Rifle Buttstock Ammo Carriers - Is It Just Me?

MCMXI said:

Maybe the ammo carrier is there simply to show off the ammo.

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hmmmmmm......marketing at its finest!
Probably should have only had one spent round in the carrier.....tho I only see one hole in the animal.

and i must say i did notice the accubonds before anything else.....im weird...i know...

illinoisburt said:

I use something very similar on all my hunting rifles and slug shotgun. Never had an issue of snagging or ammo falling out. It's really convenient, never forget ammo or have wrong ammo for the gun, and know immediately if a gun is loaded as rounds are missing. One wasted hunting trip without ammo many years ago was enough for me.

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I only shoot single shot rifles, so having a butt stock ammo carrier (I cut mine down to just two rounds) is handy for a possible follow up shot if needed.

LoonWulf said:

hmmmmmm......marketing at its finest!
Probably should have only had one spent round in the carrier.....tho I only see one hole in the animal.

and i must say i did notice the accubonds before anything else.....im weird...i know...

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Nah, you're not "weird", you're "quirky"...

In my case, the "ammo carrier" serves primarily as a cheek riser, the ammo loops just happen to come with it. I can't tell from the picture because you can't see because the ammo is sitting high, but perhaps he has a little bit of cheek rise with it? In any event, I don't see anything wrong with it either way.

If you screw the sling stud through the carrier it keeps it from sliding around.

I like them because I never have to worry about forgetting ammo. And if you leave your pack or get caught with your pants down (literally) you can still reload.

There was a discussion on one of the military boards regarding soldiers placing magazine pouches on the stocks of U.S. carbine, caliber .30, M1s.

Some shooters said it “ruined the balance and handling” of the carbine. Then a WW2 veteran joined in on the electronic conversation and told them in no uncertain terms they were glad to have the extra ammunition available and they never noticed the weight. Something to chew on.

Maybe some of us are stronger than others...

I have to go with the “personal preference” crowd although I haven’t been a rifleman since I left the service nearly fifty years ago now...

Slightly off topic but I found a butt cuff on a standard riot gun very useful on the street... it not only held five additional rounds with the shotgun at all times, but did so in a manner that did not hinder its quick pointing ability. A great extra benefit was that I could choose buck or slug re-loads depending on which end of the cuff I drew from. I’ll say a quick prayer since I never got into any situation that needed those extra rounds...

I dislike them greatly.
If I wanted rounds handy on the gun Id be more apt to go with an SAP 2 rounder at midpoint

There’s one of those on my .270. I fill it up before I leave the house. When I leave the truck I load the gun from that stock sock which leaves it about 1/3 full. When I unload I fill it back up. That’s an easy way to know if the gun is loaded or not (blind magazine) if I shoot, I pick up the empties while waiting for the animal to expire calmly, I then stick the empties back in the sock and reload the rifle. It’s a lot more convenient than other methods, and the beauty of it is that if you put it there before you leave home, you know you have ammo when you get to your hunting spot.

The comments on muzzle discipline... if he uses my method then he has verified the gun is empty (full sock, 2 empty cases in the sock indicating he shot twice and unloaded) so it is nothing more than an expensive piece of iron laying next to him. An open action would have been better, but I am not faulting the man here because it matches almost exactly what I would do, and I know that what I do is safe.

Shanghai McCoy said:

Nah, you're not "weird", you're "quirky"...

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That sounds way more sophisticated!

marksman13 said:

View attachment 949013 Maybe some of us are stronger than others...

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You got a mighty stubby gun there boss.....






I wanna see more of that one, those are some of my favorite #1 variants.