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I've been using the Uncle Mikes ammo wallets for 35 years, carry it on my pack belt. 88451 is for S/A cartridges, 88331 "Magnum" is for 06 size and up.

The Cole Tac looks interesting, wonder if it's long enough for anything beyond a 308. Apparently the Chinese think we all hunt with AK-47's and make cartridge carriers that fit the 7.62x39 fine, not so much for L/A rounds......

So they are lighter and more handy in your pack than on your rifle? And you like having lumps in your pockets?

Now, if we are talking changing the balance of the rifle, you may have a point. Or another poiint as the case may be.

Personal preferences are......well, personal. There is no "right" way.

I love the buttstock holders.
I have one that is neoprene, I need to get more.

A couple in my left pocket.

Usually a an MTM slip box with some in my pack.

Way more than I would likely need.
Just how I like it.

Last thing I want is extra weight on my butt stock fuggin up the balance of my rifle and collecting snow/ice/stickers.. I carry a cloth shell holder with elastic loops in my jacket pocket.

Tried something different Got a nylon and velcro wallet cut the window flaps off. It keeps rounds quiet

It's easy to "Blow through" rounds, hunting coyotes! That said, I only ran out of ammo once - got 3 out of 4, one got up, I hit him again - another got up,so I hit her again.
Both shot oncoming with a 220 Swift (don't know how they came up - but they did) Cleaned out my pocket and had to go get more ammo for the Ruger #1

Ditto. Extra 3 round Ruger AICS or Curtis Custom mag for the detachable, cartridge wallet for everything else.

They used to make these for rifle cartridges and I have one I always use:

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1014137328?pid=640356

But I don’t see one available now so in its absence these aren’t a bad option:

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/101381603?pid=154219

My favorite are the 8 rounders by Federal from the mid-late 90's 24pk boxes. I have a leather 5-rounder on my R-side back-pack hip-belt and one of the 8's in a small pocket on the hip belt on the L side. If shooting a belted-magnum, I use a Federal 5-rounder from the premium/safari ammo in the pocket, and 5 in the leather again.

We still-hunt, spot/stalk, and occasionally do "drives" of tree-rows, CRP, or cattails. I grew up having to learn to shoot game on the run, and I still do. Sometimes I (gasp!!) miss. Sometimes the hit isn't as good as one would hope and a 2nd (or 3rd, 4th, etc) is necessary.

Fall of '19 while deer hunting we watched a pack of 7 coyotes hunting together. They were too far to shoot at nor did we have permission to hunt where we saw them, but, it's not at all uncommon to move slowly into the wind and bump a bedded coyote or 3, at which point I'll shoot at them w/whatever I happen to be carrying and be happy for a few extra rounds close at hand.

When I'm out with a break action gun, I usually have one of these little felt pouches and 4 or 5 spare rounds for every barrel.
https://shop.waldkauz.net/patronenetui-bergstutzen.html
My magazine rifle and my newly aquired 71 both hold 5 rounds and I'm quite comfortable with that when I only foresee taking a single animal.

I keep a couple in my right front pocket. The rest are in a ziplock in my pack. I hate things on my belt while I'm wearing a pack, and I'm m nearly always carrying a pack.

Even if going light, I like to have 10 or so rounds with me, just in case....
Just in case there are wolves, just in case I'm invited to a rodeo, just in case something is wounded and moving away, just in case luck is on my side and there are multiple targets...

+1

But instead of a Ziplock, I use a Kuiu, Kifaru, Uncle Mike's, or similar ammo wallet.

Rifle holds 4. One time in 17 seasons I needed a reload past that. And actually I really didn't NEED them, the moose was dead, but he didn't know it yet.

I just throw a few extra loose rounds in a small pocket in my pack.

I cut apart a stock ammo holder and sewed it to the inside pocket of my blaze vest.

Note: once you see it, you can’t un-see it. Argh!!!

Coolest pumpkin design ever

If you take a couple out of the middle, it looks more redneck. 🤣

That is how I carry spares.

Check out the Beartooth neoprene buttstock cartridge holders. Use them on several rifles. Don't seem to stretch out like the elastic ones. I keep a 10 round Federal plastic ammo holder full in my back pack to load the rifle and add a couple of rounds to the Beartooth holder. Haven't needed often, but better than walking around with an empty rifle.

+1

Cole-tac ammo wallet came today.





Well made.

Holds 10, I’ll just put 5 in to keep it less bulky.

Made in USA. Card attached said sewn by Linda.

Thanks Linda!