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When you Carry do you carry an extra magazine?
Mudinyeri:
One of the most common types of malfunctions with semi-automatic firearms is a magazine failure. I carry a spare.
mott555:
I don't carry anymore because I haven't got my permit since moving to Nebraska, but in my old state I always carried a spare magazine if I had room. I normally wear carpenter pants so it fit perfectly in one of the little pockets on my right leg. It was also an interesting experiment in human perception because it really wasn't very hidden, but nobody ever saw it or if they did they didn't know what it was.
JTH:
--- Quote from: bkoenig on September 18, 2014, 08:28:05 AM ---I carry a cap & ball revolver, so my reloads consist of a powder flask, a tin of percussion caps, some lead balls, and a tub of bear grease to seal the chambers. It's a lot to carry so I usually just leave it on my pack mule. Most of the time I figure my steely eyed stare perfected by years of watching Clint Eastwood spaghetti westerns is a sufficient deterrent.
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(Yes, I know that quote doesn't go with that set of movies. And yet....)
And just because we don't want people thinking that it is the gun that makes the man....
wallace11bravo:
--- Quote from: bkoenig on September 18, 2014, 08:28:05 AM ---I carry a cap & ball revolver, so my reloads consist of a powder flask, a tin of percussion caps, some lead balls, and a tub of bear grease to seal the chambers. It's a lot to carry so I usually just leave it on my pack mule. Most of the time I figure my steely eyed stare perfected by years of watching Clint Eastwood spaghetti westerns is a sufficient deterrent.
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You sir, win the internet.
On a serious note, I carry a 26 with a +2 floorplate, appendix, and the vast majority of the time I do not carry a spare magazine. Is more better? Is redundancy better? Is redundancy better? Is redundancy better? Sure, but you have to draw the line somewhere, and I choose to draw it where I draw it. Nothing against those who choose to carry a spare (especially for caps below 10) or two, or even a backup gun, or two, that's fine if it works for you.
Other than carrying more ammo and more guns, here are some additional things to think about:
-Redundancy is better, but so is regular maintenance and testing of the gear you do carry
-Actually practice, regularly, more than once a month, and you might, just might, make the one magazine you carry worth more than the three you could be carrying
Again, just food for thought.
(This post has ALSO been brought to you by the idea of carrying three guns and two extra magazines, all in 10mm, all with chamber empty, and all with a Saf-T-Blok installed. In your pocket. OR disassembled on the dashboard whilst being pulled over and)
H2O_King89:
Yes I Cary two extra.
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