.

[bigbearbear]

It must suck to go to a range that is more restrictive than CA state law.

Reed's indoor range has this restriction about loaded magazines, they also have this rule that no firearms are allowed in the store area without being in a locked container. So if you bring a shotgun you'll have to lock it.

I don't mind those rules, the range/store is pretty nice and it is close by my house. My colleague and I shoot there when we want to try out some handguns or shotguns and are too lazy to drive all the way to Los Altos.

[hks95134]

Finally got some interior leds mounted in my safe last weekend. Looks awesome! I also bought several magazine holders that mount on the interior of the door. This got me thinking I should have some loaded mags in the safe just in case for emergencies and such. Then proceeded to load all my mags.

How many loaded mags is too many? I showed my son and he said "Dad it looks like you are ready for war!"

Anyway . . .it got me thinking . . . Do other keep their mags loaded or unloaded in the safe?

This question comes up a lot.

I think you should load as many mags as you expect to need in any given firefight -- same rule as for the boys in green in A-stan.

During Viet Nam, the boys in green would carry a bandoleer with 100 rounds on 10 stripper clips, plus 3 to 6 mags already loaded, plus 1 mag in their battle carbines. That would have totaled 140 rounds in the mags and another 100 available for speed-reloading.

I have not seen footage on anyone in A-stan with bandoleers, but the new 6 mag ammo jackets are popular over there. With the one in the rifle, that equals 210 rounds.

I keep 40 rounds loaded for my 45 ACP, and 5 shells attached to my 12 gauge. And that's even more than I would ever expect to need at home.

But also, in addition, I have loaded up 100 cartridges into my 10 5.56mm mags for my carbine, and put these inside a WW2 M-1 Garand bandoleer, for safe keeping, and to be ready if ever needed. I doubt I would ever need them, but they are there in case I do.

It would take on heck of a gang invasion in my neighborhood, a place known for peace and quiet, before these would all ever be needed.

[hks95134]

Reed's indoor range has this restriction about loaded magazines, they also have this rule that no firearms are allowed in the store area without being in a locked container. So if you bring a shotgun you'll have to lock it.

I don't mind those rules, the range/store is pretty nice and it is close by my house. My colleague and I shoot there when we want to try out some handguns or shotguns and are too lazy to drive all the way to Los Altos.

I lock all my guns whenever I transport them. I seem to recall a California law requiring it. I like a trigger lock through each of them, and the handguns boxed and locked again, and the long guns cased and locked again. Doubly safe.

[hks95134]

I keep 1 or 2 mags of every gun loaded with SD ammo, including my revolver which has 3 speedloaders ready to go. If I am going to the range to practice, I will load up other mags with ball ammo. I know that in a SHTF situation, I will have firearms ready to use if needed and I will have some time to load the others with the proper ammo.

EVERY gun is definitely unnecessary.

Your PRIMARY defense go-to gun, sure.

Maybe also a backup gun, in case the primary jams or fails.

For me, my 12 gauge serves as my backup, with the shells attached to it but not loaded in it.

The others are unloaded.

But I have recently also loaded all 10 of my 5.56mm mags, having revisited this issue in the past few days, while thinking it over.

[hks95134]

like asking Josie Wales "how many guns should I have on me?"

A gunfighter needs at least two, if not 3 or 4.

Most LEO's have 2 at one time, and they are modern gunfighters -- lawmen. They also carry an AR and a 12 gauge with them in their vehicles, which equals the total of 4.

For the Old West, I would envision from the old Hollywood movies, a two gun holster, a concealed 3rd, and a lever action repeating rifle or shotgun.