I need to start Carrying a Spare Magazine...

[lovemachine]

Best rule to follow. I'll put it in caps so everyone understands how important this rule is.

BETTER TO HAVE IT AND NOT NEED IT THAN TO NEED IT AND NOT HAVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

'Nuff said.

 

[Dogman]

Best rule to follow. I'll put it in caps so everyone understands how important this rule is.

BETTER TO HAVE IT AND NOT NEED IT THAN TO NEED IT AND NOT HAVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

'Nuff said.

Have what? What is it?

 

[Rob377]

Best rule to follow. I'll put it in caps so everyone understands how important this rule is.

BETTER TO HAVE IT AND NOT NEED IT THAN TO NEED IT AND NOT HAVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

'Nuff said.

That's why I have the extra trauma plates on me at all times. Lol

 

[HD1911]

Look at Bladetech's offerings. Just get a single mag pouch.

 

[Shadownick]

Ever heard of the belly band? Go for it. Especially if you're a CC man like myself. It has two pistol holsters, plus a small storage pouch. Inside the storage pouch is actually a magazine holder as well. It's really an amazing concealment option. The Original Belly Band - Master Of Concealment.com

 

[youngda9]

This is where you are mistaken. There is no such thing!

It's fired 1000 times for 1000 trigger pulls. Please calculate the percentage for me then wise guy

 

[roscott]

Putting aside the argument of whether to carry an extra or not...

When I do carry an extra mag, I find that in jeans I actually prefer to carry it in my weakside back pocket. It rests nicely at the bottom of the pocket, and stays far enough forward when I sit that it's not in the way. It's also terribly convenient for reloading, as you just reach back and grab it with your off hand when you want to reload.

 

[youngda9]

Best rule to follow. I'll put it in caps so everyone understands how important this rule is.

BETTER TO HAVE IT AND NOT NEED IT THAN TO NEED IT AND NOT HAVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

'Nuff said.

Is that why you wear full body armor, travel in an armored car, have a personal body guard squad with you at all times, live in a bunker and carry a level 3 trauma kit wherever you go?

We all have do draw the line somewhere as to how far we are willing to go with any situation.

You stopped short of the armored car and body guard detail...you must think that it's unnecessary or something?

Same way some of us feel about extra magazines...odds are we'll never need em on the streets. To each his own.

 

[singlestacksig]

IWB and Kydex Magazine Pouches | Tucker Gun Leather & Kydex Holsters

 

[lovemachine]

Is that why you wear full body armor, travel in an armored car, have a personal body guard squad with you at all times, live in a bunker and carry a level 3 trauma kit wherever you go?

We all have do draw the line somewhere as to how far we are willing to go with any situation.

You stopped short of the armored car and body guard detail...you must think that it's unnecessary or something?

Same way some of us feel about extra magazines...odds are we'll never need em on the streets. To each his own.

If I could afford it, then yes. Yes I would

 

[ega]

chances are

Chances are I'll never need my seatbelt,airbag,GFI outlet's,safety glasses, but in the split second I do they sure are nice to have.Just like my spare mag!!!!!

 

[lovemachine]

There's a reason why people put lightning rods on their homes. Chances are they will never get hit by lightning, but better safe than sorry. Again, better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it. One mag and pouch is not that heavy and hard to hide anyway.

 

[kingnereli]

Street rig, but with trigger work allowed, like lightened striker springs (light primer strikes) and so on and so forth. reloads are still allowed, so anyone using a tight chamber without a factory crimp die is more likely see failures to extract and such, minor power factor is all powder puff stuff. Even the bare minimum PF for major is pretty light.

I'm not saying "don't carry a spare." I'm saying that one NEEDS to carry a spare about as much as they need to carry a lightning rod. Yes, you may be that 1 in a million that does need it, and you may be that 1 in 700,000 that gets struck by lightning too. If it makes you feel better to be ready for that super-remote possibility, more power to you. People like to buy lottery ticket with even slimmer odds and there's not a darn thing wrong with it.

My thought is, if I don't need to carry things for all the other 1:x00,000 chance bad things that could happen, no need for me to do it for this scenario either. If one is going to all worked about something like that, there are lot of things more likely to happen that we choose to ignore.

You are still using fabricated numbers as evidence. In fact, you are basing your entire argument on fabricated numbers. It doesn't take much exposure to competition, training classes and range time to see malfunctions aren't that rare. I've personally had a magazine base pad pop off the bottom instantly turn my gun into a single shot. If that were to happen in a self defense situation I would be sunk without a spare mag.

 

[youngda9]

If I could afford it, then yes. Yes I would

Well, I know you can afford a metal army helmet from the army surplus store...do you wear one of those? Or did you find out that it schrunched your tinfoil hat

You could easily make some home-made metal plate armor that you could affix inside your jacket...it would work well and be cheap....but you arent' willing to lug that around all day.

