Just wondering how many mags (and what capacity) do you typically CCW with? I'm carrying a Sig P226RM 9mm these days with a pre-ban 15-round mag and am wondering how many additional mags I should carry with me on my belt.
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Just wondering how many mags (and what capacity) do you typically CCW with? I'm carrying a Sig P226RM 9mm these days with a pre-ban 15-round mag and am wondering how many additional mags I should carry with me on my belt.
I've been carrying 1 extra mag. I just purchased a double mag pouch that I think I'll start using. That way I'll have a little more if I need it to get home some day.
I was sitting at the hospital yesterday morning and the lights went out. I'm talking total darkness. Not a sliver of light. I was wishing I had a case of ammo. Then about a minute later the generators kicked in. Really made me think.
The most common equipment failures when TSHTF are magazine-related. If you're not carrying at least one spare mag, it's quite possible that you'll be out of the fight long before you exhaust the contents of that first mag. Two is one; one is none.
Ken
Take it for what its worth (free!), but...
You can poke around on the net, but everything I've ever seen says that # of shots fired in self defense is pretty low. For example, I saw one analysis of NYPD officer shootings that showed an average of 2-3 rounds per incident, per officer...
It's very difficult to really predict what you will need since you cannot really predict what is going to happen when. If you could - you would not go there...
My personal opinion is that if I need more than one 10/15rd mag, I will need more than I can carry
15+1 is a lot if you use it well... If you find yourself fending off a crowd of zombies well, you can curse my username... I apologize in advance.
Carry what you can carry comfortably. More importantly, practice so that your first shots are effective rather than panic...
Definitely a decent point - can't argue with the failed mag concept except to say that I don't carry something I'd suspect that was even a fraction of the possibility of me fumbling a mag change under duressIn a revolver I'd tend to agree. A spare mag in a semi is cheap insurance, though.
The most common equipment failures when TSHTF are magazine-related. If you're not carrying at least one spare mag, it's quite possible that you'll be out of the fight long before you exhaust the contents of that first mag. Two is one; one is none.
Ken
This is the mindset I carry with (with a quick, silent prayer that I will never need the initial round in the chamber, let alone any others).
I agree with this completely.Definitely a decent point - can't argue with the failed mag concept except to say that I don't carry something I'd suspect that was even a fraction of the possibility of me fumbling a mag change under duress
I agree with this completely as well .I'm sure Mr Murphy will remember that if my time ever did come and kick me square in the groin with hang fires, FTEs and a dropped mag to go along with the GSW and missing wallet...
That Murphy is a real ass...Of course it would be dark out, and I'd likely be standing over a storm drain or an interstellar wormhole or something something and the mag would be gone forever.
i carry enough to get me to my vehicle. where i have a carbine. and between 3-12 magazines for that, depending on my mood.
With all due deference to Mr Ayoob... I'd rather have to pay Darius or Keith to get me out of that position than be fumbling with a balky or empty gun. So there's always a spare mag for whatever semi I'm packing, or a spare speedloader for the wheelgun. I'd rather have it and not need it...Ayoob had a good piece on the legal issues associated with carrying spare mags a few years back. Easier to paint you as a psychopath. Same thing with a back up piece. For whatever it's worth.
I was sitting at the hospital yesterday morning and the lights went out. I'm talking total darkness. Not a sliver of light. I was wishing I had a case of ammo. Then about a minute later the generators kicked in. Really made me think.
Ayoob had a good piece on the legal issues associated with carrying spare mags a few years back. Easier to paint you as a psychopath. Same thing with a back up piece.