When you carry do you......?

[71silverbullet]

Me too on that. With the thumb safety off all you have is the grip safety. It seems awful easy to have a ND.

Just like a glock. Oh but please lets not go there.
I carry a 1911 with a spare mag 15 rounds, I also carry a p3at with a spare mag 13 rounds. Then if I'm in my car I also have a xd40 with a spare mag 25 rounds and my trunk rifle with a 5 mags 146 rounds.
Grand total when cruising around:199 rounds. Guess I'm gonna have to throw a loose round in my pocket just to make it an even 200.
Short answer, yes I always carry an extra mag for whatever I'm carrying.

 

[Patrolman1981]

I carry 3-4 extra mags in my vehicle, only carry extras on my person when on duty.

 

[g00n24]

I carry 2 extra mags pretty much all the time. I saw something once that made a lot of sense to me. One mag for a reload, one for a malfunction. I don't care if my gun holds 15 or 6, Ill have 2 extra with me

 

[schhrdkncks]

I carry a second gun in an ankle holster

 

[ultraspec]

In regards to your Sig issue, like you said, muscle memory. A lot of cops who carry 1911 will disengage the hammer and as they draw they cok the hammer.

So they disengage and then recock the hammer?

 

[finnegan]

I currently don't carry extra mags on my person as my edc is 16+1. If I miss three out of four shots, statistically that means I can still hit four attackers at least once (or one attacker 4 times).

When I switch to a smaller, saner carry gun early next year, I'll probably carry an extra mag. As far as my current backup plan, I am fairly well trained in hand-to-hand and melee combat if necessary ( I carry a decent EDC knife in the SOG Trident, and am an assistant coach for a mixed martial arts fight team). The most important martial art I know, however, is sprinting. I plan on running like a gazelle (but looking like a warthog), and throwing any hard or pointy object within arms reach at my assailant.

 

[jbombelli]

Nobody ever lost a gunfight because he had too many bullets.

 

[lovemachine]

I always carry at least 2 extra mags. Sometimes I carry 3.

 

[rhino]

1. No one can accurately predict how many rounds will be required to solve any specific problem. Good marksmanship is usually necessary, but it is not always sufficient.
2. The most likely malfunctions of modern, reliable pistols will involve the magazine. This includes inadvertently pressing the magazine release causing the mag to drop too low to feed a round or to drop from the gun completely. No believes it can happen to them until it does.

 

[mrortega]

I'd hate to have Murphy show up and get in my way if I'm involved in a shooting.

 

[SideArmed]

I'd hate to have Murphy show up and get in my way if I'm involved in a shooting.

He gets in my way he's getting shot along with the bad guy.

 

[critter592]

Do you carry extra mags?
What if your in an a situation and you drop a mag in the mud or you've shot your magazine empty? Then what are you gonna do?

Yes. Almost always. You don't know what might happen. The mag could fail. You could accidentally press the mag release in a moment of stress. I saw a video of a store clerk who did just that. (which is why I prefer the HK style mag release). And, UNCLE TED SAYS TO DO IT!

 

[USMCsergeant]

It is always better to be overprepared than underprepared in my opinion.

 

[ultraspec]

Seriously to anyone who carries a semi-auto the magazine is the most common cause of failure. Always has, probably always will be (at least if you have a quality well made gun to begin with)

So its always good to have an extra. Hell it certainly cant hurt.

 

[Mike_Indy]

As others have said... For failure or added ammo, yes I carry at least one extra about 80% of the time. On other rare occasions I may have a BUG in the pocket instead.

 

[9mmfan]

Extra mag with my G19, two speedloaders with my 642.

 

[glock212327]

I always have a extra mag alot of people say if you can't handle a situation with one magazine then your in trouble. I agree but I think about malfunctions (you have to get that magazine out and replace with extra no time to mess with magazine thats in the gun(Yea i know the odds of a "gunfight" lasting 20rds is rare but I would rather have it and not need it than need it and not have it.

 

[Trpanther]

Yes always carry two extra mags with my 1911 and at least 1 if I carry my Glock 23. As others have said mags may malfunction.

 

[Icarry2]

On me:
Primary EDC Pistol, 10+1 in the pipe plus 1 spare 17 round mag
EDC BUG, 6+1 in the pipe plus 1 spare 6 round mag

In vehicle:
2 loaded 17 round mags for EDC Pistol in paddle holster

ON/IN EDC Bag
2 loaded 17 round mags for EDC Pistol in paddle holster
50 rounds of FMJ for EDC Pistol
20 rounds of HP for EDC Pistol
20 rounds of HP for BUG

Total rounds: 199

Zombie Prepared as well..

 

[Captain Bligh]

I hate carrying stuff around and don't anymore than I have to. Data says that most defensive shooting situations are over with 2 - 3 rounds fired. I don't expect to be in a prolonged fire fight. If I can't do it in 2 or 3 rounds, I'm likely on my way to ER or the morgue. No extra mags here.