Why number and mark your mags?
One of the most common problems encountered with those who own semi-auto firearms is keeping up with all of your magazines and keeping them working for you.
As a certified firearms instructor for a decade for law enforcement, force protection, and concealed carry users, I’ve seen it literally a thousand times– the inevitable lost and found magazines left over after a practice or qualification session. You see, if you train as you fight on a dynamic range where you are moving and shooting, or falling back/advancing to your target, you are dropping mags in the reload process. In the excitement of finishing the course or stage, when given an opportunity to pick up anything that was dropped, often mags are left behind only to be found at the end of the shoot when everyone is policing up brass.
“Whose mag is this? Anyone missing a mag?” comes the cry as everyone starts patting down their chest gear, mag pouches, and peer into their range bag to make sure they have theirs squared away.
If there was somehow your mag is marked in some way to distinguish it from the others, you are in business.
