Do you carry extra magazine while cc?

Do you carry spare magazine?

  • Yes

    Votes: 146 60.8%

  • No

    Votes: 94 39.2%
  • Total voters
    240
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Pretty simple. If you conceal carry on a regular basis, do you carry extra magazines? I know a lot of people do, I do not. I am just wondering how many people do. I dont want this to turn into a discussion on the merits of either, that has been hashed out before.
 
Yes ... a Kahr PM9 with the 6-rd mag and one in the chamber, 7-rd mag in weakside pocket ... doesn't weigh much, so why not??
 
I dont want this to turn into a discussion on the merits of either, that has been hashed out before.
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Unfortunately, you don't get to decide how a discussion thread develops. It just develops. As a matter of fact, considering your "ground rules", this isn't discussion at all.

I carried for a good two years without ever keeping a backup mag on-person. Always had one in the car, one nearby in the house, but never one on body. I finally warmed up to the idea in the last half a year and now I always do.

It's a good way to help make a pistol run again even if you don't simply run out of ammo.
 
Yes, when I carry a semiauto pistol I carry 1 or 2 spare magazines.

I mostly do so because over the course of having worked as a LE firearms instructor for more than 20 years, I've seen at least my fair share of stoppages and other functioning issues that were magazine related, and could only be resolved with the use of another magazine.

When someone has a stoppage which leaves an inconveniently stuck round in the mag feed lips, even after they've ripped it from the pistol ... someone unknowingly depressed their mag catch while sitting or moving about (imagine the reaction as the mag falls out of the pistol when they draw and extend the gun, especially if it falls into shadow, pooled water, falls onto a boot and gets kicked forward, etc) ... a magazine butt/floor plate has been damaged and come loose, and then the magazine releases the rounds out the bottom ... the magazine has become excessively dirty and/or contaminated to the point that rounds won't move freely ... or, an ammunition-related problem in your ONLY magazine suddenly manifests, with the mag load of rounds becoming stuck ... the mag spring picks an inopportune moment off the range to exhibit weakness, etc.

Sure, having spare ammunition isn't necessarily a bad thing, either. (If it matters, the capacity of my present pistol magazines run 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 & 12 rounds.) I'll typically carry 1 spare, although every once in a while I'll carry 2 spares (old working habit). Just depends.

Oh yeah, I carry spare ammunition when I carry one of my revolvers, too. ;)
 
Yep, I carry way more ammo than I probably need to but I would rather have it and not need it than.... you know the rest.

I carry two 15 round spare magazines for my Cougar but no spares for my G27.
 
I carry a spare for my LCP in my front pocket, it's the same size as a bic lighter, so it's no bother.I figure with a 380 I might need extra shots!
 
I voted yes, but......That's when I am carrying my Elsie Pea. As mentioned in other posts, the mag isn't anything that large, or bothersome to carry. When wearing heavier clothes, and carrying my XD40 Subcompact, the mag would be a lot more cumbersome. Besides, I think 9+1 of 40 S&W should suffice.
 
yes i carry a g32 in a Theis iwb holster with a iwb mag holster with a spare 14 round mag if i ever get into a situation and need to use the second mag im probably in something i shoundnt be in lol
 
I carry a revolver so no magazines but I do carry a barami speed strip in my pocket. Its smaller than a pack of gum so no reason not to.
 
yes i carry a g32 in a Theis iwb holster with a iwb mag holster with a spare 14 round mag if i ever get into a situation and need to use the second mag im probably in something i shoundnt be in lol
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Reminds me of a sheriff's deputy I knew a few years ago. He kind of made fun of his fellow deputys officers that carried their hi capacity Glocks, and several spare mags. He said "If I get into a gunfight, the one mag will get me to the closest big tree where I'll be hiding until the rest of the guys get there!"
 
When carrying an 1911, I have 4 spares, counterbalances the weight quite well.

When carrying my 686, I carry 3 speed loaders, 2 in pouches and a single tucked in a jacket pocket and occasionally speed strips instead of the 3 speed loader.

I had a ASP as a back up for several years, but a friend made me an offer I wouldn't refuse $$$$$:D and it's now his back up:)
 
[QUOTEWhen carrying an 1911, I have 4 spares, counterbalances the weight quite well.

When carrying my 686, I carry 3 speed loaders, 2 in pouches and a single tucked in a jacket pocket and occasionally speed strips instead of the 3 speed loader.][/QUOTE]


I think someone is going a little over bored lol
 
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