What's your magazine/round ratio?

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What's your magazine/round ratio?

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Since I'm new to the AR15/M4 world I'm curious about how many magazines everyone has. How many do you keep loaded? I remember a picture someone posted that must have had at least 50 loaded mags in a safe. Do you only have a few or less than 10 mags and hundreds or thousands of rounds?
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Well, I can hardly stockpile any .223 if you and I keep shooting it! :)

I have about 8-10 magazines and about 1000 rounds at the moment.
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Adequate amounts of both.
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I just finished building my first AR last night. I have 3 30rd mags loaded and about 400rds under the bed...for now.
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Since I still haven't built my AR yet, this is AKs...but every steel surplus magazine I have is loaded. Its a great way to store the rounds. Not sure how many I have but I know its more than 10 and they're all loaded. :mrgreen:
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I know how many magazines I have for my AR 15s. All of them are loaded with the exception of the ones I need to upgrade the followers. That's all I have to say about this. ;-)
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MoJo wrote:I know how many magazines I have for my AR 15s. All of them are loaded with the exception of the ones I need to upgrade the followers. That's all I have to say about this. ;-)
That was your picture of all those magazines in the safe, wasn't it? :lol:
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MoJo wrote:I know how many magazines I have for my AR 15s. All of them are loaded with the exception of the ones I need to upgrade the followers. That's all I have to say about this. ;-)
That was your picture of all those magazines in the safe, wasn't it? :lol:
I'll never tell. :coolgleamA:

It's more than 10 and less than 100. :thewave
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Is this yours?

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I have 15-20 but I consider AR magazines a semi-disposable component, like socks.

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I have:
18-30 rounders
7-20 rounders
4-10 rounders
All the mags are loaded with either .223, 5.56, or 300 BLK.
Also a few hundred rounds of .223/5.56 and about 10 boxes of 300 BLK. I had more but I went shootin' the other day. ;-)
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I keep 4-30 rnd mags loaded with 5.56 and i have 2x420-rnd cans of 5.56. I cant imagine I'd need even that much at home especially with all my pistols loaded.
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TexasAggie09 wrote:I keep 4-30 rnd mags loaded with 5.56 and i have 2x420-rnd cans of 5.56. I cant imagine I'd need even that much at home especially with all my pistols loaded.
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ajwakeboarder wrote:I just finished building my first AR last night. I have 3 30rd mags loaded and about 400rds under the bed...for now.
Just updating, I now have 10 fully loaded mags, and 1000 extra rounds :coolgleamA: :txflag:
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Usually, no more than this (for the AR anyway):

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