Oh boy
Tracers to indicate a need to change mags? BAD idea: Lets the bad guys know I am about to reload, and in the least gives away my position. Tracers are hard on smaller caliber weapon barrels.
Stuffing mags to the max? YOU BET. The quickest mag change is the one you DONT have to make. So why do something that doesnt have any payoff and makes me change mags more often? I was in JSOC for a decade, and before that, USSOCOM. I have never, repeat NEVER had an issue with mag springs. If you had an issue with a mag it was prob because its dirty, wasnt fully seated in the weapon or has a bent lip. Mags take a beating and is the one part of the weapon that most people dont really clean or take care of: dropping while changing mags/on the move, at the range, etc. And most folks are too lazy to take them apart and to periodically clean them, especially if its loaded.
So: I have a 30 round mag, my last mag: So I decide beforehand to load only 28 rounds (so whats the "standard" for "not stuffing"), say, a 30 rd mag? 28, 25, 15 rounds? So I have 28 rounds. Sure hope I never need those last 2 rounds
Stuffing a mag is not an issue Periodic maint. is
Back to point: Whomever said pads are for sissies, or "we didnt use them back in the day", that was YOUR choice, not others, and was most likley formed because you let the peers around you goad you into doing so because it wasnt "manly". And most likely you did the same to others. It's like saying, "I was a man and never wore ear plugs or a seat belt"
Such egos and comments are what limits folks either coming in or staying in to what we do on this forum
Tracers to indicate a need to change mags? BAD idea: Lets the bad guys know I am about to reload, and in the least gives away my position. Tracers are hard on smaller caliber weapon barrels.
Stuffing mags to the max? YOU BET. The quickest mag change is the one you DONT have to make. So why do something that doesnt have any payoff and makes me change mags more often? I was in JSOC for a decade, and before that, USSOCOM. I have never, repeat NEVER had an issue with mag springs. If you had an issue with a mag it was prob because its dirty, wasnt fully seated in the weapon or has a bent lip. Mags take a beating and is the one part of the weapon that most people dont really clean or take care of: dropping while changing mags/on the move, at the range, etc. And most folks are too lazy to take them apart and to periodically clean them, especially if its loaded.
So: I have a 30 round mag, my last mag: So I decide beforehand to load only 28 rounds (so whats the "standard" for "not stuffing"), say, a 30 rd mag? 28, 25, 15 rounds? So I have 28 rounds. Sure hope I never need those last 2 rounds
Stuffing a mag is not an issue Periodic maint. is
Back to point: Whomever said pads are for sissies, or "we didnt use them back in the day", that was YOUR choice, not others, and was most likley formed because you let the peers around you goad you into doing so because it wasnt "manly". And most likely you did the same to others. It's like saying, "I was a man and never wore ear plugs or a seat belt"
Such egos and comments are what limits folks either coming in or staying in to what we do on this forum