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Old 05-24-2020, 08:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Caleb View Post
I hear ya and I’ve tried.

If “slap-rack-bang” ends with no bang then, there is something seriously wrong that an extra mag can’t fix (unless that mag is empty).

Not at all. Stripping out the first mag will clear out a double feed, or any of a number of other problems. Load a fresh mag and you’re back in business. Like most things; practicing the skills before you need them is important.

I’ll have 15+1 on tap with this single stack. That’s the same amount I would have with my current edc plus an extra mag!

I do want to try a pocket mag holder I have seen online. Looks to be minimal and will hold your mag like you are carrying a pocket knife (which I always do). Then I’ll have 32 rounds on tap.

You can buy a cheap folding knife case for a couple of bucks and make your own. I have several, which aren’t used much unless I wear jeans. My regular daily wear pants and shorts have two mag pouches sewed inside of each cargo pocket.

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Originally Posted by sdmc530 View Post
I will confess, I don't conceal carry with a spare mag either. I figure its going to work or not and the time it doesn't the time waisted ducking with it trying to clear and/or reload..that time wont matter and it would be too late. Maybe the wrong mindset but I feel like if you don't shoot first or soon after its probably going to be too late
By the end of my wife's first weekend of training in Brownie’s TFP course; she was completing her reloads before the empty mag had hit the ground.

Again, advance training is the key to most things.


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Originally Posted by BlackKnight View Post
That’s if you’re lucky to have only one bad guy.
Here we have roving bandits. They’re cowards and only are tough when they’re in groups and/or armed. It’s not uncommon to get robbed or carjacked by three or more.

I’m always prepping for worse case scenario. In my truck I have an O S bag with 4 additional magazines for each of the guns I may have on my person, a ballistic plate, trauma kit, and other essentials. In most instances I won’t need to act or intervene, but you never know.
I guess I can’t easily erase 25 years of acting.
That’s the damn truth! The majority of criminal encounters one hears of these days (and for several years now) involve multiple BGs. If I need to go through an area where such types are found; my EDC for that day will be an M&P9 loaded 17+1, and at least two 17 round reloads, plus an AR with a few 30 round reloads in the floor behind my passenger seat. A Mossberg Shockwave loaded with six rounds of #4 buck lives back there.
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