Stockpiling Glock 19 10 rounders !!!

[Girodin]

Aside from a plastic-lipped Ramline Ruger 10/22 magazine, I've never worn out a magazine in my life.

How do you use them? If one shoots on a square range and slowly ejects each mag and nicely sets it down they will probably last forever with perhaps the need to replace the spring at some point.

If, however, the type of shooting and training you do is more dynamic and has the mags hitting the ground, possibly being stepped on, etc, etc, they can be damaged. Glock mags are in my experience pretty durable. I do have a factory glock mag that's been damaged. It still functions but is just a range mag at this point. I've seen many other brands of mags get damaged as well. Some seem to be able to take less than glock mags.

As for KCI mags I can only report my own experience. I have only a few of those mags. During a day of training, and the first time I really used the KCI mags I had one have the follower bind mid mag and obviously stop feeding. It rattled my confidence in those mags. Between that and the fact they don't drop free, I simply paid the relatively small price difference for genuine factory mags.

Perhaps if I swapped the springs, the KCI would do better. I have enough factory mags I haven't bothered to mess with it yet.

I don't see why people can't understand that a mag is a mag

Because some mags are actually made much better than other mags. Take any number of pro mags for example and compare them to their factory counter parts. Or are you simply talking the difference in mag capacity. For as much as you are now saying a mag is a mag, why is it that the 10 round mags were your (and probably every free person's) second choice? Just saying.

Pull yourselves together. There is not need to stockpile magazines or ammo.

There may not be a need to go pay outrageous prices, however, those of us that saw the need to "stock pile" mags and ammo before this nonsense aren't worrying about it. If you like to shoot it makes sense to have ample mags and ammo on hand. Given the scares we have seen and the ever present threat, even if it is typically remote, of legislation to abridge our freedoms it actually seems kind of silly to me for folks to have not "stock piled" sufficient for their needs before right now. Of course I'm astonished at the number of people that have only a week or so's worth of food in their house.

 

[justice06rr]

"Pull yourselves together. There is no need to stockpile magazines or ammo"

There goes that word "need" being thrown around again. One man's needs is not the same as another man's needs. other than your basic need for food and shelter, needs vary individually. If you don't feel the need to stockpile ammo, that is up to you. But when a drought in ammo or mags come you will be sorry.

Right now I can barely shoot my AR15 because I don't have enough 223 ammo on hand. If I stockpiled a decent amount (I don't mean 5000rds, but more like a few hundred) then I can at least shoot once a week. But now i'm regretting not buying more ammo before this whole frenzy started.

Its not a bad idea to buy a few 10rd Glock mags if thats all you can find. Buy a few spares until the hysteria calms down and high-cap mags become available again.

 

[ku4hx]

If gun ownership was based strictly on need, we'd all own one general use handgun, one general use rifle and one general use shotgun. But, like pretty much anything else from underwear to umbrellas, we seldom buy just what we need to survive. How many gun owners have vehicles with no radio, not CD player, no A/C, no power brakes and etc? Very few I'd wager but those devices don't help you get from point A to point B. They just make the trip more enjoyable.

If you know a person with only one of anything he likes, take him to a store selling what he likes. They'll smile and drool and make all sorts of comments about wanting to own this and wanting to own that and etc.

I have never been in a conversation about guns where a statement such as "Boy I'd like to own one of those." hasn't been voiced sooner or later. Buying "accessories" such as magazines, sights, magazine pouches, holsters and the like is just part of the lifestyle. I've never met an enthusiast of any type who ownes just one (or the bare minimum) of anything associated with his/her passion. If you're an enthusiast who has managed to limit yourself to the truly bare minimum then your are truly a rare breed. A breed apart as it were.

As far as "stocking up" on gun accessories is concerned, it's like my wife says: "They don't spoil". So buy what you want, enjoy what you have and pay little attention to those who tell you you're wrong or acting foolishly or inappropriately. It's your life and only you can determine what's right for you.

 

[Glockedout17]

If gun ownership was based strictly on need, we'd all own one general use handgun, one general use rifle and one general use shotgun. But, like pretty much anything else from underwear to umbrellas, we seldom buy just what we need to survive. How many gun owners have vehicles with no radio, not CD player, no A/C, no power brakes and etc? Very few I'd wager but those devices don't help you get from point A to point B. They just make the trip more enjoyable.

If you know a person with only one of anything he likes, take him to a store selling what he likes. They'll smile and drool and make all sorts of comments about wanting to own this and wanting to own that and etc.

I have never been in a conversation about guns where a statement such as "Boy I'd like to own one of those." hasn't been voiced sooner or later. Buying "accessories" such as magazines, sights, magazine pouches, holsters and the like is just part of the lifestyle. I've never met an enthusiast of any type who ownes just one (or the bare minimum) of anything associated with his/her passion. If you're an enthusiast who has managed to limit yourself to the truly bare minimum then your are truly a rare breed. A breed apart as it were.

As far as "stocking up" on gun accessories is concerned, it's like my wife says: "They don't spoil". So buy what you want, enjoy what you have and pay little attention to those who tell you you're wrong or acting foolishly or inappropriately. It's your life and only you can determine what's right for you.

Very well put, and you sir have a very smart wife.

There goes that word "need" being thrown around again. One man's needs is not the same as another man's needs. other than your basic need for food and shelter, needs vary individually. If you don't feel the need to stockpile ammo, that is up to you. But when a drought in ammo or mags come you will be sorry.

I don't want to be one of the sorry ones. These high cap mag prices are just ridiculous. I'll wait it out with my low cap and KCI mags.

 

[Warp]

Why would you feel the need or desire to [You can always carry more mags on your person without much added discomfort]?

Just in case.

And when it comes to legislation the point is that psychopaths who want to go shoot something up to become famous and go out with a 'bang' can still load up on a whole bunch of magazines

 

[BemidjiDweller]

What is the difference between the 10 and 15 rounders? Is the mag body shorter with an extended floorplate? Is the follower longer to reduce capacity? If it is just a longer follower, why not buy a bunch of 10rd'rs and a bunch of regular followers and springs if needed?

Edit: I'm not saying this to get around any ban, but a way to get regular mags when there are none available, like right now.

 

[Glockedout17]

What is the difference between the 10 and 15 rounders? Is the mag body shorter with an extended floorplate? Is the follower longer to reduce capacity? If it is just a longer follower, why not buy a bunch of 10rd'rs and a bunch of regular followers and springs if needed?

Edit: I'm not saying this to get around any ban, but a way to get regular mags when there are none available, like right now.

It's a single stack setup inside of a double stack magazine, so that it still fits flush in the mag well. There is no difference in size, it's just the insides that has been changed.