I’ll reduce the numbers if it’ll make you feel better but the restriction on full capacity magazines still lingers in memory.
Ooh yeah. Times like that are game-changers.
I’ll reduce the numbers if it’ll make you feel better but the restriction on full capacity magazines still lingers in memory.
Seeing many of these types of responses. Wondering why? And maybe even more importantly, what is this based on? Are these numbers as arbitrary as they seem to be?Serious guns should have a minimum of 12.
I prefer 24 for the serious guns myself.
Seeing many of these types of responses. Wondering why? And maybe even more importantly, what is this based on? Are these numbers as arbitrary as they seem to be?
I mean, let's say a "serious gun" is a handgun you carry every day. How many mags are you going to bring with you when you go out, not counting the one in your weapon? One spare? Maybe two? Based on the recent thread regarding "actual civilian gunfights," many THR members [who responded] believe that carrying even one spare mag is almost completely pointless - and claim they don't do it. (Source)
If that's true (and I realize that isn't the case for everyone), why the need for "a minimum of 12" magazines, much less 24 of them?
The real question is, why is magazine hoarding so common?
In an ideal world, magazines never break or suffer inadvertent damage, wear out or get lost, so if that is where you live then, yes, one or two magazines might be enough. However, if you have no magazine for your semiauto pistol, you have a very difficult to load single shot pistol. That's the real world.Seeing many of these types of responses. Wondering why? And maybe even more importantly, what is this based on? Are these numbers as arbitrary as they seem to be?
I mean, let's say a "serious gun" is a handgun you carry every day. How many mags are you going to bring with you when you go out, not counting the one in your weapon? One spare? Maybe two? Based on the recent thread regarding "actual civilian gunfights," many THR members [who responded] believe that carrying even one spare mag is almost completely pointless - and claim they don't do it. (Source)
If that's true (and I realize that isn't the case for everyone), why the need for "a minimum of 12" magazines, much less 24 of them?
And yeah, you can own anything you want, without reason; but I can't help wonder. And anyone can respond to this, obviously. The real question is, why is magazine hoarding so common?
Great way to look at it, and great answer. Thanks for putting it in perspective.David E said:A better question is: "How many are 'enough' magazines...if you could never get more?"
"Hoarding" means stockpiling, accumulating vast numbers of, etc. And it wasn't meant sarcastically or suggestive that anyone who stockpiles magazines is doing something wrong. I was just asking why its so common because I was curious. Life is never too short to allow time for a question.If someone is "hoarding" (whatever that is) magazines, I see little problem with that since it is their money and their decision pointless as the practice may or may not be. If that "floats their boat" more power to 'em.
"Hoarding" means stockpiling, accumulating vast numbers of, etc.