Get some magazines if you need or want some
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WestKentucky
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If a man has 20 30rd mags, and 90 rounds, does he need more mags? No, he needs another 510 rds of ammo and another gross to put away.
I suspect any future legislation to be like the recent brace mess. Caused by gun owners who continue to push the limits. Bump stock the same. Bumpstock vs FA is a lot like “driving really fast side by side” vs drag racing.
I suspect any future legislation to be like the recent brace mess. Caused by gun owners who continue to push the limits. Bump stock the same. Bumpstock vs FA is a lot like “driving really fast side by side” vs drag racing.
Deanimator
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Merely BEING a gun owner is "pushing the limits" to anti-gun cultists. They're totalitarians who want a complete monopoly on the means of armed force. Any assertion to the contrary flies in the face of fifty years of statements from them.
The ONLY thing that will appease them is total disarmament and abject, fawning submission by their ideological opponents.
Ignition Override
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Deanimator: A citizen of the Czech Republic just told me how the Euro "One World" Zone will now try to reduce gun rights in the Czech Republic. The Czechs have resisted quite well so far, and regular citizens can acquire a handgun carry permit-contrary to popular hearsay baloney about "No guns in Europe (etc)".
The new pompous Euro tactic is lead bullets in the environment. The Brussels Perfumed Princes must have a hot line to the CA state capital building in Sacramento.
Back to magazines: my imported AKMs use only 20-rd. Hun. Tanker mags; superior ergos to the 30s. Glad that I paid the "high price" of about $35 each (for about ten), around three-four years ago.
The new pompous Euro tactic is lead bullets in the environment. The Brussels Perfumed Princes must have a hot line to the CA state capital building in Sacramento.
Back to magazines: my imported AKMs use only 20-rd. Hun. Tanker mags; superior ergos to the 30s. Glad that I paid the "high price" of about $35 each (for about ten), around three-four years ago.
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toivo
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I'm with you. I was contemplating my first AR purchase in 2013 when the NY "SAFE" Act hit. There went that plan out the window. So now I just have to make do with what I've got: an SKS, a Saiga, and a Mini-14, with stripper clips for the SKS and a buttload of 10-round magazines for the other two.
Add in a couple of shotguns, and I think I could defend the homestead if I had to. Not that I think I'll have to.
Deanimator
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At the beginning of last year, I was eagerly awaiting the Palmetto State and Kalashnikov AK103 clones. Things went sideways and that stuff either appears on hold, or they're totally unavailable. I'm lucky, since I already had 1,000+ rounds of M193. I punted and bought a Bear Creek modern 16" upper to supplant my '90s vintage 20" and 16" uppers. I have no idea how hard it is to get 7.62x39mm now, but I'll bet it isn't easy.Deanimator: A citizen of the Czech Republic just told me how the Euro "One World" Zone will now try to reduce gun rights in the Czech Republic. The Czechs have resisted quite well so far, and regular citizens can acquire a handgun carry permit-contrary to popular hearsay baloney about "No guns in Europe (etc)".
The new pompous Euro tactic is lead bullets in the environment. The Brussels Perfumed Princes must have a hot line to the CA state capital building in Sacramento.
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Deanimator: some stores have single boxes of 7.62x39.
Want a case? JGSales has it . No sweat.
It was $230 for 1,000, a year ago.
Now— $620 for 1,000 rds, plus tax and shipping.
My storing of “a few” cases began a few years ago to avoid today’s prices. We Knew that there would be at least another "Non-election inspired", short-duration panic - someday.
Want a case? JGSales has it . No sweat.
It was $230 for 1,000, a year ago.
Now— $620 for 1,000 rds, plus tax and shipping.
My storing of “a few” cases began a few years ago to avoid today’s prices. We Knew that there would be at least another "Non-election inspired", short-duration panic - someday.
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DustyGmt
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I have only 30's since that's what's most commonly available. A couple 20's mixed in. I have one 10rd Promag thats only useful feature is that it has sharp edges and can be thrown. As a magazine it doesn't work.
I've thought about this "stock up on 10rd mags" idea. They are $18 at my LGS. 30's are cheaper.
I've thought about this "stock up on 10rd mags" idea. They are $18 at my LGS. 30's are cheaper.
AlexanderA
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The need to stockpile magazines should have been obvious for years. I can't believe that some people are just waking up now.
Every gun should have a complete loadout of magazines (at a minimum). Otherwise you're being willfully negligent.
Every gun should have a complete loadout of magazines (at a minimum). Otherwise you're being willfully negligent.
whughett
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I purchased a MPA 9MM carbine last spring. Came with two 32 round magazines. My home state had pending house bills banning high cap mags , didn’t pass, so I bought two 10 round mags just in case. I actually prefer the 10’s for off the bench shooting.
Archie
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I agree with your thinking. The idea of staving off - in my own past preparations - a chapter of a motorcycle gang with a defensive sidearm is unrealistic. If ever shot fired hit the mark, and every hit caused that adversary to fall to the ground and be incapable of further belligerence, at least around shot number seven or so, adversary number twelve would connect with me. Unless the rest are totally incompetent, which is not a smart assumption.
Either they all run away when one shoots the first one - or fires the first shot - or this is the last stand. Not being a fortuneteller, I cannot say.
The same argument applies to a lone defender against a band of properly armed quasi militants. The best one can plan is to be found where the villainous dead are piled the highest.
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Awhile back I put a message in the,what did you do in the loading room thread. It was about stepping back from loading and shooting.
NOT because of inventory,or really any lack of interest. It was because I felt there were things in my life that could use the attention right now,moreso than worrying about "things".
OK,got that out of the way,just sayin;
Been throwing some real money at our fabrication efforts here. Making metal magazines(we call'm clips because of one particular op that,well,they're clipped on a forming die,nothing more) is,going to get a WHOLE lot easier. Compared to the forming we've been doing here lately......mags aren't that dang hard to make.
Back to regular programming.
NOT because of inventory,or really any lack of interest. It was because I felt there were things in my life that could use the attention right now,moreso than worrying about "things".
OK,got that out of the way,just sayin;
Been throwing some real money at our fabrication efforts here. Making metal magazines(we call'm clips because of one particular op that,well,they're clipped on a forming die,nothing more) is,going to get a WHOLE lot easier. Compared to the forming we've been doing here lately......mags aren't that dang hard to make.
Back to regular programming.
As far as scary rifles go, I smartly ordered 10 rd mags for my AR some time ago just incase. I have 1 or 2 extra still in the packages just incase I need to barter. Im getting an AK soon as well and ordered 2 10rds for it. Should probably source some 10 rd mags for my M1 Carbine just incase as well. Rest of my rifles are either tubefed or internal magazine. Hand guns are another story
JTHunter
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For my AK, I have 4 - 40 rd., 2 - 75 rd. drums, and 3 - 5 rd. magazines the gun shipped with originally. All are loaded with "mixed" ammo, milsurp steel-cased FMJ, JHPs, and brass PSPs. They are usually mixed with an FMJ, then JHP, (repeat these 2), then the 5th round being the PSP. The costliest ammo gets used the least.
Deanimator
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It's far more likely that the limit will be FIVE rounds... if they don't outright ban anything into which you can put them.
You'll be lucky if you can legally own a deadly Remington 700 "sniper rifle".
This isn't about "restrictions".
It's about DISARMAMENT.
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