How much do you carry?
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Wheelgunner840
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I could identify reading glasses, a cell phone, some gloves, a folding knife and a gun with two mags.
Exactly what is the other 25 pounds of stuff you had there, and why do you need it? On second thought, I don't want to know!!!
WG840
Exactly what is the other 25 pounds of stuff you had there, and why do you need it? On second thought, I don't want to know!!!
WG840
BUFF
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The chances of becoming involved in a lengthy, drawn-out, TV-style gunfight are incredibly low, be you a citizen or a peace officer. Fights are practically always over after the first gun full has been fired. Either the bad guy or the good guy has been hit, has given up or has run away.
The first shot is the most important. Experience has shown us that, if we haven't concluded matters with the cartridges already in the gun, firing another 5, 6 or 15 likely won't change things.
Off duty, I carry a Colt Commander and one spare magazine. I have found 7 round magazines to be slightly more reliable than anyone's 8 round magazines, so I have 15 rounds on me.
If the weather is really warm, I may leave the Colt home and carry a S&W Model 642 with a speed strip of 6 rounds in a pocket. I used to carry a speed loader in a jacket pocket if it was jacket weather but now usually carry the Colt if I need a jacket.
I keep a spare magazine or two and a speedloader or two in my car and my pickup truck.
If I have a second gun on me, it will usually be a Seecamp .32. (I'd like to find a Seecamp .380.) No spare mags for it. As the designer says in the little gun's instruction manual, if you think you need a spare magazine for a Seecamp, you really need another kind of gun instead.
The first shot is the most important. Experience has shown us that, if we haven't concluded matters with the cartridges already in the gun, firing another 5, 6 or 15 likely won't change things.
Off duty, I carry a Colt Commander and one spare magazine. I have found 7 round magazines to be slightly more reliable than anyone's 8 round magazines, so I have 15 rounds on me.
If the weather is really warm, I may leave the Colt home and carry a S&W Model 642 with a speed strip of 6 rounds in a pocket. I used to carry a speed loader in a jacket pocket if it was jacket weather but now usually carry the Colt if I need a jacket.
I keep a spare magazine or two and a speedloader or two in my car and my pickup truck.
If I have a second gun on me, it will usually be a Seecamp .32. (I'd like to find a Seecamp .380.) No spare mags for it. As the designer says in the little gun's instruction manual, if you think you need a spare magazine for a Seecamp, you really need another kind of gun instead.
Knightrider03m
Member
Depending on what I'm doing and were I'm going I will have anywhere from 5 rounds to 62 rounds of ammo on me.
Tracer_Bullet
Member
Typically a primary revolver and a BUG (NY reload!), and a speed strip in the watch pocket of my jeans. Sometimes I will carry a speedloader in a pants pocket, and will always have one or two in jacket pockets if I'm wearing a jacket.
With a semi-auto, always at least one mag, and the j-frame BUG with a speedstrip in the watch pocket of the jeans.
With a semi-auto, always at least one mag, and the j-frame BUG with a speedstrip in the watch pocket of the jeans.
Double-O-Dave
US Veteran
For my J-frame (pocket carry) I carry a full load and two full speed loaders (18 rounds total). I carry a Seecamp semi-auto as a BUG with one in the chamber and the magazine downloaded by one round (total of 6 rounds) which means 24 rounds grand total. I carry the speed loaders in a small nylon camera pouch on my belt and no one has ever asked about it.
Best of luck,
Dave
Best of luck,
Dave
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