Carrying Ammo?

[toxo 160]

Forgive me if this is a stupid question but how do peeps carry their ammo when out in the field? The litle bricks must be dead handy when on the range but not so good when fumbling around in the dark in the field. I'm guessing some kind of pouch but some brands have coatings on them which surely will rub off if carried in the loose. I did look up an ammo belt in .22LR but there are not as many as I would have thought. Of course the best way is enough magazines but with Anchutz 5 round @ an eye watering £40 plus the postage I'll stick with the two.

Thoughts anyone?

[celticrusader 78]

MTM wallet, don't leave the rounds in them though as it stretches the brackets.

[shropshire dan 467]

http://www.bushwear.co.uk/stalking-hunting-shooting/reloading/mtm-plastic-ammo-pouch.html

 

Mtm pouch maybe a better choice. I have personally use a few mags but as you say they are expensive

[Slippery_Weasel 460]

Like the look of those wallets, do they rattle much in them?

 

I normally just keep all the little bricks in my pockets, they rattle a bit but not too bad

[nasher1 258]

Have you looked on riflemags.co.uk you can get a ten round mag on there. A bit expensive but you can't beat having a loaded spare magazine in your pocket in preference to bullets in a pouch. I would rather keep them in their original packaging until they go in the magazine and a box of rim fire ammunition isn't that big.

[nasher1 258]

http://www.bushwear.co.uk/stalking-hunting-shooting/reloading/mtm-plastic-ammo-pouch.html

 

Mtm pouch maybe a better choice. I have personally use a few mags but as you say they are expensive

I definitely would not use one of these for rim fire ammunition.

[shropshire dan 467]

Never used one myself but look handy

[nasher1 258]

My view is that the original packaging is designed with safety in mind. You can hold the magazine in your hand slide back the top of the retail box just enough to dispense 5 rounds into same hand as magazine and load . I always go hunting with full strips of five in the box any stragglers stay at home until I use them zeroing or practicing in daytime

[Alsone 789]

The thing that always makes me wary of loose pouches is the chance of a live round dropping out as you're fumbling to pull one out.

 

OK if you see it drop and find it, but if you don't and it later is found by someone else, could raise questions. Probably more likely to be an issue with rimfire than CF because of the physical size.

Edited December 24, 2014 by Alsone

[Rifleman88 28]

I carry some on the stock and the rest in a zip pocket, just make sure you don't wear gloves when you pull them out as you may drop one

[celticrusader 78]

Went out on the rats Friday just gone, I normally have 3x 8shot Brno mags and an mtm wallet which doesnt rattle and then I will carry a spare box anyway but I put most of my gear in my hunting designed waistcoat.

As I move around very slowly or I'm stationary especially doing this form of hunting its not that much of a problem.

[shropshire dan 467]

He ain't gonna get .22lr rounds in a stock pouch lol. I use one of those with my .22-250

[Rifleman88 28]

He ain't gonna get .22lr rounds in a stock pouch lol. I use one of those with my .22-250

yup, good point, i'll stop boozing now

[shropshire dan 467]

Lol

[stubby 175]

thankfully I have three 10 shot mags and one 5 shot, plus carry one box of 50 in car, just in case a bumper lot of rabbits turn up