Pre-ban mags -- worth it?

Are high-capacity mags worth the price?

  • Yes, I'd sell my soul for five more rounds

    Votes: 37 46.3%

  • No, but I've got an unused preban for your soul

    Votes: 43 53.8%
  • Total voters
    80
Many replies here that a 10 round mag is sufficient...don't need more than that. I didn't think the question was "do you need a hi-cap magazine". For me it's the fact that I want them. More enjoyable to not have to reload as often at the range. And a good feeling to know you're carrying 15 rounds (or more) instead of 10.
Let's face it. You folks who won't buy hi-cap mags for your guns are being cheap. If shooting is a major hobby and a source of pleasure in your lives, spending the money on a couple of hi-caps seems to be money well spent to me, considering they will last a very long time.
When I bought my first Glock, a 23 when they first became available, these mags were as cheap as the 10 rounders today, or even less. So sure it's annoying that they're so expensive now, but that's just the cost of maximizing the enjoyment of the sport. Life's too short to be cheap!!
 
Depends.

I recently bought a used G21 for 650FRN. Which normally is about 250FRN too high.

Kicker was, it came with 4, yes 4, 13rd factory Glock mags. Figure at about 100FRN a piece, I paid 250FRN for a cherry G21.

That was worth it. The 75FRN a mag I paid 2 years ago for my 17rd mags to use in my G34 was worth it. Now at 100 to 125FRN, that is a bit pricey...

Like I said, it depends. Remember, reloads slow you down and a semiauto design without a magazine is a ROCK .

My .02FRN...

TR

And no, FRN doesn't mean France...
 
My only pistol is a TZ99. CDNN sells 15rd mags for it for $30, and 10rd mags for $15. I bought two more of the 15rd mags for a total of 4 of the mags for the pistol.

Question is, is that enough...? :)
 
Now if I was carrying a Glock 17, or some other hi-cap 9, I might see the utility in the grossly overpriced mags.
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Yeah, baby! 17+1 (or 19+1) vs. 10+1 is a big difference IMO. With a G17, the extra weight of a fully loaded, normal cap mag helps balance the handgun.
 
Worth every dime. (actually about 1000 dimes)
Every pistol I own that accepts full-capacity mags, gets at least 2 and usually 3+ full-capacity magazines for it.
You never hear anyone complain about having too many rounds available if the SHTF.
 
Would you carry a 1911 with an eight round magazine? How about a five or six shot revolver? If the answer is yes then the preban magazines are just a want, not a need. If you wouldn't then more rounds aren't going to help you because you don't understand the nature of armed conflict. Unless you work in law enforcement your odds of needing more than six rounds in a gunfight are higher than your odds of winning a powerball lottery.:rolleyes:
 
Yes. It is the pricipal of the thing. I bought a bunch of G-19 and Mini-14 Mags here in CA while I still could. 5 more
rounds is a big difference in a G-19 and 20 rounds is a HUUUUUGE difference in my Mini-14. And yes they work
perfectly. The ban on purchase took effect on 1/1/2000 in CA. I just can't stand the idea of a perfectly designed
pistol being crippled as the idiotic law mandates. Unfortunately I can't get any more, F*CK the politicians in my
state. Man it makes me angry!:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:
 
be careful of the dangerous bullets....

Rant on
Let's see, that administration (generous term) wanted us to have "safer guns and safer bullets" So the way I see it, they must have done some research and found that bullets 1-10 are safe. Bullets # 11,12,13,14,15,16......30 are really dangerous! Ok, Ok I'll get my tongue out of cheek, foot out of mouth, head out of ....

The analogy I use is automobiles. If I drive a Jag, 12 cylinders strong and the eniviron wackos say that they have found a way to make it run on 10 cylinders and it's better for us all, I don't care. My car is designed to run on 12. If I had wanted 10 I'd have bought a truck. If I had wanted 8 I'd have bought a 68 Camaro. Something's just wrong with changing the design.

I don't even "need" the extra capacity, I don't carry and my local pistol competition just started using a 10 rnd limit.

Hi Caps are one of the nice things about owning a BHP. 13 round std cap, 10 round nuetered cap, 17 rounds...Now that's what "HiCap" should mean!

Now lets see, in my analogy thats like adding cylinders to the car..... ok, I don't mind that type of design change.

Truth of the matter is that had hi caps been a non factor I might have ended up with a USPc or a BDM. Still would like to get a BDM some day, but the thought of buying Hi caps for 100 or more, or using 10 rndrs in a gun designed for more just sets wrong with me.

I also see ownership of these mags as a small, but meaningful (to me) protest against this asanine legislation. As I load rounds 11+ I hope that I can make the liberals and democRats half as mad as they've made me.

Rant off
 
blades67, I think you're missing the point. The question was, are they worth the price. No one has said that you absolutely need them. And remember that shooting for recreation is what 99.99% of our shooting is; not gunfights. The fact is, a higher capacity mag is more convenient and more fun than because you're reloading less often.
 
If they are $50 or below, and contribute more than 3 rounds, then yes, I think it worthwhile to buy 2 or 3. They are more convenient at the range, and I know that I will get my money back out of them eventually (or my kids will). Do I really need them ? No. I, like Blades67, don't feel under equipped with a 1911 or a six shot revolver.
 
Here is a point nobody has mentioned. With a standard capacity mag you can load 2 less than the maximum capacity and still have ten or more rounds. This makes for a more trouble free firearm and gives your springs a break. Plus every "reduced capacity mag I have ever tried to load was a bitch to get the last few rounds into. On the other hand most standard capacity mags will load to maximum with no problem.
 
I voted "No," but I guess my opinion is subject to the law of diminishing returns. I already have several hi-caps for my G23, so I'm not interested in paying current prices for additional ones.

Guess if I were buying a firearm that could take hi-caps, I'd pay for a couple of them . . . but would use them for carry only and buy 10-rounders for training and practice.
 
I just paid more than $100 apiece for two Glock 20 mags and feel that in today's environment it was a good purchase. With no changes in the current law (which seems likely) they will be worth twice what I paid for them in just a few years. Of course if the law changes I'm screwed. But hey, sometimes you just have to roll the dice and take what comes.

Also, I look at all the money many of us throw at gun purchases, ammo, mods, grips, sights, etc., etc., etc., and think it's funny that some people balk at a hi-cap investment that's very likely to retain (and grow) its value. I'm sure some of you burn the price of several hi-caps in ammo without even thinking about it. Yet for some reason there's a mental barrier because you reason that in an unregulated market these would only cost $20 and you're damn well not going to spend $100. I guess I look at it differently.

Like most of you, I want what I want when I want it. And as long as I don't have to mortgage the house to do it, what's the harm?
 
I also base the decesion on the redesign of the diminished capacity magazine. H & K's downsized 10 rounders are getting a reputation for not being as reliable as the original standard size magazines. If it performs better, spend the extra money and get what works better. The same logic of spending more for a Kimber then a Llama.
 
YES...I make it a practice to dig up atleast one pre-ban for every handgun and "assault "rifle I buy/own. Next best thing to giving Clinton himself the finger. Besides, a full size pistol with a gelded magazine is kinda like a Lincolon Towncar without a trunk...or a Hummer with a 5 gallon gas tank.
 
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