I know I'll never be called upon to serve again. I was a LE sniper and taught sniper schools for LE and military. I've done my time as an riflemen in combat years ago. Let me start out by saying I'm not among the crowd that thinks the world's coming to an end, I'm not a survivalist. A long range target rifle, or an all around rifle. I've read these post yet I'm not quite sure what we are asking. 5's for hunting and the 10's well to remember my time in CA.:D I am also throwing in some 5's, 10's, and 20's for good measure. I saw a Proto CTR stock on the GM's desk aaaaaaaaaaawhile back.ДЇor a cost saving measure I will be buying a mixture of high quality contract mags and a few H&K when I move to TX. The military armorers (were i work) get weird stuff just mailed to them sometimes to try out on weapons, I guess that is an advantage to going to shot.

I think it was a proto they where beta testing some different springs or something. Pretty cool little thing, I dont know how well it would hold up under repeated hard use. The P-Mag was used by one of the instructors. and we had alot of magazines out there.Д«y far the best magazine we used is the H&K steel. The Contract magazines saw little failure if any, I think we had one crontract mag fail on the range. I hear the newer Brownells are good however. Thin Metal on some with magazines bowing outward. Floorplates popping off and bending when mags where loaded to capacity. The worst of the bunch where to Brownells, I dont know if it was shoddy craftsman or just a run of bad luck. A mix of Brownells, H&K, and the usual contract mags and one P-Mag. My point about the twenty round magazines is the are small enough to fit in my coat or back pocket where as a 30 rounder sticks out.ДЄt a recent training class at work, I used nothing but 30 round mags.

I do not have any practice magazines as I practice with what I carry and replace upon problem/failure. I might have to get some of those magpuls to try out since I did not like the H&K magazines. Sorry for the late reply as I been traveling way to much over the past three months. (so you don't accidentally whip out the M855 to clear a house) You can also get different colors so you know which are your practice mags, and which mags are loaded with what. Mags getting caught up in your pants because of sharp corners is non existant if you practice your reload drills at the range, and they have a nice loop to grab onto. If you are stuffing mags into your pockets, a good thing to try out if you have not already, are magpuls. The great thing about magpul followers is that they can be installed in both 20 and 30rders, so magazine reliability should not be an issue if you take care and test them regularily. IMO, since magpul has released the PMAG and the their followers, 30rders have become just as reliable as the 20rders. In police work this is not as big of an issue as it is with the military. Your equipment has to fit your mission and magazine capacity only becomes of concern if you do not hit your target with the allotted number of rounds you are carrying. Although, I carry a mixture of 20 and 30 round magazines in my vehicle. I find that 20 rd magazines fit better into my pockets when I decide to break out my AR. However, for those of us that work plain clothes and keep a AR in our vehicle. I agree with you but Bravo does bring up a good point.that newer 30 magazine have become as reliable as 20 rd magazines. If you guys have trained and grown comfortable using the 20rd mag, this thread should not be a significant reason for switching to a 30rd mag setup. There is always the very important element of personal preference when you consider weapon or equipment selection. I'm not a big fan of tracers, (as a great man said, they work both ways) but hey, you can squeeze a few 20s in little nooks and crannies in your battle rattle.ДЄs for reliability issues, with the advent of Magpul's Pmags, there's just no issue. Way too low for my shooting coach's tastes, but hey, you can't argue with results.ДЄlso, as a 'young lieutenant,' we're told that you'll want to keep an extra mag or two with tracers in it to mark sectors of fire and priority targets when things are hot. Now, I have used 20s to get my rifle zeroed, as my prone NPA puts my rifle real close to the ground. Why would you carry less? I just don't get it. In my VERY humble opinion, I think that 30s outclass 20s for every practical purpose.

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