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I have a sling with bullet loops and one of the nylon band with bullet loops on the stock. That is on my Ruger m77 338wm. Must admit I have never needed all that ammo lol. tom

Have you ever went out with a healthy gal,It's aim not ammo that will gat you back in the door I kid you not.

I use one of these on all my rifles. Carry extra ammo,pull through bore cleaner etc.That way when I pickup rifle I have every thing right there.
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This.
Been using them for 30 years, on my third one also.


Casey

Leftybolt;
Good evening sir, hopefully this finds you well.

I'm in the same camp as you it seems, though I'll typically have at least 5-10 rounds in a plastic carrier in my daypack as well.

In this photo I've unloaded the rifle already and put the rounds from the magazine - including the fired case - back into the butt sock.



We've found the butt sock carriers to be especially handy when camping as it keeps the ammunition and firearm in a common area which can be handy if one needs it in a pinch to deal with a recalcitrant bruin.

All the best to you this Christmas season sir.

Dwayne

I sewed up one like the ten rounder on the right. Five rounds for the rifle and five to spare in an exterior coat pocket.

We stop for lunch so rest of the plastic box of 50 (reloads) are in the shooting bag in the truck with other gee-gaws. I don't like carrying more than I need. We hunt near civilization so five in the rifle go back into the holder and are hidden in a pocket if we stop in town or visit or something.

Tried a bunch of alternatives but this suits me best for our style of hunting.

Use same method for same reasons. I also carry a couple spares in my jacket pocket.

Four in the gun....

Same reasons here. I always used to carry a full box of ammo. I've never fired more than three shots in a day, so I'm down to one in the chamber (Yes-I carry hot!)three in the mag. and about 3 more rounds of ammo. That's it. Just don't see the need to haul around the dead weight. I sure do get a kick out of the guys running big banana clips on their Remington Jam-a-matics though.

I use the Uncle Mikes butt stock carriers with the flap on my rifles.The flap prevents cartridge loss, getting poked by plastic tipped bullets, etc.

I usually only put three rounds in them and hang a spare scope cover on the flap. So, 3-5 in the rifle magazine and another 3 in the stock carrier. Finally five more in a pocket or sleeve on my pack.

With a T3 I carry an extra loaded mag in a secure jacket or vest pocket. Additional rounds are in an old leather belt pouch with a kind of mechanical snap closure. It was old when I got it from a friend 30 years ago. It just doesn't feel like hintin season unless I have it on.

What do you use extras for? My definition their not need

It is fun to occasionally empty the magazine at running coyotes. In some areas we hunt we may run into pigs, also.

Even if these things seldom happen, it is nice to have enough ammo to entertain the possibility.

In case of an emergency it would be nice to have enough ammo to signal for help, and possibly repeat, if necessary.

I had a great uncle who made a big show of leaving hunting camp each morning in the Adirondacks in the 1940's with just one round of ammo. And he did have successful, one-shot kills several years in a row.

Then one year he shot at the biggest buck he had ever attempted a shot at. He wounded it and had plenty of time for a follow-up shot, but he had none with him. The buck ran off and he never found it. He felt real bad about the experience. That deflated his ego and cured him.

From then on he carried a few more rounds with him when he left camp. I still have his octogon-barrel Savage 99 in 30-30 Winchester that was made in 1913, and it is still a good shooter.

twice this year I was short on rounds when only loading the gun. One was just ugly shooting in a new gun. The other was when I had 3 rounds in the 7mm-08 and could have filled all 6 of my initial tags if I didn't run out of ammo. It always happens so I try and plan for it. Happened archery hunting last year. Had a doe come within 5 yards after I used my lats arrow and hang out with me already climbed down and sitting in my stand on the base of the tree. She wanted to hold an arrow real bad The archery store ordered me the wrong replacement blades and I don't like to run the same blade twice. Maybe the 3 rounds are ok. My back can't really handle dragging more than that anyway.

As to the need for extra cartridges on a hunt, there is no doubt in my mind that to do otherwise is an invitation to missed opportunities.

Where I hunt in Texas we have multiple tags and often the opportunity to take multiple deer in a single day. I have (more than once) killed three or more deer on mornings hunt. When you throw in the fact that we are also over-run with hogs and coyotes are very common.....it's quite likely that you could run short of ammo, if just the magazine was filled, on any given day.

Back in my early days of hunting I used to carry 4-5 loose rounds in my coat pocket (still do occasionally). Later it was common (at least in my family) to cut down 20-round ammo boxes so that they held 6-8 rounds. We would fold over the cut box and tape it up to create a handy pocket-size box/carrier. The advantage of this was that the ammo type was printed on the box flap avoiding possible confusion (very important when you carry more than one rifle on a day's hunt).

I later went to a leather folding wallet style 10 round carrier that could be carried on your belt (but was most often just dropped in a coat pocket). Extra ammo is, to me, almost a requirement when hunting.