Magazines

, as well as speedloaders and clips, are used in DayZ Standalone to feed firearms. While magazines feed directly, speedloaders and stripper clips are used to feed internal magazines on their compatible weapons.

It is a good idea to find and carry two magazines for one of the weapons that the player uses, as this allows much faster reloading when dealing with a sticky situation with survivors or hordes of infected, while things are quiet, it is best to reload both magazines periodically.