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About LinkBacksI carry a USPc also. Always carry one spare mag in my front pocket. Something to think about; the chances of getting into a gunfight are probably about the same as having to reload and we all carry.
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I carry a USPc also. Always carry one spare mag in my front pocket. Something to think about; the chances of getting into a gunfight are probably about the same as having to reload and we all carry.
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Winter/Fall I carry my Smith which holds 14+1 with an extra mag. In the Summer a Taurus rev 7 shot with 1 or 2 SL's. You can never have to much but I just want to concentrate on one gun.
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I carry two relaods for each of my carry weapons. A double mag carrier for my SA 1911 A1, a double mag carrier for my XD-9 SC, and a double speedloader pouch for my S&W J frame 38. This , of course is a different number of rounds for each but I feel two reloads is not unreasonable. Standing in front of cardboard I too feel that I can accomplish the needed hits on my target, but when low light, stress, adrenaline, FEAR for life or loved ones, or needed movement comes into play I feel better knowing I can reload a couple of times to keep the bad guy at bay if needed.
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I carry one spare 15-round mag for my glock. I don't really feel that I'll need more than the 16 rounds already in the gun, but if I had a malfunction that wasn't fixed by a tap-n-rack, I'd want to switch mags.
I also carry a speed strip for my .38 revolver
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If you carry in Condition 3, you have two empty chambers. One in the weapon...the other between your ears.
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I have never encountered an actual malfunction that required a new magazine, but I spend a fair amount of time practicing type 3 (doublefeed) malfunction drills.Originally Posted by BigDaddy5
I carry one spare mag in a leatherman pouch, very innocent looking.
Compared to the gun, carrying the spare mag is easy.
Come to think of it, I do remember one time during a combat course that I dropped my magazine before it was empty.
I suppose under the stress of a shooting situation, an accidental mag drop could happen?
I think I'm going to start carrying a spare mag!
18 rounds. A full mag and 1 in the chamber in my G17
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No matter what gun I carry I always cary at least 2 reloads. Been doing that since Dec. 1978 when I started in private security.
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13 + 1 and one spare 13 round magazine around town. If I am traveling long distances I usually take two spare mags.
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PPK is 13 rounds: 2 6-round mags and one in the chamber.
Tuned BHP is 40 rounds: 3 13-round mags and one in the chamber. Have enough extra mags and leather to carry probably 100 rounds or more for those 'plinking in the woods' occasions.
If I'm in a shoot-out with the BHP, you better bet I'll be the last one with ammo left....he who wins didn't run out of ammo
I might mention I also handload (quite hot loads) for competition. It works great for learning malfunction drills, i.e. squibs, accidental light loads, FTF's, FTE's, etc. Definitely carry extra mags. Nothing like punching out a squib in the middle of a scenario!
P.S. I ALWAYS use high-quality professionally-manufactured ammo for carry.
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I believe the right to bear arms is not only a 2nd Amendment right. I believe it is a basic human right. All people should be able to protect themselves and property.
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10 + 1 in the pipe. If I can't solve the problem with the 11 I have a few more is not going to make much difference. I do not carry a BUG for the same reason.
Philip L. McCleary
Security via CCW
and a lot of practice
Dispatchers have the best jobs
we tell the police where to go and they have
to do it. Policy manual says so.
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Depends if I'm carrying BUGS or not. two mags extra per gun, then two that's in my derringer. If no BUGS the two extra mags.
"[T]he people are not to be disarmed of their weapons.
They are left in full possession of them."
Zacharia Johnson (speech in the Virginia Ratifying Convention,25 June 1778)"The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed." ~Alexander Hamilton
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Usually carry 1 extra, in case of mag-related failures. For my primary, at least....
That gives me 15 total in my T380....
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Единственная реальная власть приходит из длинней винтовки.
8+1 in the 1911, one spare mag with 8.
As sarhog sagely noted, having a spare mag is the only way to correct a magazine related failure, or to get the gun back up with a failure that requires stripping the mag.
Matt
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Because I have experienced problems with magazine feeding in the past, I carry an extra one.
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