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Originally Posted by Mark Garrity
I have made them both ways, (mag in front and mag in back) though I recommend mag in front as pictured on my web-site.
If you truely need a spare mag to reload, it will almost always be a SHTF situation; a true emergency. You do not want anything hampering instant and fumble-free acess to a spare mag.
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A couple of things John Farnam wrote convinced me that nothing should go on my weak side in front of my mag carrier.
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Originally Posted by John Farnam
Good tip from a friend and colleague in the federal system:
"In the middle of qualification, one of our officers attempted an emergency reload. He tried, in vain, for the better part of fifteen seconds, to jam his Motorola flip phone his pistol's magazine well. Needless to say, he failed the course and had to do it again. I am glad this happened on the range, so we could all learn from it."
Lesson: Keep your cell phone far away from your spare magazine carrier.
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Originally Posted by John Farnam
From a friend with a PD on the East Coast:
"It's in vogue for everybody to carry some type of big knife. Last week, while running a qualification course, I watched one of our officers, who is no amateur with a pistol, swiftly speed load his Buck 110 folding knife into the magazine well of his SIG 228! He had placed his knife pouch in front of his magazine carrier. The two apparently felt the same, and he withdrew the knife, indexed properly I might add, and shoved it into the gun."
Lessons: Don't put things of less importance than your spare magazine in front of it!
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Now, a flashlight is less likely to be mistaken for a spare mag than a cellphone or knife, but I think the same principle still applies. Nothing less important than your spare mag (like knives, cellphones, or flashlights) goes in front of it on the belt.