It isn't a question of what you can afford, necessarily. It is about what you are willing to carry and prepare for...it's all about playing the odds, and we all draw the line differently.

 

[sj kahr k40]

Don't bother with an spare mag. just carry a spare gun.

 

[Dogman]

I like, i like. You know dogman, one of these days we need to have a beer....

What kind of beer?

 

[lovemachine]

Well, I know you can afford a metal army helmet from the army surplus store...do you wear one of those? Or did you find out that it schrunched your tinfoil hat

You could easily make some home-made metal plate armor that you could affix inside your jacket...it would work well and be cheap....but you arent' willing to lug that around all day.

It isn't a question of what you can afford, necessarily. It is about what you are willing to carry and prepare for...it's all about playing the odds, and we all draw the line differently.

Ok, what your saying is true. Driving an armored vehicle, carrying metal plate armor, that's going overboard. But we're talking about a spare mag. Some respectable people on here carrying lots of other things. Rhino carries like 5 small flashlights and what, 4 knives. He had a list on here, he's loaded down. Why does he do that? Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it. Lars carries 2 knives, and they aren't small pocket knives either. Why? Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it. Why even carry a gun at all? Chances are you will never have to pull it out on someone in your entire life. Why? Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it and because you CAN. Why carry an extra mag? Because you'll be carrying a pistol. What happens when the one in your weapon malfunctions? You just have a paper weight that looks like a gun. Most of the people on here carry at least 1 extra mag, others carry a speed loader. If you don't want to, thats fine and dandy. But if you want to be prepared, one mag isn't going to load you down, you can hide it just as easy as you can hide a gun, flashlight or/and a knive.

 

[MinuteMan47]

Is that why you wear full body armor, travel in an armored car, have a personal body guard squad with you at all times, live in a bunker and carry a level 3 trauma kit wherever you go?

We all have do draw the line somewhere as to how far we are willing to go with any situation.

You stopped short of the armored car and body guard detail...you must think that it's unnecessary or something?

Same way some of us feel about extra magazines...odds are we'll never need em on the streets. To each his own.

Hmmmmm....spare mags being compared to armored vehicles and body armor???

 

[youngda9]

Ok, what your saying is true. Driving an armored vehicle, carrying metal plate armor, that's going overboard. But we're talking about a spare mag. Some respectable people on here carrying lots of other things. Rhino carries like 5 small flashlights and what, 4 knives. He had a list on here, he's loaded down. Why does he do that? Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it. Lars carries 2 knives, and they aren't small pocket knives either. Why? Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it. Why even carry a gun at all? Chances are you will never have to pull it out on someone in your entire life. Why? Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it and because you CAN. Why carry an extra mag? Because you'll be carrying a pistol. What happens when the one in your weapon malfunctions? You just have a paper weight that looks like a gun. Most of the people on here carry at least 1 extra mag, others carry a speed loader. If you don't want to, thats fine and dandy. But if you want to be prepared, one mag isn't going to load you down, you can hide it just as easy as you can hide a gun, flashlight or/and a knive.

And that's fine. I could easily think of dozens of things that you could tote around in a small backpack that would be very handy to have (toilet paper, food, utencils, bandages, alcohol, tape, glue, toothpick, fishing line, hooks, knifes, batteries, lights, bullets, safety blanket, road flares, yada, yada, yada). Yet some of us draw the line short of it because we don't feel that we really need to go through the extra hassle(varies by perception) of hauling it around. Like I said, we all draw the lines differently based on what we perceive the odds are needing it vs the extra pain it is to carry/conceal daily.

Don't knock someone else because they don't carry an extra mag...they have already make the decision to carry a gun that is reliable. That extra little comfort of what if I need more than 13 rounds, or what if I have a failure that a tap and rack won't fix, just isn't worth the extra hassle for many of us. We are loaded down with other stuff already.

For me: leatherman, SD knife, small flashlight, keys, wallet, gun. That's plenty, for me. You may feel better with an extra mag...some other guy carries 2 guns and 2 extra mags...so what.

 

[schapm]

Threadjack aside, a good place to carry a spare mag when you can't carry/don't want to carry/don't yet have a mag pouch is in your non-wallet back pocket with a bandana folded next to it to keep it upright and easy to grab. Before I got my G17 I carried a revolver, and carried speed strips in a front pocket, but after getting a bottom feeder I had to order a mag pouch and the back pocket method got me through while I waited on my mag pouch to ship. Hopefully sooner than later I will be receiving my Raven double mag pouch and my new Raven holster in the mail. How do you like that you spare mag haters?