r/canadaguns • u/SecureNarwhal • Mar 09 '26

Misc Internal Mags vs Detachable Mags, What's your preference and why?

Just a thought that crossed my mind while the work day comes to any end. Do you prefer internal mags or detachable mags and why?

I've always preferred detachable mags as they make it easy to unload a gun and deal with malfunctions as you got a whole new opening to tackle the issue with.

But there's a lot of guns with internal magazines and magazine tubes. I guess they are lighter and you don't have something protruding out the rifle to snag on a branch, strap or sling. But I don't actually know what the advantages or personal preferences are for them.

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u/SirKickBan Mar 09 '26

I love detachable magazines that can be fed from stripper clips or just one round at a time while in the gun, especially if I'm going to be limited to five rounds at a time. But even if I couldn't have that, and had to pick, I'd still go with detachable over internal.

As nice as it can be to just be able to carry loose rounds to reload with, detachable magazines have so many perks. From generally faster reloads to being way less of a pain to make a weapon safe, it's not much of a competition.