Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Do you like buttstock ammo holders?

If mounted on a 6.5 Creed they can be very gay:

No. The last thing I want to do is add weight and bulk to the butt of my rifle.

Yup in the 60's..then a pic of me on the same side of the building in 1986...cool

Have one of the ones that is intended to hold two rounds horizontally on a forearm, but I use it about a third of the way back on the stock, behind the grip area, on a handi rifle. Works for me.

No.

Yes.

The concept of paying someone else to sight in a rifle astounds me....
Chucking away someone else's cartridge carrier...
Uh huh......

If I'm not mistaken LEO'S in numerous states consider a rifle or Shotgun loaded if it's in a vehicle with one on its stock with rounds in it.
Regardless of the state of the chamber or magazine.

As usual LEO's are dumb as fuqk, I guess they just make up the rules as they go. That's like saying a box of ammo is touching the stock, therefore it's loaded.

I don't disagree.

I use them on my 6.5x55 and 7x57. That way I ensure when the rifle goes in the case I have ammo when I get there. You can’t find they chit at Walmart once you hit the road.

Never. I like ultralight rifles. Not going to heavy them up by hanging extra crap on them. I load the mag and carry one extra in my pocket for the chamber. If I run out of cartridges...what a day! Ill hike/climb back to the cabin\truck for more and get a drink and snack while I am there.

I tend to hike for miles, backtracking to find lost cartridges is not an especially comfortable feeling that I want to relive.
Had a few negotiations with my wife who has one on her rifle over a soft check pad. I finally said if she loses her ammo, I get to shoot the elk first.

She admitted I was right, she was wrong and no longer keeps the simple loop style loaded.

Don’t like cartridges, or anything else on my hunting rifle stock! For those that feel they must have quick access to more cartridges ….has more to be concerned with than quick access to more rounds, unless they are shooting a single shot rifle! “IF” rifle is a single shot, a couple of cartridges carried between the fingers is far faster than retrieving rounds from a stock carrier! Shotgunners with singles or doubles have done this for years, with shell that are much larger than the typical rifle cartridge! 🤔

This system has served me well for many years and there are many similar ammo pouches available! memtb

Yes, all the bolt action and lever guns in my safe have one with the ammo used to sight them in on the butstock. I can just grab and go with whatever flavor I want without thinking about the ammo.

Didnt figure this would be such an emotionally charged question. Holy moly.

I think they are, objectively speaking, a great idea. However, I don't think I've ever used one. Go figure.

My thoughts too.

I mostly don't understand packing all that ammo to start with. Do you guys get to shoot that much? My biggest screwup Murphy's Law, shame on me day ever, I think I burned up 4 rounds. And I ain't no David Tubb by any stretch of the imagination. How many shots do youse guys fire an average day hunting? I'm not being a smartass, a magazine full seems to be a plentitude. I will say, I always look for that cross canyon long shot...but it hasn't happened yet. I suppose if I was in sagebrush country, I'd carry more ammo, maybe.

I've got them on a few rifles, but never needed to use the ammo on them except at the range.