30 rounders?

[b4uqzme]

Anyone have any success with 30 round mags? Any recommendations? Thanks!!

[O'Dell]

Yeah, my recommendation is to forget it, unless you're talking about an AR.

[b4uqzme]

Why?

[O'Dell]

Why?

Because if six rounds isn't enough, carry a spare magazine. If that's insufficient, IMO, you are no longer in a defensive position, you are in a war. If you are in a war, you should have brought an assault weapon, not a pistol.

Anyway, over the years, I have found that a pistol usually works better if you use a magazine of the capacity specified by the designer and supplied by the manufacturer.

[b4uqzme]

It's an M1 30cal Carbine thread. ;) No harm no foul. We can blame it on the new layout. :D Have you had any experience with one of those? Mine runs great with 15 rounders but I thought I'd take it to a 3gun match just for grins.

[O'Dell]

Oops, sorry about that. I was thinking about buying one seven or eight years ago, that is until I checked the prices. I remembered back in the seventies, you could pick up a pristine M1 Carbine for $60 or $70. No more. I shot them at a Marine range in 1960 and liked them. I think the Marine MI's used a 20 round mag and the full auto M2's used a 30 back then. Anyway, I ended up with a 9mm carbine which was stolen and then replaced with a 45 carbine.

[leftysixty]

Original milspec mags were fine, don't know about newer versions :53:

[b4uqzme]

Oops, sorry about that. I was thinking about buying one seven or eight years ago, that is until I checked the prices. I remembered back in the seventies, you could pick up a pristine M1 Carbine for $60 or $70. No more. I shot them at a Marine range in 1960 and liked them. I think the Marine MI's used a 20 round mag and the full auto M2's used a 30 back then. Anyway, I ended up with a 9mm carbine which was stolen and then replaced with a 45 carbine.

Cripes, you can spend that on magazines nowadays. Thanks for the input.

[b4uqzme]

Original milspec mags were fine, don't know about newer versions :53:

Haven't really run across any of those in my searches yet. I think they are often considered "collectible". It's them newer versions I'm curious about. Thanks.

[O'Dell]

Those three days at the rifle range were the high point of my plebe summer or the whole plebe year for that matter. That year was incredibly stressful for me. On those three days I got to shoot the M1 Garand, the new M14 & M15, [later to be combined into the M14] M1 Carbine, Thompson, BAR, Colt 1911, and 30 cal air cooled Browning MG. The only ones that really counted for qualifying though were the Garand and the Colt. I was lucky enough to qualify "Expert" on both, and those two ribbons were the only ones on my uniform until some time after graduation. I guess all those years as a kid carrying around 'Daisy's' and a Remington 22 finally paid off.

[b4uqzme]

My dad says he qualified with the "M1 pencil". He couldn't hit the broad side of a barn but they penciled him in. :Amflag2:

[DavidS]

My dad says he qualified with the "M1 pencil". He couldn't hit the broad side of a barn but they penciled him in. :Amflag2:

My father-in-law was petrified of shots and received his immunizations the same way! He could type when he entered the Air Force so one of his duties was office work where the personnel records were also kept. When it came time for overseas deployment and the necessary shots, he "checked" his files to be sure his shot record was up to date. He was also a commercial artist so he made sure his record had the proper signature by the doc. :cool:

[DavidS]

If 30 rounds aren't enough, ......
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=278680065626926

[b4uqzme]

lol

[Flyinghawk]

I have one 30 rd mag I picked up at a gun show and it works fine

[Bawanna]

I'll check my stash, I don't think I have any 30's for the M1. I got several 20's. I have a bunch for the Thompson, probably wouldn't fit thought huh?

I had a place to get them awhile back, I'll see if I can find that again. Might be a source.

[b4uqzme]

^^^ There ya go. Just let me borrow the Thompson for the 3 gun match. That would impress the tacticoolers. :D

[Don F]

I own a AOM130 and picked up two 30 round magazines at a local gun show. They work great.

[b4uqzme]

^^^ thanks. I'll have to look closer next time.

[Captain O]

Go to www.keepshooting.com and look at their 30 round magazines. I went there and bought four.