Store magazines loaded or empty?

[armalitesheepdog]

agreed.
hard to pick one though there's so many possibilities:

Skynyrd...Gimmi back my bullets

 

[teddy12b]

An unloaded magazine is an unhappy magazine that makes baby bald eagles cry.

Why store ammo in one area and magazines in another? For me it just makes sense to save space.

 

[Cameramonkey]

Damage CAN happen. Ive seen it firsthand. Maybe it was crap manufacturing or improper design? Dunno.

I left a Mossberg 500 fully loaded for over a decade. (forgot about it) Pulled it out of the safe to clean it, and when I tried to eject the last round, it didnt want to. It didnt eject as much as dribble out into the elevator partially.

After taking a close look, the follower plug wouldnt even return fully to the end of the tube. I repeated the process, and sure enough, not much pressure. I bought another spring, and in the delay in trying to get the tube off without warping the receiver (I never did) the spring slowly restored itself to its full travel and now works fine after sitting empty another couple years.

 

[JohnP82]

If they are out of the packaging they are loaded.

edit: for the most part. My range only magazines in my range bag are empty.

Exactly the same for me.

 

[Jsomerset]

When the bad guys adopt the time out rule to reload magazines I’ll store full.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Would think that this has been discussed, but my quick search did not find any info. How do you store your extra magazines, loaded, partially loaded, empty?

Those on the ready racks are loaded.

Those in the storage tubs are unloaded and not even out of the packaging.

 

[peterock]

Lately I like to look at my mags and imagine them full.......

 

[1nderbeard]

The guns I will use for SD at home are locked and loaded.

I have other magazines in storage that are not.

I should probably have a more ready room.

 

[Tombs]

Everything I have is loaded except for some oddball firearms I wouldn't be using in a serious situation.

 

[88E30M50]

What good is an unloaded magazine?

It's like an empty cookie bag.

 

[DadSmith]

The guns I will use for SD at home are locked and loaded.

I have other magazines in storage that are not.

I should probably have a more ready room.

In the country if I need more than 6 mags of anything it is no doubt a zombie apocalypse or society has broken done completely, however by the time it reaches my house more mags will be ready.

 

[foszoe]

only mags that are empty are either range mags or ones still in the package.

 

[Expat]

It's like an empty cookie bag.

Those make me sad.

 

[Ziggidy]

If I am in a tight spot and all I have is an empty that needs loading or a loaded that has been stored loaded for 25 years.......I'll take my chances with the 25 year old loaded mag. The attacker will not wait for you to load your mag.

Be ready at all times. If you are that concerned, buy revolvers (but keep them loaded)

 

[ditcherman]

Heard of polymer mags having feed lips spread under pressure over time. Magpul sells magazine caps, & some magpuls come with caps for that reason.

And here I thought this was going to be just another beat the dead horse thread, but I learned something! I had always wondered why someone would want a dust cap or whatever on there. But properly clipped (yea I said clip) it pushes down enough to take some pressure off the lips.
Thanks!

 

[Loganwildman]

I have had some 1911 mag springs go soft, So I have gotten into the habit of rotating mags, usually every 2 weeks or so. If I leave the house, they are loaded to capacity, but if they are in the house, I just keep 12 in the mag on a 15 round mag. If I can't get the job done with 2 12 rd mags and .357 mag BUG, then I'll have to ask the BG for a time out while I load more

 

[nipprdog]

then I'll have to ask the BG for a time out while I load more

 

[kBk wz. 1970]

I uh, keep ‘em loaded.

 

[ditcherman]

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I uh, keep ‘em loaded.

Ugh. Steel case is for the poors. You don’t wanna be in with the poors, do you?

 

[Loganwildman]

That is hilarious.