dreadpirate
Ultimate Member
Just how many extra mags do you buy for your bolt guns with removable mags? I tend to get just one extra, but for my most recent purchase I ended up buying three (one spare plus 2 higher capacity 6 round mags).
How Many Extra Mags for a Bolt Gun?
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My Browning T bolt has two 5 round and two 10 round banana clips.
I only have two mags for my Savage so I guess I know what my Thanksgiving presents going to be.
I only have two mags for my Savage so I guess I know what my Thanksgiving presents going to be.
iH8DemLibz
When All Else Fails.
Never considered buying a spare mag for my Browning A-Bolt II.
Do bolt gun mags go bad?
This could be used as an excuse to buy more gun stuff.
Do bolt gun mags go bad?
This could be used as an excuse to buy more gun stuff.
Why not just go belt fed?
iH8DemLibz
When All Else Fails.
That would make a great Onion story.
Crazed gunman creates super sniper by converting his bolt action deer rifle into a belt fed killing machine.
PETA and the MSM would run with it.
Ironnewt
Ultimate Member
A minimum of one spare in case the original is lost or damaged, It depends on what you are using it for and how rare the mag is. I have one rifle that the mags are damn near impossible to find, so I am careful with the whole gun.
dreadpirate
Ultimate Member
Not unless I can have an assistant gunner to act as an ammo bearer. Just think, the first crew operated bolt action rifle!
CrazySanMan
2013'er
My 22-250 has an external mag. The stupid thing was $47 so I only bought one.
DoormanTNT
Ultimate Member
Most of my bolt guns (including slug gun) I have 4 or 5 mags.
The plus is some are a Ruger rimfire that take 10/22 mags......and I got a bunch.
The plus is some are a Ruger rimfire that take 10/22 mags......and I got a bunch.
OrbitalEllipses
Ultimate Member
A magazine is a magazine and they at best have a usable lifetime, at worst they are disposable.
Affording them is another question; I'm looking at you Sako and AI.
730waters
Active Member
At $125 per mag for my Sako TRG, one was enough.
Rob R.
Active Member
I am looking at picking up a .17hmr CZ 455 and that alone was enough for me to add a Ruger american to the wishlist vs buying a .22lr barrel for the CZ (Mags are only 5rd's and $45 each!) since the 10/22 shares same mags as the Ruger American, 3 packs are as low as $30 and they are 10 rounders!
INMY01TA
Ultimate Member
- Dec 29, 2008
- 5,827
I have three 10 round AI mags for mine.
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Same here. Well said.
jimbobborg
Oddball caliber fan
Sorry, most of my bolt guns use clips.
- Feb 4, 2013
- 28,175
It depends on price and availability.
My 77/22, I have lots of mags, but they are 10/22 mags, so not really a normal situation.
My PS-1, I had 5 total, but ran across a deal on them. When I moved the action to a Manners with mini chassis, I had 3, 2x 5 and 1x 10, because they were very expensive mags. but them MagPul brought out a mag for them, and I got 2x MagPul.
My CZ455, I have about 5 total. A mix of 5 and 10 rounders.
My other bolt rifles are internal mags.
My 77/22, I have lots of mags, but they are 10/22 mags, so not really a normal situation.
My PS-1, I had 5 total, but ran across a deal on them. When I moved the action to a Manners with mini chassis, I had 3, 2x 5 and 1x 10, because they were very expensive mags. but them MagPul brought out a mag for them, and I got 2x MagPul.
My CZ455, I have about 5 total. A mix of 5 and 10 rounders.
My other bolt rifles are internal mags.
For me it is one two two extras, depending on the gun and the cost of the mags. Good to have a spare, even for something as stupid as dropping the magazine somewhere in the woods and loosing it. I don't expect to be swapping out magazines for bolt guns is a SHTF situation, so I don't stack them as deep as battle riffles/EBRs
I bought 2 extra for my Tikka, not so I can whack the entire herd, but because I tend to lose situational awareness where I stashed that blasted magazine on dark rainy mornings.
My only bolt gun is an internal trap door mag (Sako). I’d probably go with at least one spare, maybe two. A spare is nice to have in case you lose one. For my semis, I like to carry a spare mag with the ammo in it hunting. I’ve experienced enough fumble fingers and dumb crap to know some day I’ll end up taking the mag out to load it before heading in to deer woods or something only to have left it in the trunk of my car or whatever. Or drop it in to mud. Hopefully the spare mag loaded up means it is in my pocket and I can slip it in my rifle when I get to a stand or a sit and realize I’ve got an empty mag well, or I am staring at a mud puddle with the magazine I was about to load an extra round in to sitting in the middle of it.
