COUNTING SHOTS is important to me......

[Execpro]

When carrying a 6 shot revolver we were told to count our rounds if possible because we only carried 18 rounds and you needed to know when to disengage and perform a tactical retreat.
When we went to pistols we carried 45+1rounds of 40cal. We where told to run dry on the first mag, reload and if possible count 10 rounds on the second reload and if there was a lull in the fight to do (what they called an administrative reload) a reload (putting the partially empty mag in our mag carrier) then run the second full mag dry. After that use the partially loaded (3rd and last and only mag in our carrier) mag to perform a tactical retreat.
As in any combat fight, you do your best and pray you get the bad guy(s) Stopped before your gun is completely empty.

Be SAFE and Shoot Often!

 

[S-W4EVER]

When I attended the Academy, we were trained to count our shots (on our S&W Model 28's). Not hard when you only carry 18 rounds, 12 of them in dump pouches. Any Cadet that miscounted and dropped the hammer a seventh time got to drop for push-ups. Counting shots stopped when we went to autopistols.

I still count rounds when I'm watching TV tough, I'm still trying to figure out how you get a dozen rounds or so out of a 1911 (like in "Last Man Standing").