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stompah
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Location: Renton Joined: Sat Mar 21, 2015 Posts: 2171
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I have a lot of magazines for different guns. Many still in original packaging. I don't have intentions of using them any time soon as these are my back ups to my backups.
They have become too cumbersome. At first I had 3 styles of mags to worry about. AR, XD9 & XD40. Since then I have added more XD9 & XD40 and have stocked Glock 17, 19, 21 and 22. These have become a cluster.
I've had them in carboard boxes that I folded close so I can gain access without tape. But these boxes are now overfull or been opened so many times if they fall from any height they pop open and spill out the mags.
Now that we cannot transfer them here do you guys take them all out of the packaging? Does factory packaging even matter? Should I just buy massive ziploc bags and toss each model of mag in it's own labeled bag?
While these don't need to be readily available, I do want to keep them handy and ready to be loaded and used if SHTF.
Thanks
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CQBgopher
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Location: WA/MT Joined: Thu Sep 6, 2012 Posts: 8285
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Rubbermaid totes.
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NWRed
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Location: Puyallup for now Joined: Tue May 24, 2011 Posts: 2100
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Tote size depends on how many mags I have - pistol mags in a smaller tote, AR mags in the 27 gallon tote etc
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stompah
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Location: Renton Joined: Sat Mar 21, 2015 Posts: 2171
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I have clear totes. I can repurpose one for that.
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Sat Jan 20, 2024 1:53 pm |
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stompah
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Location: Renton Joined: Sat Mar 21, 2015 Posts: 2171
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For the used mags I decided I'm going to pack them 10 per bag like this and then clear tote.
AR mags will probably be left in the cardboard box and taped shut. I think I have enough of those for when ARs are considered antique.
Still not sure what to do about the new one in packaging. Strip them from the package and bag them or keep packaging intact?
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Sat Jan 20, 2024 5:12 pm |
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Schoolboy
Location: Arlington wa Joined: Wed Oct 12, 2011 Posts: 1140
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My personal feeling is to leve them sealed till you need them. I truely believe the mag bans will come to and end. It might be another 2yrs but it will. When that happens and you want to sell them new in the bag is hard to argue with.
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MadPick
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Location: Renton, WA Joined: Sun Mar 13, 2011 Posts: 52064
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All of my spare mags that I consider "backups for someday" stay sealed in the factory packaging. There's no benefit to opening them up, only drawbacks.
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stompah
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Location: Renton Joined: Sat Mar 21, 2015 Posts: 2171
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The only benefit I could see is space-saving storage. I could open 10 and vacuum seal them together if I was worried about corrosion etc
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Sat Jan 20, 2024 9:31 pm |
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ViniVidivici
Location: Puyallup Joined: Tue Sep 18, 2018 Posts: 3076
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I leave brand new ones in their packaging, just so I know they ARE brand new. New ones with no packaging stay with those, to be sure.
Plastic bins work fine, label on outside.
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Caveman Jim
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Location: In my Cave near the Cloquallum Joined: Thu Sep 26, 2013 Posts: 7807
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NWRed wrote: Tote size depends on how many mags I have - pistol mags in a smaller tote, AR mags in the 27 gallon tote etc Yep, go big or get off the porch.
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oldkim
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Location: Maple Valley, WA Joined: Thu Mar 17, 2011 Posts: 9271
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These are my back up, back up mags…. To each their own. There are many principles one can live life. 2 is 1 and 1 is none. A pistol is only good to get to your rifle. For this OP An unloaded mag is as good as a car full of loose ammo in a gun fight. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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stompah
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Location: Renton Joined: Sat Mar 21, 2015 Posts: 2171
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While I don't disagree. I'm concentrating on only a few caliber/model magazines ready for action. Much more than that and it's likely people will be fumbling around looking to see which mag goes where.
For right now pistol will all be Glock 22 mags.
I'll carry a G23 but back up mags will be 15 rounders.
Trying to step away from my G29.
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RocketScott
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Location: Kentucky Joined: Fri Jan 16, 2015 Posts: 11096
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oldkim wrote: These are my back up, back up mags….
To each their own.
There are many principles one can live life.
2 is 1 and 1 is none.
A pistol is only good to get to your rifle. How far away is your rifle!?
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oldkim
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Location: Maple Valley, WA Joined: Thu Mar 17, 2011 Posts: 9271
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2 pistols (well 3 if you count the carry) plus 10 mags.... close.
One of the few things folks forget is that we are reactionary bunch. Things are different if you are the aggressor (op-for). In our everyday lives we react to the situation given to us.
In a high state of readiness - my gear changes and I switch to all 5.56 (ammo/mag uniformity) AR Pistol as my primary sidearm
How we react is in your mindset, training, gear and how the situation unfolds. We control only the thing we can and go from there.
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Guns4Liberty
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Location: Lynnwood/Bothell Joined: Thu Jul 31, 2014 Posts: 8564
Real Name: Curtis
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If they're new and not going to be loaded, then I keep them in the original package. IMHO, the pros far outweigh the cons that way. How you store them new in package is up to you. I like plastic totes, but I prefer clear over opaque, for easier identification.
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