Magazines and Magazines with windows
I learned a very long time ago to be careful what you say when you are in the middle of a fight. I’m no combat veteran but it was good that I learned my lesson a paintball course and not on the battlefield. When you are running low on ammunition the last thing you do is announce it in the middle of an engagement. A long time ago I, along with a friend of mine were in the middle of a paintball engagement and it was the last battle of the day. We were both running low on paintball ammunition and the odds were against us. The teams were 14 vs 15 and the two of us had 9 of the 15 players coming towards us. We both had less than 40rds left and none of our fellow team members were around to back us up.
As we were engaged and almost cornered my friend retreated to my position and yelled “i’m almost out of ammo, I only have about 20 paintballs left” I announced ” I only have 20 paintballs left. Meanwhile It hit me like a ton of bricks that that was the last thing I should have annouced to 75% of the team, after that I learned to keep my mouth shut, but having magpul pmags with the windows was something I thought about after that day. Knowing approximately how many rounds of ammuntion you have left before you move forward in an engagement is a good thing. Under stress it’s real hard to tell if you put 8rds off or 15rds. Knowing you are half full rather than finding out you made a forward advance with 3rds left in the magazine.
