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  Do you leave your mags on the ground when you reload?
  By Chukonu, October 3, 2009 in Voting & Polls
  1. Do you leave your mags on the ground when you reload?
  No, I replace my mags back in my pouches when reloading
  Only If I'm in a firefight
  No, I use a dump pouch
  I was practicing reloading today when I discovered it's so much faster to reload if you just leave the spent magazine on the ground and grab a new one out of your mag pouch. Does anyone else do this or do you always put your empty mags back in your pouches?
  Edited October 3, 2009 by 6mm man
  If I find myself with no ammo while I'm still being shot at and for some reason can't find good enough cover, then I will do whatever is quickest, which is usually just to drop it on the ground. But since I paid for those mags, I would kick myself if I lost them, so I either pick them up before I leave or just put the empty ones in the new one's spot.
  I don't have a dump pouch but I will replace the spent magazine with the new one. It may take a little while longer, but atleast I don't lose them.
  1 easy answer: dump pouch.
  Dump pouch. It is like the ground that you carry on your belt. Fast and easy.
  You either need to add an "other" option, or add "put in dump pouch" to the poll.
  I only add about half a second (If any at all) to my reload time when I put the spent magazine into my dump pouch. And you save the possibility of getting the magazine damaged.
  A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away, I had a dump. I could drop mags straight from the magwell into it.
  Now I either use a Safeway bag dump (Ghetto FTW, it's an opfor loadout anyways) or just drop them on the ground then replace them.
  usmcsni 0
  Location:Thousand Oaks. CA
  already a topic with this same Q
  The other one is posted with HORRIBLE grammar, has two options (neither of which are very comprehensive), it was obviously not very well thought-out and this one already has a good discussion going. I think the other one should go.
  I use a drop pouch. Fast reloads, plus I don't have to worry about losing a magazine or having to go back and get it.
  Dump pouch... it isn't worth it to get your mags excessively dirty or broken, or potentially lost. It isn't that hard to put a magazine in a dump-pouch.
  Another example of a stupid poll and why experienced players don't regard ASF highly. Does anyone review these polls?
  Uh, what? How is this poll stupid? It's asking people their opinions on an interesting topic.
  The above is another example of a stupid post and why experienced players don't regard random troll-like aggression highly.
  I drop my mags on the ground only in a firefight, pick them up before I leave the spot, and then I either put them in a mag pouch or in my dump pouch.
  I just slam my mags on a table at my CQB field and pick them up after the game if over. But if Im using a box mag in my P90 I don't need extra mags to throw on the ground.
  If I am in a long range engagement I will take my time, however if I am in CQB, or a short range firefight I will dump the mag right on the floor. no matter how much faster a "dump pouch" is than replacing the mag in your carrier, its still not faster than letting it drop. not to mention, running with an additional pouch of loos mags smacking you in the legs doesn't sound like a good deal in the long run. just my opinion, based on experience and military training.
  No! mags are expensive, I use my M4 pouches as a drop pouch [I have an extra one so there's always an empty slot to put the spent mag in]
  I've actually gotten pretty fast at putting the mag in the pouch, so the reload motion is all one smooth thing, mag down, in, over, out, in.
  I once threw a mag on the ground and a guy was running and stepped on it and broke it. But its true, its faster, but a little but of practice and a dump pouch helps.
  In the heat of battle (mostly in cqb only) I just drop and grab a new one and put it in, don't even look at the other mag fall or anything just let it go lol. In normal fights though I take it out, put it in my vest and grab another.
  Edited January 28, 2011 by hmg9194
  Me dropping them on the ground would result in many lost mags. Good thing I have a dump pouch.
  Disregard Dump-pouches, Acquire Fastmags + Tac Reload
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5i5NPsG_3M#t=0m40s
  I rarely find myself shooting an entire magazine before I reload. Confrontations should never last that long. I find that tac reloading is way faster than dumping, and there is less time when there are no rounds in the gun
  However, if I do need to get a good shot off suddenly mid reload, I'll drop it and pick it up before I move again
  Sorta a mix, I use a dump pouch, but if I'm in a firefight, I drop them on the ground and throw them in my dump pouch later, what ever's more convenient.
  If I have time, it goes straight back into my chest rig. But if I need to, it ends up on the ground until I move or when the firefight is over.
