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Instead of using conventional bandoleers, I'm going with small shoulder bags filled with loaded M16 magazines.
Here's my thinking on this:
1. I'm not half assing this. Extra magazines are cheap enough to buy and load and it's silly to mess with stripper clips and chargers. That's a pain in the rump even on the range using a table! So why bother? If they're ready rounds, they're ready to be used.
2. Magazine spring fatigue is a silly myth. I've used magazines that were loaded for I don't know how long. As a scientist dude explained to me and I have to convert it to my own terms, modern springs do what they're supposed to do.
Unnessary further information:
As I prep for many options, I've considered the notion that I'd rather have a bunch of ready ammo that I'm never going to use than wish for such if I ever need it.
So, bandoleers exist among my supplies. In my case, as I'm 5.56 mm M16 magazine based for the primary group firearms that means it was ready made stripper clip and charger bandoleers, mostly American but also with some neat, tough vinyl foreign ones.
HOWEVER, as I rethought swapping MOLLE gear (I'm not in the military and don't have to use it) and moved toward Active Shooter Response bags (I'm not a COP but the concept is great for getting away too, sort of like a tactical bug out bag.) this concept took hold.
Here's my thinking on this:
1. I'm not half assing this. Extra magazines are cheap enough to buy and load and it's silly to mess with stripper clips and chargers. That's a pain in the rump even on the range using a table! So why bother? If they're ready rounds, they're ready to be used.
2. Magazine spring fatigue is a silly myth. I've used magazines that were loaded for I don't know how long. As a scientist dude explained to me and I have to convert it to my own terms, modern springs do what they're supposed to do.
Unnessary further information:
As I prep for many options, I've considered the notion that I'd rather have a bunch of ready ammo that I'm never going to use than wish for such if I ever need it.
So, bandoleers exist among my supplies. In my case, as I'm 5.56 mm M16 magazine based for the primary group firearms that means it was ready made stripper clip and charger bandoleers, mostly American but also with some neat, tough vinyl foreign ones.
HOWEVER, as I rethought swapping MOLLE gear (I'm not in the military and don't have to use it) and moved toward Active Shooter Response bags (I'm not a COP but the concept is great for getting away too, sort of like a tactical bug out bag.) this concept took hold.