EDC/CCW: how many rounds do YOU carry?

[Chompiras]

I agree with the extra assurance of having more rounds than capacity available. I work in a rather high risk line of work wherein attacks sometimes involve multiple people although only one person is armed usually. I feel comfortable with my pocket carry 6 shot LCR in .327 with an additional speedloader. I also think that one can load different ammo in a speedloader or mag that might fit an altered situation better. Just pondering but I think that it's possible that after exhausting the initial fire, a still active threat is liable to take cover, requiring better penetration. This is where it could be advantageous to carry defensive HPs in the gun with something like heavier hard cast rounds in a speedloader.

 

[Decoy80]

I still believe that after reading this thread the second time carry as large of caliber as you can conceal with one or two friends for backup.
Carry as many loaded magazines as you can under the daily circumstances permit.
I believe that it is impossible to prepare for an event that will be totally determined by someone else's choice as to time, place and all of the other variables you can possibly think of.
It will have to be forced on you or nothing will happen to cause you to have to make decisions about cover, amount of ammunition needed in split second time. No one who survived a gunfight, military or civilian has been complaining afterwards that they were carrying too much loaded ammo.

 

[Deus Machina]

When I had my CZ PCR, I would carry a full standard magazine (15 total rounds) and a second magazine most times.
I doubt I'd ever need 29 rounds, but the quickest fix for a stoppage is to drop and swap.

Now with my low-risk habits (home to work where there's usually a cruiser in the parking lot) and my lack of my CZ, it's just a Taurus 85 in one pocket and speedloader in the other.

 

[armoredman]

Time for another PCR.

 

[Old Dog]

I still believe that after reading this thread the second time carry as large of caliber as you can conceal with one or two friends for backup.
Carry as many loaded magazines as you can under the daily circumstances permit.
I believe that it is impossible to prepare for an event that will be totally determined by someone else's choice as to time, place and all of the other variables you can possibly think of.
It will have to be forced on you or nothing will happen to cause you to have to make decisions about cover, amount of ammunition needed in split second time. No one who survived a gunfight, military or civilian has been complaining afterwards that they were carrying too much loaded ammo.

Funny, I said the exact same thing a couple months ago on this very thread. Carry what you shoot the best, not what you feel conceals the best.

Then I deleted my remarks, deferring to the PC crowd here. Shouldn't have. You're exactly right.

I carry 15+1 in my pistol plus two 17-round mags on the belt, with another 18+1 pistol and and a spare 20-rounder in the car/truck.

 

[Deus Machina]

Time for another PCR.

Yup! Miss mine.
No spare money right now, though.

 

[bassjam]

I'm curious, those of you that carry multiple magazines or speed loader (or even BUG's), do you also keep fire extinguishers and fire blankets in every room of your house? AND train with them?

You're much more likely to have a home fire than need to defend yourself when you're out and about, so I'd like to know how many are prepared for a more likely scenario such as needing to put out a fire.

 

[Kaeto]

I keep 2 commercial sized fire extinguishers in my house. A Dry Chem near the kitchen and laundry room, and a CO2 in my computer room.

 

[Old Dog]

I'm curious, those of you that carry multiple magazines or speed loader (or even BUG's), do you also keep fire extinguishers and fire blankets in every room of your house? AND train with them?

Yes to fire extinguishers ... only one fire blanket (yet) in garage, and living in a single story house, this family has conducted fire drills ...

Don't most of us recognize that statements such as this:
"You're much more likely to have a home fire than need to defend yourself when you're out and about, so I'd like to know how many are prepared for a more likely scenario such as needing to put out a fire."
Is the type of thing most often said by the anti-gun folks, who love to point out "facts" such as this (apparently believing that owning and knowing how to use guns shouldn't be a priority for the average citizen and that "common sense" dictates we should prepare only for the events or disasters we are more likely to encounter ...).

And I also keep fire extinguishers and first aid kits in all my motor vehicles, have full insurance coverage and wear my seatbelt ... (and have taken some advanced driver training courses as well).

 

[Deus Machina]

Only one fire extinguisher in my apartment, but it's in an easily-reached central location, I know how to use it, and fire isn't likely to try to actively prevent me from doing do.
Mostly the reason people carry a reload is because that most malfunctions--which are much more likely to happen under stress--are related to ammunition and magazines. And by far the fastest way to correct those malfunctions is to just replace them.

 

[Nuclear]

Not only fire extinguishers, but multiple fire escape ladders for the 2nd floor.

You should always evaluate both the probability and the consequences of something bad happening, and then be comfortable with how you manage that level of risk.

 

[rvenneman]

8+1 in a 9x18 Polish P64 and a spare magazine with 8.

 

[sean m]

Carry either an LCP or a SP101 each day. Sp101, I carry two speed strips loaded with 125 JHPs. When carrying the LCP, I carry one spare mag loaded with FMJ.

 

[Savage .250]

5 rds in the J-Frame and 1-2 speed strips for EDC/CCW. I also find that practice (both shooting AND reloading) as well as a cool head are much more important than round count.

 

[armoredman]

I'm curious, those of you that carry multiple magazines or speed loader (or even BUG's), do you also keep fire extinguishers and fire blankets in every room of your house? AND train with them?

You're much more likely to have a home fire than need to defend yourself when you're out and about, so I'd like to know how many are prepared for a more likely scenario such as needing to put out a fire.

