Originally Posted by WR Moore

Skimming this, I notice a lot of folks carry spare magazines in pockets. I used to do this, finding the watch pocket in jeans a really handy place to stick a magazine. I quit doing this after realizing that absolutely nothing removes lint from pockets like a loaded magazine. I also discovered that lint does nothing to improve the reliability of your handgun. After several demonstrations that the first round from the spare mag failed to chamber, I quit using pockets for magazines.

The pious hope that you won't need extra ammunition probably won't appear on your gravestone. However, hope is not a survival strategy. If you do actually take part in an armed encounter, you're already in a statistically unlikely category.

Originally Posted by CowboyKen

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