The cartridges on the standby magazine are exposed to dirt, it adds weight to the rifle making it awkward and unbalanced to hold, and the proliferation of chest rigs makes the strategy somewhat redundant. Managing two empty or half empty magazines in a rig can get awkward as well. There are magazine couplers that see some use, and simply jungle taping is still done here and there, but the practice has largely fallen out of favor.
It's not that it adds that much weight, but rather that it adds weight in a way that throws off the gun's balance and makes it noticeably more awkward to hold which is bad for accuracy in realistic shooting conditions.
Having a gun that is balanced well does a lot to make it easier to point and shoot quickly while retaining good accuracy, even if it is done by adding weight. Putting about 1-2lbs off on the left/right thus making it tilt when you are trying to get a fast sight picture is not good.
>it adds weight to the rifle making it awkward and unbalanced to hold
This. As much as I like the idea of mag couplers, the weight is what gets me every time I try them. It's not like it makes the rifle insufferably heavy, but it just fucks with the feng shui enough to ruin what makes AR-15s great, which is their size and light weight. I am still waiting for a mag coupler for magpul 20-rounders. I think two 20-round mags would be not fuck up the balance of an AR-15. Shame that magpul doesn't make one that couples the mags by connecting the baseplates together. I supposed you could rig one yourself, by taking to baseplates and connecting them somehow, probably by screwing two slim plates to the baseplates with enough gap between for proper spacing around the magwell.
I can shoot my 12+lb M14 just fine, but a 7lb AR with an annoyingly heavy profile barrel weighing down the front and an offset magazine tilting to the left gets annoying to hold.
A fully loaded 30-rounder is like 1.1 lbs. Add that to an already full-kitted out rifle, and it makes it like AR-10 weight. Again, the main advantage of an AR-15 is it's lightweight and handiness. Fuck yourself, homosexual. There is a nearly the entire world transitioned to intermediate calibers in smaller, lighter rifles around the middle of the last century.
A fully loaded 30-rounder is like 1.1 lbs. Add that to an already full-kitted out rifle, and it makes it like AR-10 weight. Again, the main advantage of an AR-15 is it's lightweight and handiness. Fuck yourself, homosexual. There is a nearly the entire world transitioned to intermediate calibers in smaller, lighter rifles around the middle of the last century.
Back in 2020 during the fentanyl floyd chimpout I jungle taped a couple of mags for the rifle I kept in my vehicle. However this was a unique case and it's not something I would normally do for the reasons
brought up.
Keeping one in your vehicle at all times is dumb as fuck. People like you are the second biggest suppliers of weapons to criminals/felons besides straw-purchasing baby mommas. Spoiler alert: you’re never going to be in a situation where you’d have the time or need to access a long gun, you’re not a fucking cop you’re a larper.
We dont use alice-style pouches with buckles anymore, so its just as quick to reload from a pouch as it is to use taped mags. A lot of the rifle-handling techniques that are conventional wisdom nowadays basically didnt exist until 20 years ago. Everyones heard the anecdote about the marines being shown Heat as an example of how fast they should be reloading, and the reloads in that movie arent even particularly quick by modern standards, which goes to show what the standards were like prior to GWOT. Taping mags was a band aid on that.
Even then, though, you'd probably be better off just putting that other mag in your pocket. Store the second mag coupled to the rifle but then take it off when it's go time
my home defense AR uses coupled mags, based on the idea in a home defense situation at night I may only have time to grab the rifle and get to a defensive position. So in the extremely remote event I would need another mag for whatever reason its there. In my use case the extra weight/awkwardnes is negligble and does not matter.
Convenient but not practical.
The cartridges on the standby magazine are exposed to dirt, it adds weight to the rifle making it awkward and unbalanced to hold, and the proliferation of chest rigs makes the strategy somewhat redundant. Managing two empty or half empty magazines in a rig can get awkward as well. There are magazine couplers that see some use, and simply jungle taping is still done here and there, but the practice has largely fallen out of favor.
>Heavy
Fat fuck or twink? Maybe a woman/tranny?
>asks question
>gets answer
>chimps out like a nagger
yeah thats what I expected
You didnt answer my question. Are you a tranny, fat fuck or twink?
>continues chimping out like a nagger
whats the point, you don't own any guns so why are so you concerned with mag setups?
It's not that it adds that much weight, but rather that it adds weight in a way that throws off the gun's balance and makes it noticeably more awkward to hold which is bad for accuracy in realistic shooting conditions.