I have fire extinguishers and first aid kits, house and vehicle, tow ropes, spare tire, emergency lighting, water filtration, extra food/water and a way to cook with no power, even battery powered fans for the heat sensitive types in the event of a summer power failure. Does that make me paranoid? I also carry two spare mags and a full size pistol concealed, one I shoot regularly. I don't expect a blow out, house fire, invasion, EMP attack, (well, with North Korea, who knows), electrical outage or water shutoff, BUT...if it happens I would like to be able to do something instead of standing around wringing my hands and crying, "I didn't KNOW!" And of the above, power/water outages have happened FAR more often than anything else - do YOU have spare water/batteries for your flashlight in YOUR home and train with them?

 

[bassjam]

I have fire extinguishers and first aid kits, house and vehicle, tow ropes, spare tire, emergency lighting, water filtration, extra food/water and a way to cook with no power, even battery powered fans for the heat sensitive types in the event of a summer power failure. Does that make me paranoid? I also carry two spare mags and a full size pistol concealed, one I shoot regularly. I don't expect a blow out, house fire, invasion, EMP attack, (well, with North Korea, who knows), electrical outage or water shutoff, BUT...if it happens I would like to be able to do something instead of standing around wringing my hands and crying, "I didn't KNOW!" And of the above, power/water outages have happened FAR more often than anything else - do YOU have spare water/batteries for your flashlight in YOUR home and train with them?

I do have all of that, as well as a generator and 20 gallons of freshly rotated gas and a 3 years supply of dry split and stacked firewood and years worth of primitive camping experience. I've had at least 3 live training with a fire extinguisher as well.

I'm glad some of the folks are prepared for several types of emergencies, but I made that comment to reach those who feel the need to carry an arsenal with them, but aren't prepared for any other type of emergency. I'm sure you know the type.

 

[Warp]

Funny, I said the exact same thing a couple months ago on this very thread. Carry what you shoot the best, not what you feel conceals the best.

Then I deleted my remarks, deferring to the PC crowd here. Shouldn't have. You're exactly right.

I carry 15+1 in my pistol plus two 17-round mags on the belt, with another 18+1 pistol and and a spare 20-rounder in the car/truck.

If not concealing perfectly is acceptable. For some people properly concealing all the time has nothing to do with being "PC" and everything to do with keeping their job or being able to continue visiting that location

 

[Warp]

Yes to fire extinguishers ... only one fire blanket (yet) in garage, and living in a single story house, this family has conducted fire drills ...

Don't most of us recognize that statements such as this:
"You're much more likely to have a home fire than need to defend yourself when you're out and about, so I'd like to know how many are prepared for a more likely scenario such as needing to put out a fire."
Is the type of thing most often said by the anti-gun folks, who love to point out "facts" such as this (apparently believing that owning and knowing how to use guns shouldn't be a priority for the average citizen and that "common sense" dictates we should prepare only for the events or disasters we are more likely to encounter ...).

And I also keep fire extinguishers and first aid kits in all my motor vehicles, have full insurance coverage and wear my seatbelt ... (and have taken some advanced driver training courses as well).

Plus of course if you are up and aware and able to run around getting extinguishers in an attempt to put out the fire, you can also probably vacate the building and, in that way, not die.

Apparently deaths per year as a result of resident fires in the US are on the order of 2,500-3,500...so it seems you are many times more likely to be murdered than to die in a home fire...and I'll wager that if you narrow that down to when an able bodied adult is present and aware early enough for a fire extinguisher to matter, it's quite the low number

 

[BillBloggins]

Before I lived in CA I was partial to my Glock 30S, (10 rounds) on my right hip + a spare Glock 21 mag (13 rounds) in my front left pocket. I figured 23 rounds in total should be good for all occasions. Now living in CA I can rely on naught more than the good intentions of my fellow man + a hanky to staunch the flow should all go south.

 

[Steve in PA]

Usually it's a Glock 26 10+1 and two spare 10 round magazines. If I'm wearing my 511 pants, I'll throw a third spare magazine in the pouch pocket in front of the left front pocket. So, either 31 or 41 rounds.

If situation dictates, such as tucked shirt, then it's a S&W 642 in a Glaco Ankle Glove with two 5-round speed strips in a pouch carried in my pocket or two of the pouches on my belt. So, it's 5 rounds in gun and either 10 or 20 spare rounds.

 

[armoredman]

Plus of course if you are up and aware and able to run around getting extinguishers in an attempt to put out the fire, you can also probably vacate the building and, in that way, not die.

Apparently deaths per year as a result of resident fires in the US are on the order of 2,500-3,500...so it seems you are many times more likely to be murdered than to die in a home fire...and I'll wager that if you narrow that down to when an able bodied adult is present and aware early enough for a fire extinguisher to matter, it's quite the low number

Our training is that if the fire is more than waist high it is too hot to fight. First tings first, call 911 and get everyone out. Things can be replaced - people cannot.

 

[If1HitU]

If i'm carry a revolver I carry a extra 5 or 6 rounds in my pocket,if i'm carrying one of my semi auto's I carry a extar loaded mag.

 

[JR24]

I carry my gun and 1 reload. Usually either a 1911 or Glock 17. If dress requires a Glock 26 or LCR.

So, between 10 and 35 total rounds depending on what I am carrying.

 

[Old Dog]

Well, we've completed the circle, and there's still no consensus.

Does this thread need to continue further?

 

[Reloadron]

This is my carry gun:

I only carry the gun holstered, less any additional magazines. I am comfortable with this.

This is my generator:

The generator is automatic start and transfer running on natural gas. The generator was installed during some home renovations. The generator backup is in the shed and gasoline powered. I am comfortable with my power as I am with my gun. The pantry is always well stocked so I won't starve and neither will our neighbors. Do I feel secure? Yes, and that is all that matters. I am not about to get into Prepper 101.

Ron