That's the thing. The chances of needing a handgun at all are also small, and we all hope it works out to never, yet we still carry. The consequences of being wrong are too great when compared to the small inconveniences involved. We all have made similar calculations whether we say so or not. In my case, I will with open eyes carry no spare mag often enough, because I also value comfort, and have no problem with my decision.this is my understanding as well, but if you have used the magazine and it is reliable, the chances of it all of a sudden becoming defective seem small, but if I carry I always carry a reload, just because a mag or a speed strip is pretty easy to carry.
I think that's not much of an argument for not carrying a spare mag. If we were to go down that road, the logical cure would be to carry a single stack with a spare mag. This sort of thinking is in line with whether you should keep one in the chamber. If you're worried about that, carry a revolver.Wouldn't or could an attorney for the "victim" that you shot make it look like you went looking for a fight? On the stand a lawyer is almost certainly question the reasoning for you carrying so many rounds. A few rounds could be construed as self defense, but alot of rounds could be interpreted YOU were out to "kill". An attorney can twist your wording to make you look like a bloodthirsty killer.
I've heard a bunch of different statistics on this and I've never seen anybody actually post a source. The only person I've ever heard Source their claim was Tom Givens and his sample size was statistically insignificant. But he said between 3 and 5 yards and 3 to 11 shots.I am sure this topic has been covered many times before. I've read so many reports by police agencies , by the FBI and so called armchair experts. That the usual gun fight is settled within five feet and the average is three shots fired in 6 seconds.
Whether or not you're being over the top paranoid is a discussion for you and your mental health professional to have.Am I being over the top paranoid by carrying an extra reload on me? I carry a 9mm with a 15rd mag, and I carry a spare of the same round count.
If you don't think you ever go to any bad areas you're not as aware of your surroundings as you think you are.I don't go to any bad areas, am very aware of my surroundings.
Which is all the justification you really need.I just want the extra for that just in case 100,000 to 1 time if needed.
Nope, nobody. You're the only person in the world that does it that way. (<I'm kidding)Does anyone else plan this way when carrying ccw?
It was just a little after 10pm on a well lit Massachusetts city street he'd just picked up the deposit bag from the movie theater. It contained maybe 7 grand. As per State law he was carrying a 38 special revolver and wearing his vest under a sports jacket he'd done this many times and that night didn't look any different. Except the peeps were waiting for the home improvement store deposit (about 70 to 100 grand) who was running late. The gun fight was going as good as could be expected until a round skipped off the top of the vest into the shoulder of his shooting hand. Switched to his off hand and was caught with an empty gun trying to reload one of the peeps executed him with a .32 behind his left ear. Carry extra ammo and if need be a new York reload. For those who don't know what that is it's a second revolver
No.Funny, nearly all comments in this thread
relate to autos with magazine malfunction
heading the list.
Seems like a lot of arguments in favor
of a revolver, extra speed loader or not.
I'd be more worried about an attorney for the state than an attorney for the "victim".Wouldn't or couldn't an attorney for the "victim" that you shot make it look like you went looking for a fight? On the stand a lawyer is almost certainly question the reasoning for you carrying so many rounds. A few rounds could be construed as self defense, but alot of rounds could be interpreted YOU were out to "kill". An attorney can twist your wording to make you look like a bloodthirsty killer.
This would imply that revolvers are infallible. In my experience, when an auto jams up, it's usually a tap and rack or at worst, drop the mag, clear and insert another mag. When a revolver jams up, and they do, it ain't so easy to fix.Funny, nearly all comments in this thread
relate to autos with magazine malfunction
heading the list.
Seems like a lot of arguments in favor
of a revolver, extra speed loader or not.
Spare mag:
capacity
statistics
location
malfunction
Funny, nearly all comments in this thread
relate to autos with magazine malfunction
heading the list.
Seems like a lot of arguments in favor
of a revolver, extra speed loader or not.
Just got a mental image of you tapping, racking or dropping mag and inserting aThis would imply that revolvers are infallible. In my experience, when an auto jams up, it's usually a tap and rack or at worst, drop the mag, clear and insert another mag.