Do the marines really put 28 rounds instead of 30 in their mags ?

Answer 1

I was in the infantry in the Marines. It really depends on the situation. In training, we'd rarely use a full mag of 30, but it isn't really policed or anything. It's mostly a matter of preference. Usually we'd put in 30 and then take the top round or two out. However, when we went to Iraq, we had so much ammo that we kept our mags at 30 and emptied and cleaned the mag daily. Typically in Iraq we had 6 mags of 30 rounds each, plus another 5-600 rounds on our person, plus grenades and signal devices (like smoke grenades or flares)

Answer 2

No when I was in the Army we loaded up 30 rounds, Instead of 1 to 5 tracer mix I did 3 tracers bottom so I would know it is almost time to swap mags, 1 tracer round 15, and 2 tracers at the top of the magazine for target spotting.

Answer 3

Is more than just a Marine thing; it is normal for people to put 1 or 2 rounds less than the max capacity on a firearm, it is believe that if you load them up all the way, the spring inside will bend out of shape and not provide the proper tension for the magazine to fully feed the ammunition inside the magazine into the weapon.

Answer 4

Not sure about the Corps but in the Army it is all up to individual units and even individuals how they load a mag. I cant imagine that the Corps has that level of control over the individual. I liked 30 with the last 5 tracers.

Answer 5

The basic idea on mags is not to completely fill the box because it can over compress the spring leading to jams. So a lot of folks pull 1 (I did) some pull 2

Answer 6

This is a fairly common practice that occurred because too many rifle magazines had been kept after they were worn out. Weak springs on worn-out magazines produced many weapons malfunctions.

The fix for this was that every magazine be emptied of ammunition, disassembled, inspected and cleaned by the operator each week. Part of the inspection is to measure the length of the spring. If the spring measures too short the magazine is crushed (to ensure it cannot be re-used) and replaced.

Another policy change was to issue only brand-new magazines to troops going to combat.

Answer 7

Yes

Answer 8

Maybe some marines do, but when i was in i filled those things all the way up to 30, i honestly think its more wise to fill them up myself.

Answer 9

My huusband put in 30 then removed one.