Spare pistol mag: Bullets to the front? Or to the rear?

[esrice]

So a co-worker and I are discussing drawing a spare mag from a pouch, and the issue of bullets forward or rearward came up.

So for the sake of this poll, let's assume you are drawing the spare magazine from your support side pouch, which is sitting vertically like so:

Do you carry it with the bullets facing to your front, or to your rear?

Bonus points if you can post pics or videos.

 

[Tebow]

Bullets facing to the rear. My opinion, having them facing front makes no sense. With them facing the rear it's so much easier for me to grab the mag and put in it the handgun.

edit: pic is broken for me.

 

[lovemachine]

My spares face forward.

 

[VERT]

I carry my spare mag with the bullets facing forward. Even if I took a picture it wouldn't look different either way.

 

[Bunnykid68]

I carry them on my back like Laura Croft

 

[obijohn]

This boils down to efficient vs effective. While it may be more efficient, Rob Pincus makes a great case for this, to reload bullets to the rear, we find that bullets to the fore is more effective.

 

[cedartop]

I guess I am a little surprised at this question, forward of course. Now if you carry your mag horizontally, I can see, bullets up or down?

btw, rifle mag bullets to the rear.

 

[esrice]

I guess I am a little surprised at this question,

He and I do it the opposite way of each other. So we thought we would start a poll and see where everyone else fell.

Now if you carry your mag horizontally, I can see, bullets up or down?

That's actually how we got to this topic.

 

[GBuck]

This boils down to efficient vs effective. While it may be more efficient, Rob Pincus makes a great case for this, to reload bullets to the rear, we find that bullets to the fore is more effective.

Not being snotty, truly curious...

In what manner is it more effective? You can (I do) still index off of the font of the mag with my bullets faing rear, but I am not required to turn the mag in any way when reloading. It is one solid movement.

 

[Fordtough25]

I carry mine facing rearward, it works well for me.

 

[esrice]

I am most familiar with "bullets forward". This is what I've seen in various live-fire classes. I've never seen "bullets rearward" taught.

But, according to the poll so far, people do. So I'd be very curious to hear especially from the "bullets rearward" guys as to their methodology. And as to why they carry that way, or where they learned it?

Good topic here.

 

[lovemachine]

Bonus points if you can post pics or videos.

Where's my bonus points?

 

[millsusaf]

Rearward. I carry my rifle mags bullet rearwards, to carry a pistol mag differently doesn't make much sense. Whether it is a pistol of a rifle the bullets go the same way down the tube and I like to carry the spares the same.

 

[Bunnykid68]

I am most familiar with "bullets forward". This is what I've seen in various live-fire classes. I've never seen "bullets rearward" taught.

But, according to the poll so far, people do. So I'd be very curious to hear especially from the "bullets rearward" guys as to their methodology. And as to why they carry that way, or where they learned it?

Good topic here.

No expert here, but if you had your bullets rearward on your strong side and you pulled them up out of the pouch they would then be facing forward when you flipped them over.

 

[Tebow]

I am most familiar with "bullets forward". This is what I've seen in various live-fire classes. I've never seen "bullets rearward" taught.

But, according to the poll so far, people do. So I'd be very curious to hear especially from the "bullets rearward" guys as to their methodology. And as to why they carry that way, or where they learned it?

Good topic here.

I never took any classes. A close friend taught me the important things about firearms. I asked him about it and he says he carries them "rearward" because he finds it easier.

I tried them facing the front, just to practice and I didn't like it. It was awkward to do it.

For me, it's easier to just put my thumb on the Glock logo near the bottom of the mag, index around the baseplate, middle finger under baseplate and putting it in.

Good topic indeed.

 

[lovemachine]

Here's a question. If you buy mag pouches from Comp-TAC and Raven Concealment, they ask you for what side you draw from. I draw left, support side. So, all my mags come made with the mags facing forward.

Must be a reason for that.

 

[Bunnykid68]

Here's a question. If you buy mag pouches from Comp-TAC and Raven Concealment, they ask you for what side you draw from. I draw left, support side. So, all my mags come made with the mags facing forward.

Must be a reason for that.

Yep because when you pull them out and flip them up they will be pointing in the direction you want to feed them into the gun. Just like if they are on your strong side you will be flipping them forward and facing the direction the gun is pointing. I solved it. The thread can now be closed.

 

[Bunnykid68]

Esrice, you need another option in the poll, depends on what side you carry spare mag.

Glad I could be of service.

 

[Rob377]

Front. Can't imagine facing backwards.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwP7f_1hgfE

(the camera really does add 10-20lbs! )

 

[Bunnykid68]

Front. Can't imagine facing backwards.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwP7f_1hgfE

(the camera really does add 10-20lbs! )

What if your spares were on your strong side?