I would like to retain mags. But think about this angle.
Seriously how many firefights with bands of thugs and rapist to you think there will be? And when your done with said firefight are you not going to police up their shit & your shit? I am.
One or two team members pulls security while the other picks up gear, food, water, ammo.
That's not looting that scavenging and surviving.
I am NOT saying DON'T try to retain your shit. I am just saying. When the situation is dealt with I think there will be time to pick that shit up. And if you lose. Well shit who cares where your mags are?
The problem with that idea is that you're assuming that you were on the offense, you put yourself in this situation, all your intelligence was correct, and you whooped their ass.
I'm not as highly trained or as good as you are, so yes, I could see myself walking myself and maybe a few others into a fucking ambush that is of such a magnitude that you're entire team gets wiped out trying to fight through it, and we are trying to get the fuck out of dodge while covering each other on the way out. Or I could even see myself getting us into a situation where you think you're the big swinging dick, and then all the sudden you realize you made a huge tactical error, and you have to get the hell out of Dodge real quick. Either way, I won't be coming back for my mags that I drop along the way.
Mags will carry quite a good price and may be hard to come by, depending on the circumstances.
Also, what good is an AK 47 if you don't have a magazine for it? You've got a single shot rifle.
My point is that there may be a time where you're running, instead of either fighting or dying. I understand that many have no intention to ever run, but to take the hill or die trying and that's fine too. In that case, you're right, don't worry about where your mags are lying. You either won or you're dead. Guess that might be the difference between you and I. You're the badass, I'm not.
