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I prefer Glock magazines for guns that use Glock magazines.
For a cheap, budget magazines in place of OEM Glock magazines I usually buy AC Unity.
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why bosnian magazines?
Well, they’re cheap, they seem to work fine, their extended mag base models look good in a P80. Plus I bought 6-7 AK mags from them several years ago, and they’ve worked fine the times I’ve used them.
Honestly I don’t use them much in my AK’s and never in my KS47 because their followers hold the bolt open, but not in a tradition way, but instead the bolt hits a metal tab on the back of the follower which I don’t like as it doesn’t really help with magazine changes. It does give you a simple way to hold the bolt back if you don’t mind having the magazine in the gun.
Generally I just buy Glock magazines for Glocks though and I have very little experience with aftermarket mags in Glocks.
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I use Glock mags. While I love the rifle PMAGs, I hate their Glock PMAGs, the only ones my friends and I used would not cycle steel cased ammo which is what we shoot at the range. When I got my Dagger in and took it to the range, I forgot to swap out the PMAG to a Glock mag and was getting stoppages, I first thought it was the Dagger and was disappointed but then noticed the pmag still in there and swapped it with a Glock 19 mag and it ran flawless after that.
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i use kci magazines, i got several a long time ago for like $11 each… then over time collected a few free ghost baseplates and replaced one making it a 31rn mag but also incredibly more reliable… then i fixed them all with every color, i cant find my blue one off hand i gave most the blue ones to my leo friend.
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I have had the best luck with Torkmag. It’s a G17 Mag that holds 20 rounds in the space of 17 in any other mag. Lifetime warranty. They ship everywhere in the US (It’s up to you to know and follow any magazine restrictions of your state or city). Sign up for their e-mail newsletter, and get discount codes every few weeks.
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Are we talking outdoor range? The indoor range closest to me tells us not to bring loaded mags, to do our loading on the firing line. Personally, I agree that having mags preloaded would save time. Now, if my range had a big screen tv for me to watch while loading mags….
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Although I don’t have a lot of time with Glock type pistols, so far I like genuine Glock magazines for a few reasons:
- Sturdier construction because of the steel liner.
- The witness holes in back are nice for checking remaining ammo.
- The Glock magazines are easier for me to load than Pmags. Maybe the springs aren’t as stiff, or feed lips are spaced a bit differently. Don’t know but every Glock mag I have is easier to load: 15 round, 17 round, 33 round.
One thing I do like much better about Pmags is how easy it is to remove the bottom plate. I do have the Real Avid tool for removing the base plate on Glock mags and it does work, reminds me of a bottle opender.
And then of course Pmags are cheaper by about half.
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Agreed on all accounts.
I did a range day today with a Dagger. One 15 round Pmag and one 17 round Glock mag. The Glock mag was absolutely easier to load. I was also only loading 15 in the 17 because I was counting mags and adding round. When I lost count loading the witness holes came in handy a few times to ensure I was always feeding 15 each time regardless of what mag I was using. Same with the 33 round mags. Only loading 30 at a time because again, even numbers were easier to add at the end of the day while tracking ammo. Overall for many reasons I prefer the Glock mags. Not to mention I shoot tighter groups, look cooler, and pull in more chicks when I use the Glock mags 
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That’s crazy! They must charge by the hour.
Yep, local indoor range/LGS/FFL for me. I have a .50 cal steel ammo can that holds 12 aluminum AR mags, 12 G17 PMags, and 4 27 round Glock pattern PMags that is always “range ready”. Just enough room on top for a couple of chamber flags, a tiny oil bottle, and a rag.
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The three indoor ranges in Greenville, SC that I have visited so far all are very clear about not bringing loaded magazines or firearms into the store. All three facilities are FFL, store, and range affairs. Judging by the cracks, holes, and chips in doors, windows, floors, range partitions, and target holders in the range areas, I see why they go big on safety.
Outdoor ranges are something else.
I’m sure local custom or owner preference plays a part. At the ranges in my city, your firearms must not only be unloaded but also cased when not on the firing line. About 30 years ago, in my home state of Wisconsin, we were allowed to walk around in the store portion of the range with revolvers or pistols in holsters and were not required to case them.