Having a gun that is balanced well does a lot to make it easier to point and shoot quickly while retaining good accuracy, even if it is done by adding weight. Putting about 1-2lbs off on the left/right thus making it tilt when you are trying to get a fast sight picture is not good.
don't bother explaining, op is a fag who eats cocks instead of using his brain when given a good explanation
Have you ever held a weapon in your fucking life?
>it adds weight to the rifle making it awkward and unbalanced to hold
This. As much as I like the idea of mag couplers, the weight is what gets me every time I try them. It's not like it makes the rifle insufferably heavy, but it just fucks with the feng shui enough to ruin what makes AR-15s great, which is their size and light weight. I am still waiting for a mag coupler for magpul 20-rounders. I think two 20-round mags would be not fuck up the balance of an AR-15. Shame that magpul doesn't make one that couples the mags by connecting the baseplates together. I supposed you could rig one yourself, by taking to baseplates and connecting them somehow, probably by screwing two slim plates to the baseplates with enough gap between for proper spacing around the magwell.
>weight is what gets me every time I try them
Why is this board full of feminine dudes? Jesus christ
If you owned an AR15 you would understand what they are saying, but you live in India so you don't.
Not weight. Balance.
I can shoot my 12+lb M14 just fine, but a 7lb AR with an annoyingly heavy profile barrel weighing down the front and an offset magazine tilting to the left gets annoying to hold.
Take a stick. Strap a 10lb weight to one end. Now try and handle it like it's a gun. Now you know how it works, retard.
its an indian slide thread
Go suck your father off some more, homo.
so you are definitely indian yeah?
Your father is indian, and you suck him off every night.
Typical hindu mutt projection post
so you are indian
had steak for dinner btw
A fully loaded 30-rounder is like 1.1 lbs. Add that to an already full-kitted out rifle, and it makes it like AR-10 weight. Again, the main advantage of an AR-15 is it's lightweight and handiness. Fuck yourself, homosexual. There is a nearly the entire world transitioned to intermediate calibers in smaller, lighter rifles around the middle of the last century.
Apparently everyone complaining about the weight likes buying bull barrels.
Adding more weight to the magazine well would balance it out more lol.
In that case the entire military is nothing but feminine dudes because no one in the military jungle tapes mags
That sounds incredibly inefficient when you can get a 40 round Pmag
Back in 2020 during the fentanyl floyd chimpout I jungle taped a couple of mags for the rifle I kept in my vehicle. However this was a unique case and it's not something I would normally do for the reasons
brought up.
>rifle I kept in my vehicle
Retards like you should be charged when your weapons are inevitably stolen. Extra charges if it’s used in a violent crime.
>not carrying a gun at all times
>not having access to a force multiplier
NGMI
Keeping one in your vehicle at all times is dumb as fuck. People like you are the second biggest suppliers of weapons to criminals/felons besides straw-purchasing baby mommas. Spoiler alert: you’re never going to be in a situation where you’d have the time or need to access a long gun, you’re not a fucking cop you’re a larper.
what if a duck flies overhead and i'm hungry
dumb, make gun heavy, why not just reload from a chest rig, belt, or PC.
It is, you just ain't paying attention.
3x 30 rnd mags is 90 rounds strapped to your gun.
Can carry 1 (ONE) extra mega-mag for 180 rounds total.
If that's your style. That's my style, jungle style. You can choose.
In the American Revolution, no two Patriots were the same, American individualism.
We dont use alice-style pouches with buckles anymore, so its just as quick to reload from a pouch as it is to use taped mags. A lot of the rifle-handling techniques that are conventional wisdom nowadays basically didnt exist until 20 years ago. Everyones heard the anecdote about the marines being shown Heat as an example of how fast they should be reloading, and the reloads in that movie arent even particularly quick by modern standards, which goes to show what the standards were like prior to GWOT. Taping mags was a band aid on that.
no wars in the jungle recently
I was in some thick bush the other night when I seen your mom, definitely could've used one when fighting off all the crabs.
why bother with that when modern magazine pouches are better than the old ones which necessitated coupled mags.
Not interested in serious answers
It's good if you think you'll need more ammo for something quick and not too dirty, but don't want to lug around a rig.
Home defense, truck gun, stuff like that.
Even then, though, you'd probably be better off just putting that other mag in your pocket. Store the second mag coupled to the rifle but then take it off when it's go time
Is there any evidence it isn't popular?
Because we've been fighting in deserts for the last 40 years.
my home defense AR uses coupled mags, based on the idea in a home defense situation at night I may only have time to grab the rifle and get to a defensive position. So in the extremely remote event I would need another mag for whatever reason its there. In my use case the extra weight/awkwardnes is negligble and does not matter.