Detachable magazines?

To say that losing one would never happen is akin to saying humans never make mistakes. It happens! Simple as that
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Too true. The misplaced magazine incident happened to me when I was a teenager and left me with a bad impression about detachables ever since. A few years ago I had another reminder about why I'm not a fan of "clips". As we were getting ready climb into my jetboat, one of my partners couldn't locate the clip for his Tikka. It wasn't in his fanny pack where he swore he placed it when he packed back home. He ended up hunting that grizz infested area with a bolt action single shot. Turns out the seam on the bottom of his fanny pack had began to come apart and his clip had slipped out of that unnoticed split. S**te happens, athough some "pompous experts" will claim that any errors are a sign that you are perhaps incompetent. Mistakes and/or bad luck never happen to them :p :D
 
I reload and find that detach mags limit the overall length and can restrict powder capacity. After years of using them I found they rattle around and sometimes get lost or get sloppy in the rifle from wear.Perhaps the newer detach mags might be of better quality but they still don't allow reloaders to seat the bullets out as far as the rifle will allow. The main thing I don't care for with most detachables is not being able to top load in case you need it. Firing three shots at a mad bear and then having to take the mag out to reload can turn the day bad fast.The only detach mag I like is on the Enfield's because of the 10 shot capability.
 
I generally prefer hinged floorplates. The idea of removable mags is better than the reality. Too many problems with lost mags, dropped and damaged mags, dropped and filled with dirt mags, mags that fall out, or mags that the shooter thought were inserted right and then bind up a bolt at the worst possible moment, mags with damaged lips, blah, blah, blah. That stuff just doesn't happen with floorplate systems. And then the cost of some mags is a real rip off if there ever was one; some mags go for over $150.00 because they know you need one if you lost yours. The only time I prefer mags is on high capacity rifles, so nowadays that means .22's. After personally seeing "empty" tube fed .22's get fired (one into truck floor, and one into an apartment ceiling), I won't be around any .22's that don't have removable mags.
 
A few years ago I had another reminder about why I'm not a fan of "clips". As we were getting ready climb into my jetboat, one of my partners couldn't locate the clip for his Tikka. It wasn't in his fanny pack where he swore he placed it when he packed back home. He ended up hunting that grizz infested area with a bolt action single shot. Turns out the seam on the bottom of his fanny pack had began to come apart and his clip had slipped out of that unnoticed split. S**te happens, athough some "pompous experts" will claim that any errors are a sign that you are perhaps incompetent.
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Well if he'd just had a box of bullets, wouldn't that have slipped out of his fanny pack just as easy?

Mistakes can happen regardless. Seems a little silly to worry about that. I've heard some people make the same argument against using scopes and only using iron sight guns because a scope can get damaged. And of course lots of guys insist on a back up gun incase something happens to the first.

I guess there's some argument to be made. keep it simple and all that. But I think just go with what you like and take care of your gear, and it's all good.
 
Northman999 said:
Too many problems with lost mags, dropped and damaged mags, dropped and filled with dirt mags, mags that fall out, or mags that the shooter thought were inserted right and then bind up a bolt at the worst possible moment, mags with damaged lips, blah, blah, blah.
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After 30+ years of shooting DMs, I have had exactly zero of the problems you describe.

Have you actually had all these problems?
 
"Too many problems with lost mags, dropped and damaged mags, dropped and filled with dirt mags, mags that fall out, or mags that the shooter thought were inserted right and then bind up a bolt at the worst possible moment, mags with damaged lips, blah, blah, blah."

Yup, that's why we give them to the military, it's a liberal plot. Those mag systems are so unreliable, that they just pawn them off on our soldiers. Sheesh. - dan
 
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