I prefer to carry 1 spare mag. 8 + 8.
For those who carry single-stacks, those rounds can go quick. Figure that under life-or-death stress, your accuracy is likely to suffer. If you require more than one hit to quickly stop an attacker and your effective hit rate is less than 50%, you might need more than 6-8 if there is more than 1 attacker. Personally, I would want around 6 shots per attacker at a minimum.
Yes, I realize that misses in a civilian area are BAD. You REALLY should account for all your shots and/or not take shots with innocents in your cone of likely fire.
Malfunction issues are real too. I've seen some odd things happen here and there.
For those who carry single-stacks, those rounds can go quick. Figure that under life-or-death stress, your accuracy is likely to suffer. If you require more than one hit to quickly stop an attacker and your effective hit rate is less than 50%, you might need more than 6-8 if there is more than 1 attacker. Personally, I would want around 6 shots per attacker at a minimum.
Yes, I realize that misses in a civilian area are BAD. You REALLY should account for all your shots and/or not take shots with innocents in your cone of likely fire.
Malfunction issues are real too. I've seen some odd things happen here and there.