  Edited January 29, 2011 by Private Parts
  Dump Pouch FTW!!!
  1) you don't break the plastic mags with the drop
  2) mags don't get stepped on if they aren't on the ground
  3) practice, you can get pretty quick with using dump pouches
  thats just my views on why I like my dump pouch.
  If you are in a spot and have time, take some of the spent mags out of the dump pouch and put them into empty mag pouches.
  Edited January 29, 2011 by chrisnupp
  Hell no, someone's bound to steal my mags even with my name on them.
  I use to just stick my empty mags in my left cargo pocket - but I just got my first dump pouch so I'll probably start running it to keep my expensive magazines from getting broke, lost, or stolen.
  Why don't people have a dump pouch? You can buy one for 20 bucks with shipping on ASGI, your mag won't get dirty, cracked, broken, stolen, etc. from the ground, and you can do it almost as quickly as just dropping it.
  It depends on my loadout but I'll roll with either a dump pouch, or place my magazines back in the pouches when I'm done with them as I carry just enough mag to fit the pouches + 1 for the gun(I never bi-round)
  If I use my M4, it's honestly a tossup as to which I'm using, in days past when I used normal M4 mags I'd just slide them back into place in the pouch, but now I use PMags so I'd like not to get the nice ribbed texture ruined by constantly sliding them in and out of the pouch. But now I keep a dump pouch on the lowest molle webbing on my back so I just drop the mag behind me and it's out of my way.
  My MP5 on the other hand, I replace the magazines on my chest rig back in the pouches because I cycle through so many of them, and will probably use a drop pouch with it as I'm going to add a leg rig with 9 more magazines(high speed setup + midcaps + long game = need lots of midcaps) so I'll have 19 MP5 mags on me total.
  For my Sig552 I use a dump pouch because the nobs make it extremely hard to put the mags back in the pouch, so just stuffing them in the dump pouch is easier.
  I don't ever drop magazines on the ground, no firefight is worth possibly breaking a good magazine or losing it.
  If I need a quick reload than I'll set the mag down next to me as I'm reloading
  BUT I almost lost one of my 1911 mags this weekend doing that, so I've got to be more careful.
  Good thing my 1911 mag was silver and easy to spot
  Man I have lost a lot of freaking mags speed reloading, however now I use brightly colored duck tape so they are easier to spot.
  I do have a dump pouch, however sometimes that can even take the extra second or two in a firefight. Long games lead to heavy dump pouches and sometimes I cannot fit anymore mags in my dump so I lay them down and come back for them.
  Drop my mags on the ground? ----- no
  Replace them in my mag pouches? ------ no
  Drop in my dump pouch? ----- no
  Throw empty mag at enemy to keep them behind cover while I reload? ----- YES
  Using a sniper rifle, I tend to only reload when I have chances, in which case I will set the mags on the ground while I reload them. If I have to reload in combat, I either hold the spent mag in my hand or place it in my dump pouch if I can.
  Am I the only one here who believes that jungle clipping your mags is the fastest way to reload them?
  I find that dual-mags take me longer to reload versus using a dump pouch sometimes, it depends on the gun really.
  Well, I'm assuming that you use an M4 *coughamericancough* but I use an AK, so it works very well on the AK platform.
  Edited December 24, 2013 by Kazansky
  I use a dump pouch XD , if I left them on the ground id probably get too into it and leave the mag there
  I drop em like its going out of style...however....I have replaced ALOT of fill valves because of it. Usually now my primary sidearm is co2 so I can let them drop without worry, and then usually only NEED one mag in my compact, because by that if I burned through all my 1911 mags t's usually too late. I'm also a wierdo that will hide rifles, mac10's, ammo, gas and grenades for myself. I don't recommend it, but I also mark my mags both visibly and INSIDE the gas reservoir so I don't get them mixed up, and nobody can go scratch in their name and BS me. Had to call people it on that. Once over multiple KSC Mac 10 mags. At $50+ bucks U gotta speak up. I also usually play at small or private fields so finding them is not as difficult.
  Drop my mags on the ground? ----- noReplace them in my mag pouches? ------ noDrop in my dump pouch? ----- noThrow empty mag at enemy to keep them behind cover while I reload? ----- YES