Storing Magazines

[oldzzy]

I have to get my magazines in order! How do you guys store your magazines? I need some ideas!

[TitoJones]

I store mine fully loaded with the dust cover on them. I stack them by caliber, then by type (P-mag, aluminum etc.) Some go so far as the seal them in plastic for weather-proof storage in case the zombies come.


Oh wait; which forum is this?

Tyler

[Rod]

[67rstbkt]

That was funny, Thanks

[Steve1968LS2]

I store mine fully loaded with the dust cover on them. I stack them by caliber, then by type (P-mag, aluminum etc.) Some go so far as the seal them in plastic for weather-proof storage in case the zombies come.


Oh wait; which forum is this?

Tyler

Were they out of pink mags???

[TitoJones]

Were they out of pink mags???

Not all; I store them at your mom's house.

Booya.

Tyler

[OHCbird]

Tyler- when you say fully loaded, are you talking 30 rounds? If so, don't count on even the best of Mags to survive... the springs need to be cycled (i.e; go out and shoot) or they'll sag. I don't care what Magpul or anybody tells you, I've carried 8-12 AR mags on a routine basis over 20 years & have never had a problem when I cycle them.

The only mags that should be kept loaded are your home defense weapon & those should be cycled out one a week. Besides- the best home defense weapon is a shotgun, so you never have to worry about a magazine spring.

Thread jack complete!

[Steve1968LS2]

Tyler- when you say fully loaded, are you talking 30 rounds? If so, don't count on even the best of Mags to survive... the springs need to be cycled (i.e; go out and shoot) or they'll sag. I don't care what Magpul or anybody tells you, I've carried 8-12 AR mags on a routine basis over 20 years & have never had a problem when I cycle them.

The only mags that should be kept loaded are your home defense weapon & those should be cycled out one a week. Besides- the best home defense weapon is a shotgun, so you never have to worry about a magazine spring.

Thread jack complete!

I keep mine unloaded except for two that are half full.


As for magazines (the paper type) I have some organizers from Office Depot and the key to keep them out of direct light.

[79-TA]

I store my large quantity of magazines in two ways. Ones that I don't think I'll reference (like the ever uninsightful Motor Trend) are put into bins and stored in the rafters of my garage. Ones that I am likely to reference or just plain like much better go in the book case in my room.

I also like to keep parts catalogues, but new ones come often enough that I could stand to throw some old ones out in the recycle bin.

[MrQuick]

Tyler- when you say fully loaded, are you talking 30 rounds? If so, don't count on even the best of Mags to survive... the springs need to be cycled (i.e; go out and shoot) or they'll sag. I don't care what Magpul or anybody tells you, I've carried 8-12 AR mags on a routine basis over 20 years & have never had a problem when I cycle them.

The only mags that should be kept loaded are your home defense weapon & those should be cycled out one a week. Besides- the best home defense weapon is a shotgun, so you never have to worry about a magazine spring.

Thread jack complete!

actually the pmags springs are better than the gi stuff, get worn out from usage but i havent seen these spring wear out yet. Plus you can buy new springs.

We in CA have a high Zombie threat so we have to have at least 10 magazines loaded. Mine are only loaded to 10 rounds anyways.
I have 12 30 round gi's that ive had since 84 but they don't get any use. No RAW or featurless yet.
Tyler, where the hell did you get blue p's? I've seen the pink and brick red ones but blue?


OP, box em up or stack em in the closet. Stack them even so they don't deform. Some of them thick ones you can alternate stack the spines so they don't roll at the edge. Go through them and toss off the ones you don't need.


vince

[obengston]

I just recently got rid of all mine taking up to much room. I tell you I don't reference back enough to justify keeping them, I can always reference back to the web site.

[obengston]

and forgot as far as the other mags that was funny.

[TitoJones]

Tyler- when you say fully loaded, are you talking 30 rounds? If so, don't count on even the best of Mags to survive... the springs need to be cycled (i.e; go out and shoot) or they'll sag. I don't care what Magpul or anybody tells you, I've carried 8-12 AR mags on a routine basis over 20 years & have never had a problem when I cycle them.

The only mags that should be kept loaded are your home defense weapon & those should be cycled out one a week. Besides- the best home defense weapon is a shotgun, so you never have to worry about a magazine spring.

