How many magazines do you keep for your pistols?

[BruiseLee]

Which Is Better? Rotate Mags, or Leave Them Loaded?

"Springs loose tension based on cycles not how they are stored. they wear out from being loaded and unloaded. Most should last for thousands of cycles before they fail."

"Springs don't "rest".
You only take one more cycle off their life by unloading & loading them to let them "rest"."

Is this true? I've never heard this before. I've always heard it is a good practice to rotate your magazines, to unload them periodically and let them uncompress.

I don't think this could be true because one of the advantages of the revolver are the springs in that type of weapon are at rest even if the gun is loaded and combat ready.

So, which is the proper procedure for magazines? It has to be one or the other; it can't be both. Leave them alone, or rotate and rest?

 

[Philip Marlowe]

The average seems to be 4 - keep two loaded, and two "resting" as it were. Have 10 for some.

Depends on use. P22 only really needs one or two mags. Full-time carry piece - minimum 4.

 

[A-FIXER]

6 Each pistol and their all hi-cap 10+

 

[Shytheed Dumas]

Here's my current mag count for my semiauto pistols...

.22 = 2 mags
9mm carry pistol = 3 mags
9mm hi cap range pistol = 4 mags

 

[sohcgt2]

Which Is Better? Rotate Mags, or Leave Them Loaded?

The answer GRASSHOPPER is a spring is nothing more than a wire. Take a coat hanger for a visual. Every time you load your magazine the wire bends. Every time the magazine is unloaded the wire straightens out again. Like the coat hanger if you bend it and leave it, it will be fine, but if you bend and straighten it repeatedly, it breaks. The spring is designed to be bent and straightened so it lasts much longer than the coat hanger wire, but the same thing is happening. So it makes no difference if you leave the magazine loaded or empty, as long as you empty it by shooting the gun. The springs in quality magazines should last for several thousand cycles. Also they are more likely to weaken with use than to break, so eventually they will cause near empty missfeads. Hope that helps to clarify the muddy water.

 

[wditto]

okay, fine, but, who makes the "best" 1911 mags ?

 

[sohcgt2]

okay, fine, but, who makes the "best" 1911 mags ?

check with Tuner on that, He can steer you to all things 1911 and won't mind sharing his expertise

 

[johnnylaw53]

For my personnel Beretta I have 5 for my duty sig only 3 that all they give us. If one start to act up they will replace it but won't give you extra to rotate them as our range master said it is not needed. I'm really not sure myself if it is or not.

be safe