Which is more important for CCW.....

[moooose102]

there are a lot of things you could use to improvise a magazine carrier out of, just look around a little. you dont need to spend a bunch of money on something fancy. my 45 really is not all that finiky as far as ammo goes, at least factory ammo. see if you can bum a few rounds from your buddies to try. if you find one that works, use it. that is the nice thing about a 45. they will stop with ball loads, and almost any hp will do better, at least under the right circumstances. if you are worried about it, sometimes i carry fmj,hp,fmj,hp etc all the way through the mag. that way if you need to shoot through something hard, you have fmj's to penetrate.

 

[eatont9999]

I suggest not carrying FMJs. They are known to over penetrate and harm innocent people. Get a good JHP and carry an extra mag somehow. Mag holder or not, a 8rnd 1911 is a little lacking in capacity and warrants an extra mag. It makes up for it somewhat in stopping power, but an extra mag cannot hurt. I carry a small 5rnd snubbie .38 in places where I need maximum conealability. I make sure I have 5 extra rounds in case I need them. I don't have a speed loader yet, but I am looking for one. I am also saving for a 1911 to carry in other places.

 

[DAVIDSDIVAD]

I don't see why you think a full size 1911 is a bad idea.

My 1911 is my year round carry piece, and I live in South Texas. It's real hot here.

Honestly, with the right jeans and a dark T-shirt I can get away with it.

 

[Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow]

There's hard questions and easy questions, and then there's the "no-brainers"..

.having more ammunition carried (but in a less potent projectile) in the form of reloads, or having a good-performing JHP projectile "ready to go" and no reloads?

The second thing there.

 

[geronimo509]

I dont remember anyone saying that you should still break in your 1911 if its new. put at least 400 rounds through it. i was told that mostly fmj's are ok but you want to through in a few boxes of the jhp's you will be using. USE JHP's, I carry my full size 1911, in fact its a para gun rights model, the hi cap one, but the grip is not that much bigger than a standard 1911.

 

[Eightball]

geronimo509, thanks for the offer, but it's not a new 1911--i bought it plenty-enough used, enough so that it had some feint but distinctive holster wear left over from the previous owner; i can only presume that it proved to be reliable with something, and was broken-in enough by the previous owner.

But thanks for the advice.

 

[Graymutt]

Your personal situation is what should decide this, in "hairy" situations you will decide how and how much you should carry.

 

[Oro]

Stuff clips in the pocket. People who talk about "lint" are not working in the real world. Carry one in the pocket a week, two, or three. Then stick it in the gun and shoot it off. It will work, trust me. I do this test frequently!

If carrying a gun and shooting it reliably is a fetish, then get a 2.5" S&W 66/19 or 686, and a speed loader. You will have a smaller gun to hide, about equal reload time, and massively higher reliability. Just do some thinking.

 

[innerpiece]

what would be MOST important would be to train to be able to hit a target, with ANY kind of ammo you have loaded....
that will matter more than what you hit it with.

so. learn to hit with a good quality ammo, and carry that.

also pratice yer draw, over and over and over and over and over!

ip.