A problem with having a modern gun for carry is the original manufacturer is the sole supplier of magazines for them because the place you normally get them cheaper is the actual manufacturer!
Pistol mags are hovering around $43ish for our M&P 9 2.0 Compacts. Based on the markings, Mecgar makes them and they'd be about $30 each... but S&W appears to have a no-compete clause in the contract.
Having gotten accustomed to $15 magazines for AR's, it's a bit of sticker shock.
Most of the handguns around here get by on three or four magazines per gun because they don't get out much. Some as few as two magazines!
I think I should have more available for the guns that get shot more regular like.
We will endeavor to persevere!
One of the reasons I'm such a Glock fan boy is the fact that their factory mags are very reasonable.
ReplyDeleteTrue. But the Glock did not suit The Lovely Harvey's hand and the M&P 2.0 Compact is such a Goldilocks gun for us...
DeleteI've nothing against Glocks, I mean I have four of them. Three take the bog-standard 9mm mag.
and the magpul glock mags are even cheaper and just as good...i try to have 5-10 mags per pistol...just in case....panzer guy
ReplyDeleteMy 17.2 doesn't like the Magpul Glock mag. Works fine in my 45.5 though.
DeleteI'm jealous!!
ReplyDeleteHere in Oz, after-market magazines for my STI Edge are AUD$270 each for the ten rounder that is the only legal option.
With my IPSC rig, the five magazines that I carry in competitions cost more than I paid for the gun.