Thread jack complete!

I've heard a different train of thought on this. From guys I've talked to they are of the opinion that springs wear if cycled continuously. If you leave them full compressed or fulled extended they don't change. When you cycle them over and over, they wear out quickly.
I do keep the ones I have fully loaded (30 rounds) and keep the dust cover on my P-mags to keep the feed lips out of tension.

I have 440 rounds loaded and ready for the zombie invasion with my M4, and another 25 for my HK .45

Bring on the zombies!

Tyler, where the hell did you get blue p's? I've seen the pink and brick red ones but blue?

They aren't mine. I stole that pic from a Magpul thread over at AR15.com

Tyler

[MrQuick]

Tyler, you should check out calguns.net since you are behind the wire now. There are 4 fellow pro-tour-ers there.

vince

[oldzzy]

Well i didn't figure this would end up in a thread about guns but whatever. Thanks for those who have stayed on topic.

[wmhjr]

I'll agree with the folks that just your personal/home defense mags should be kept loaded. Springs do degrade not with activity, but with tension. Just think about cars sitting with coils or leaf springs over decades. They definitely sag. I've seen 30 rd 5.56 mags that were kept loaded but not used, and the springs ended up like wet noodles. I keep a couple mags per defensive weapon loaded. I keep my bullseye gun mags unloaded. If you want the true answer to whether tension or use wears them out, go to a couple bullseye matches. Guys who have been shooting competively for 60yrs will set you straight. They're sure taught me a lot.

[MrQuick]

Well i didn't figure this would end up in a thread about guns but whatever. Thanks for those who have stayed on topic.

sorry, we're a ocd bunch here for sure.

i just tossed out a bunch of old mags and catalogs on recycling day. It was funny the guy collecting was grabbin some out of the bin and skimming through them.

If you have some real old ones you can try selling the ones you don't need.
vince

[vintageracer]

I have to get my magazines in order! How do you guys store your magazines? I need some ideas!

Next to the toliet in my library that is right next to my File 13 trash can. I tear out any article I find worthy of saving out of the monthly magazine (getting to be damn few of them lately) and file just the stapled article in a folder for future reference.

I then use the rest of the magazine as Charmin!

I know LOT'S of gearheads that save magazines. I have also asked all those same gearheads if they have EVER went back to go look at any of those magazines? The answer is always NO!

Many of those same guys that wanted to go back to look at an article say it's far to difficult to find the articles in old magazines without spending lot's of time looking since rarely can they remember the exact issue in which the article appeared. If an article interested you the first time you read the magazine it may interest you later so just save the article not the whole magazine. There is so little new or revolutionary information reported in the magazines today so why keep the whole magazine? For the most part all the magazine's really have are a bunch ads!

Oh! I forgot. That magazine may be worth something someday. Ya right!

Magazines? Ammo? Are you interested how I store my class 3 stuff or just the regular arsenal?

[BonzoHansen]

^^what he said, I'm that guy. I swore that was this winter's project, go through them, keep some interesting pages, toss the rest. But I got off track. so maybe next year I'll dig out.

[Jim Nilsen]

I have to get my magazines in order! How do you guys store your magazines? I need some ideas!

i just put mine in a good sturdy double walled cardboard box close the top and put it in a garbage bag preferably white and then put in a cool dark place. I have also stored them in my attic that way. Seems to work good either way as long as thet don't get wet.

Some magazines grow in value others don't. Certain issues of Playboy are outrageous.

i know a guy who sells them at the swap meets and does ok at times. Certain years do really well depending on the content. He usually gets a buck a piece for them and some early ones from the sixties go for 3 to 5 bucks with certain aticles and adds. It is the adds that are usually worth the money. Old Time magazines and Saturday Evening Post's national Geograghics etc.from the 60's and 70's can have adds of cars worth lots of money when sold correctly. When you see them at garage sales it is smart to pick them up.

You also have to remember that it sometimes takes 30 years to become valuable for them. Putting them in your attic takes up no space that you use and keeps the landfill less full. How often do you really use your attic and have them in your way? Throwing some things away that you paid that much for is just plain crazy when you have more space in your attic than you have for brains in your head. Info worth that once will be info worth that again.