That’s a very good idea. Sitting here, and thinking about it, I realized that I have more money in mags than I do in guns. Jeeze, am I the only one here that does that?
I don’t put unique serial numbers on them, but I do label them for caliber and firearm, since so many of them look so much alike. Heard of a guy that had a couple of .40’s in with his .45’s. Trying to avoid that.
Great advice. It doesn’t take thousands of rounds to mess up a mag, either. Weak spring, slightly bent feed lips. Malfunction! I liked this quote: “The magazine is in my opinion the most critical component of a semi-automatic firearm.”
As Pat Rogers says: “Don’t fall in love with your magazines.”
Thanks for bringing to my attention this good, practical advice.
December 1st, 2010 at 10:22 am
He mentions one reason to number a mag is to prevent overuse.
Heh. I wish.
I’d just like to have time and money to USE them.
December 1st, 2010 at 10:48 am
Also good to have your numbers on your mags as a way to identify that they are yours. If you lose one you might be able to identify it as “3B” easily.
December 1st, 2010 at 1:30 pm
That’s a very good idea. Sitting here, and thinking about it, I realized that I have more money in mags than I do in guns. Jeeze, am I the only one here that does that?
December 1st, 2010 at 2:46 pm
I don’t put unique serial numbers on them, but I do label them for caliber and firearm, since so many of them look so much alike. Heard of a guy that had a couple of .40’s in with his .45’s. Trying to avoid that.
December 1st, 2010 at 4:45 pm
He’s worried about “magazine wear”?
How many hundreds of thousands of rounds a year does he FIRE?
December 1st, 2010 at 7:34 pm
Great advice. It doesn’t take thousands of rounds to mess up a mag, either. Weak spring, slightly bent feed lips. Malfunction! I liked this quote: “The magazine is in my opinion the most critical component of a semi-automatic firearm.”
As Pat Rogers says: “Don’t fall in love with your magazines.”
Thanks for bringing to my attention this good, practical advice.