Another reason for high capacity magazines

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Another reason for high capacity magazines

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5-10 men invaded home in Houston:
http://abc13.com/news/violent-home-inva ... e/1683042/

Nope, don't think a 10 round magazine in my rifle would have been sufficient.

Then again, I don't keep $50,000 in cash and drugs in my house that would make 5-10 people want to break in either.
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bblhd672 wrote:Then again, I don't keep $50,000 in cash and drugs in my house that would make 5-10 people want to break in either.
It's alarming that he had that much cash and drugs in t house with his children there. :nono:

Good that no one was hurt (Except for the father not that I'm happy that he was).
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Note to self:

ScottDLS,

Make sure you load up a few 30rd AR mags for quick access next to your drug and cash hoard...

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That reminds me. I need to put a mag coupler on my AR-15. 60 rounds of freedom ready for anyone stupid enough to break into my house and threaten me.
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Like most of you I don't have any drugs or much cash in the house, however I do keep a full Pmag D60 on my Tavor.
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Then again, I don't keep $50,000 in cash and drugs in my house that would make 5-10 people want to break in either.
I'm sure that applies to all of us here, but don't discount the (remote?) possibility that the bad guys could accidentally pick the wrong house..
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Re: Another reason for high capacity magazines

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ghostrider wrote:
Then again, I don't keep $50,000 in cash and drugs in my house that would make 5-10 people want to break in either.
I'm sure that applies to all of us here, but don't discount the (remote?) possibility that the bad guys could accidentally pick the wrong house..
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Yep; valid point. I remember back a few years ago to 03:30 one Saturday morning when I woke to insistent door-banging and doorbell ringing. Vid cam and intercom confirmed the two young ne'er do wells had the right house number but the wrong street name. Our subdivision has a few eponymous street names with different object nouns, like Autumn Meadow Dr., Autumn Falls Rd., Autumn Circle Ct. The intercom exchange was almost an old Cheech and Chong skit: "Where's Dave?" "Dave's not here"...except when I first wake up I sound like James Earl Jones with sore throat. If I could channel that all the time I could do voiceovers as cartoon villains. ;-)

Wasn't terribly worried: oh-dark-thirty home invaders aren't likely to ring the doorbell first; those are the waking-hours felons.

But it illustrates how easy it is for someone after money, drugs, or revenge to target the wrong house. And while I would expect the FBI to do a thorough job of vetting and planning, the local gangbanger who's after someone he thinks encroached on his territory or has wads of cash to steal...not so much.

I can't remember the last time I heard the term "home invasion" when the felony included only one VCA. Home invaders, almost always armed, also almost always come in multiples.

Everyone's home environment is different. Apartments or condos may have only one readily accessible plane of ingress, like a door and windows adjacent along the same wall. Someone on a nice large property may have have a long driveway with sensors to give audible alert of an approach, but also a whole lot of 360 to cover.

Things may change if we see more ISIS-inspired activity, but right now I'm more concerned about capacity at home than I am when I'm out and about. I've shot enough volume out of 5.56 40-round PMAGs to trust them, and that's what I go with.
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Re: Another reason for high capacity magazines

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mr1337 wrote:That reminds me. I need to put a mag coupler on my AR-15. 60 rounds of freedom ready for anyone stupid enough to break into my house and threaten me.
Just get the surefire 60rd mag, mine is completely reliable and no mag changes.

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rm9792 wrote: Just get the surefire 60rd mag, mine is completely reliable and no mag changes.
I've often wondered if the Magpul 40 and 60 rd mags are as reliable as the "standard" 30rd magazines....
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Ruark wrote:
rm9792 wrote: Just get the surefire 60rd mag, mine is completely reliable and no mag changes.
I've often wondered if the Magpul 40 and 60 rd mags are as reliable as the "standard" 30rd magazines....
They definitely do not look as "tactical" as two 30rds taped together.... :smilelol5:
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Re: Another reason for high capacity magazines

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No idea on magpuls but their products are pretty good. The surefire has never misfed on about 1000 rds.
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