I suspect the judgment of the range owner is a big factor in determining the rules. You are fortunate to live in a town that apparently has very few nitwits who spoil the fun for others.
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Nothing drives the ladies nuts like a 33 round, coyote brown, Glock magazine.
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lame… 
very pro 2a of them… here in reno, and when i was in tucson, they just require your pistol be holstered, i preload all my magazines too. i still go to the desert to shoot most because i live here lol and it’s a long drive for me to have to pay money. i would take lessons there tho, both towns are good.
edit: don’t take lessons from someone afraid of people with loaded magazines
Oh there are people with loaded mags we need to be wary of. Where I live, people don’t even understand the concept of traffic lights. I’ve seen emergency vehicles have to wait for a string of cars running a red light. The cops don’t care. I know someone who got hit by a person running a red light and the person who got hit got a ticket. I’ve had people honk their horns at me for stopping at a red light. Some people are so incredibly stupid that they should not be allowed to drive cars, own firearms, vote, or breed. If you don’t believe some people are almost too stupid to live, just browse the questions and answers at scamazon. You will wonder how some of these people get through a day without killing themselves or someone else. You are fortunate enough to live in a place where most people are intelligent enough to handle firearms competently. Where I live, I wouldn’t trust some of these idiots with a roll of toilet paper.
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I do something similar. For target practice in particular, your logical increment idea just makes sense for counting rounds and for general safety. Back in the day, I used a .357 revolver with 38 special and 148 gr wadcutter hand loads to shoot slow, timed, and rapid fire targets at 50 feet indoors. Since it’s revolver, we shoot five at a time and then reload. I am still accustomed to that 5 or 10 shot increment.
The safety benefits are worthwhile too. When I rest between sets, I’m setting an empty pistol on the bench. It’s easier to have an empty pistol with the slide locked open and not have to eject a live round and catch it so it doesn’t go on the floor and get dented or dirty.
Even with 30 round AR15 mags, I load usually 5 rounds, or sometimes 10, at a time because I shoot at indoor targets in sets of 5. Plus I get practice with magazine changes.
Also I find it’s easier to plan ahead a little so the mag and chamber are empty when I stop shooting for a moment. I just prefer that to removing a partly loaded mag and then having to clear the chamber. A little prior planning makes for safer shooting. In general, I don’t load any more rounds in a magazine than I intend to shoot right now.
Of course if you are dumping mags to check performance, that’s something entirely different. I’m just dealing here with indoor target shooting with primary focus on accuracy instead of speed. Oh yeah that reminds me: some of the indoor ranges in my city prohibit rapid fire of more than a few rounds on their indoor ranges. I think it’s three rounds but am not sure. It’s not hard for me to imagine that fourth shot hitting the ceiling. 
BTW, PSA range rules state that firearms must be cased and unloaded in the store, and prohibits loading anywhere but on firing line with firearm pointed down range. I’m pretty sure their in-store rule sheet, which is more detailed than the range rules shown in the faq listed on the website, prohibits mag dumps.
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I do the same with 30 rounders. Usually 5 or 10 for a group or two groups. My indoor range says no rapid fire, but my son has let off a few mags at a little more than 1 per second. I even told him more than once to slow it down a bit. But the RSO never said anything. I started pushing the limits myself and they haven’t said anything.
Every place is different thou. For instance I walked in holding my rifle and they didnt like that. They made me use a loaner rifle case to take it inside the range. They said the city doesnt like it when people exit their vehicle with a long gun even thou we are an open carry state for pistols.
Also I ALWAYS forget to take the case to the line. Every range I’ve ever been to allows you to take your gun out of the case behind the line and take it up to the line. They jump you real fast. Only one gun at the line and you must open the case and remove it at the line. Well its a pain in the rear to open a rifle case and remove and set down the rifle and close your case with a wall on each side of you.
But, rules are rules.
PSA rules IIRC, no mag dumps and either 3 or 5 round limit on rapid.
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Does anyone know about the okay industries magazine buyer yet?
it’s not about trust really, just their rights… if i trusted everyone i probably wouldn’t feel the need to always keep a dagger on me
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